Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with offshore ship owning company Ugland Offshore on the delivery of a platform supply vessel of SALT 100 PSV design. The vessel is to be delivered from Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik Q1 2014. The contract also includes an option for a second vessel. Currently Kleve
The ROV/Survey vessel SHARK 1, which is fully equipped for safe and efficient offshore operations in the Black Sea, is nearing completion in Constanta Shipyard, Romania and will be launched in August 2012. In addition to the capabilities needed for surveys, the vessel can also offer ROV support for
Incat Crowther announced the launch of the 24m Catamaran Ro-Pax Ferry, Runö. The vessel was recently launched by Baltic Workboats in Estonia and successfully completed sea trials. Runö is the second Incat Crowther-designed vessel to be built by Baltic Workboats, after Vėjūnas, a 24m Catamaran Scient
As persistent high oil prices and the burden of increased regulatory compliance have rendered energy management strategy development crucial for fleet owners worldwide, the shipping industry is on the verge of a new frontier where novel concepts and sophisticated approaches to ship design and perfor
The GMS Endurance arrived at Shipdock in Amsterdam having cruised all the way from Tunisia, after completing a successful shutdown project there of British Gas. GMS Endurance is a self-propelled, self-elevating, jack-up barge, built by Gulf Marine Services in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, based on the Dutch
On May 31st 2012 the Christening Ceremony of the second multi-purpose platform supply vessel of MMC 887 CP design, built for the one of the biggest Owners in Singapore, took place at Remontowa Shipbuilding yard in Poland. The first vessel of the same type left the Shipyard two months ago. After the
Today, Island Offshore took delivery of the MV Island Crusader from STX OSV, Brevik. It is the 20th vessel in the fleet that is operated by Island Offshore Management AS and it is the 7th of the UT 776 type. This is hull no. 765 and has the designation UT 776 CDG, where G stands […]
A new Handysize bulk carrier concept design – the Green Dolphin, created by the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) and development partners DNV and Wärtsilä – uses existing technologies to meet owners’ needs for fuel efficiency and operational flexibility while also being rea
On May 10, 2012, the christening ceremony for Kyokuyo‘s RORO carrier S500 was held at Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Mr. Katsuhiko Ochi, president of Kyokuyo Shipyard, was invited to attend the event by CLdN, which actually controls the ship as well as her sisters. Rotterdam was chosen because the vess
Eidesvik has today entered into a contract with Kleven Maritime for building of a large subsea vessel with delivery Q2 2014. The contract has a value of above 1 billion NOK and is the largest single investment in the company’s history. The vessel has a length of 145 m and a beam of 31 m. […]
Posidonia exhibition opens today June 4 at Metropolitan Expo Centre, which is equipped to provide enhanced services and an overall better experience to the estimated 1,870 exhibitors from 87 countries and 17,000 visitors expected to go through its gates during the five day event. The modern, state-o
Nevsky Shipyard, LLC started mooring trials of the lead multipurpose salvage vessel “Spasatel Karev” (Yard Number 701), capacity 4 MW, Design Project MPSV07. The State Customer of the vessel is the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency. The Customer is The Direction of State Contractor of Marine
Greek oil tanker operator, Almi Tankers S.A. has chosen OceanSaver Ballast Water Treatment solutions for its VLCCs currently under construction at Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. The 320,000 dwt vessels will join Almi’s fleet in July 2013 and November 2014 and are designed
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order from a Technip Samsung Consortium (TSC) to supply Alfa Laval equipment to Shell’s Prelude FLNG facility. FLNG opens up new business opportunities for countries looking to develop their gas resour
