Olympic has yesterday declared an option for delivery of another subsea support and construction vessel at Kleven Maritime. Olympic Shipping stays with local suppliers as the company once more enters into a shipbuilding contract with Kleven for the delivery of one subsea construction vessel of the M
On Wednesday 2 January 2013, Fendercare Marine announces the launch of a new division, Fendercare Marine Equipment and Lifting Services, located at their Great Yarmouth base. Fendercare Marine, one of the world’s leading suppliers of marine products and services, opened their energy support base in
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, informed that Fincantieri Oil & Gas S.p.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A., has signed an agreement for the acquisition of 50.75% of the share
A Norwegian fisheries company Ytterstad, based in Lødingen, has ordered a new flagship. The main function of the ship is to purse seining and pelagic trawling. The ship will have a length of 75 m, a width of 15.40 m and a tank capacity of 2100 m3. This advanced type of ship is developed by […
MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced another order for the MAN B&W ME-GI dual-fuel, two-stroke, gas-injection engine. Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (Teekay LNG), an offshoot of Teekay Corporation, the international shipping group, has placed an order for two LNG carriers powered by 2 × 2 5G70ME-GI engines, i
An agreement has been signed to merge DNV and GL. The new entity will be called DNV GL Group. It will be one of the world’s leading ship classification societies and risk experts in the oil and gas, renewable energy and power sectors, and among the global top three within management system certifica
Ulstein has entered into a contract with Island Offshore and their American partner Edison Chouest Offshore for the delivery of a multifunctional offshore vessel based on ULSTEIN’s SX121 design, with an option for an additional vessel. The vessel is prepared and tailored for the well intervention, I
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB in Gothenburg, signed a contract regarding ships equipment worth approx. 23 million NOK ($4.2 Mln). The contract is with STX Finland Oy and concerns delivery of equipment to one vessel. The deliveries will take place during 2014. [mappress] TTS
On 18th of December, Western Baltija Shipbuilding delivered new fishing trawler hull (NB56) for the Norwegian client “Liegruppen Fiskeri AS”. The vessel is a sister ship to the newbuilding “LIAFJORD” (NB51) which was delivered on March. Length of this fishing trawler – 64.0 m, width – 13.8 m. Nine r
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has signed a contract for the design of a new diving support vessel (DSV) to be built for Subsea 7, the seabed-to-surface engineering, construction, and services contractor to the offshore energy industry. The brand new VS 4725
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has been awarded a contract to build a 16 MW icebreaker for the Russian Ministry of Transport. The contract has been awarded together with OJCS Vyborg Shipyard. The total value of the vessel is about EUR 100 million. The project will start immediately and the vessel will be
During her voyage to Norway on December 10th, Christos XXII towed a part of Blue Thunder (new build PSV), when her towing wire broke in severe weather circumstances. Through a Norwegian Broker, KOTUG was approached to assist Christos XXII. Because of busy times in the port, KOTUG chartered the shoal
As of this week, Damen Shipyards Group is the new owner of French shiprepair yard Arno Dunkerque, the only operator for ship repair and conversion in the 3rd largest French port, Dunkirk. The yard will continue its ship repair and conversion services. Furthermore, its personnel and management will r
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has signed a contract with China Oilfield Services Ltd (COSL) to supply the designs for a total of six new ships. The two Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) and four Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels will initially provide
