Wärtsilä power and positioning systems have been selected for ships being built for use by the Brazilian energy giant Petrobras. The proven reliability and superior efficiency of these systems, which results in lower operating costs, fewer emissions and less maintenance, are cited as reasons for the
In its meeting today the board of creditors decided on solutions involving industrial partners. The individual offers for the three companies of the Sietas Group are higher in total than the overall offer submitted and also offer greater security for the future, since they involve strategic investor
Hantong Group and a German design company recently has signed a contract in Hamburg for co-operating designing the offshore foundation transportation vessel (hereunder referred as OFTV), to secure the smooth delivery of Hantong manufactured offshore foundations in time. The design would be optimized
Keppel Offshore & Marine’s (Keppel O&M) yards in the U.S. and Azerbaijan have secured contracts worth a total of about US$70 million. In the US, Keppel AmFELS LLC, has secured a contract from Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (Transocean) to repair and upgrade the semisubmersible (semi) ri
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order worth $80 million from Samsung Heavy Industries to supply energy efficient drives, motors and electrical power systems for five drilling vessels and two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers to be built at Samsung’s shipyar
The Fosnavag-based Havyard Group AS was today officially unveiled as supplier of a Havyard 820 design for the shipping company Atlantic Offshore. Atlantic Offshore is located at Sotra just outside Bergen and has a fleet of 22 vessels. The company has around 580 employees. The vessel is a standby ves
In June 2012 Konecranes received an important order for a Goliath gantry crane from Kvaerner in Norway. The Goliath gantry crane will be in operation at Kvaerner’s facilities at Stord on November 2013. The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the order. The markets on the Norwegian Conti
On Wednesday, 27 June 2012, Hamburg Süd celebrated the christening of its container ship “Santa Ines” at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) in Geoje-City in Korea. Sponsor of the “Santa Ines” was Dr Marie Schnell, a daughter of Dr Arend Oetker. The “Santa Ines” is the last newb
Deltamarin has entered into a new contract with Yangfan Group (China) for the design of B.Delta37 Bulk Carriers to be built for d’Amico Societa di Navigazione S.p.A. who placed with the Chinese builder a series of six fixed orders and six options. Deltamarin will procure the Basic Design, part of th
On June 26th, SD Standard Drilling Plc has entered into a final SPA for the sale of one rig (B324) under construction and further issued the buyer an option to purchase a second rig (B337) under construction. If the option is exercised the gross combined price will be USD 426m. The option to purchas
On the longest day of the year Arklow Marine Services successfully launched their second 20 metre wind farm service vessel into the River Avoca at Arklow. The vessel looking splendid in her Alicat colours has again been delivered ahead of her scheduled delivery date. Local people crammed the quaysid
Royal Imtech N.V. announces that it has signed a contract for the design and supply of all electric systems to power three Turkish Navy Auxiliary vessels, consisting of one Submarine Rescue Mother Ship (MoShip) and two Rescue and Towing Ships (RATships). All ships will be built by Istanbul Shipyard
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been selected to supply its MT30 gas turbine to power a new FFX frigate for the Republic of Korea’s Navy. This is the first order for the MT30 in Asia. The FFX frigate will use a single MT30 rather than a pair, which demonstrates that the engine is
On June 22 Simon Møkster has signed a contract with Astilleros Gondan in Spain for the building of the advanced Platform Supply Vessel of UT776 WP design. This will be the second vessel Astilleros Gondan constructs for Møkster. Gondan has previously delivered “Stril Merkur”, a multi field support ve
