Eidesvik announced that its newbuilding, Viking Prince, was named in an official ceremony in Aalesund, Norway, on 23 March. Lady sponsor of the vessel is Mrs. Anne Grete Engen, valued employee for the last 27 years who retired in march this year. Viking Prince is the fifth Eidesvik Offshore vessel t
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft today launched ferry “Seatruck Precision”. The ferry, the last of four newbuildings ordered at FSG for service in the Irish Sea, is for the shipping company Seatruck Ferries Ltd. “As with Hull No. 751 – Seatruck Performance – the name of the latest ship also appear
The handing-over ceremony of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya being modernized in Russia for India will be held in Dec 2012, reported information agency Press Trust of India referring to sources in Indian defense ministry. The Russian-Indian largest-ever military export contract on modernization of
Ocean Alden, the newly built stand-by vessel for the Gjøa field was named yesterday at a ceremony at the GDF SUEZ base in Florø. A new subsea warehouse and workshop were inaugurated on the same occasion. GDF SUEZ E&P Norge has awarded shipowners Atlantic Offshore a 10 year contract for the operation
Having undertaken the biggest combat ship contract in the Turkish private sector history, RMK Marine will participate as the representative of the Turkish private shipbuilding industry in the 3rd Dimdex Exhibition organized in Doha, the capital city of Qatar, to share the recent developments particu
Multi Cat 1506, a Damen multi-purpose work vessel constructed for the dredging industry, has reportedly been loaded onboard the HR Intonation, an 11,872-deadweight-ton time charter from Belgian heavy-lift carrier OXL, at the Port of Zeebrugge. The 15.5-meter SWCC-2 Multi Cat is designed for towing,
Through its subsidiary TTS Ships Equipment AS, TTS Group ASA’s Marine division has signed a contract worth approximately NOK 23 million. The contract is with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., LTD. in Korea and concerns delivery of offshore and marine cranes for three ships. The contract contains two opt
Last Monday No Limit Ships shipyards of the Netherlands succesfully launched Hydrographic Survey vessel with building number 26. This vessel is ordered by a Russian customer and will be delivered at her homeport Archangelsk around 1 May. No Limit Ships shipyards is builder of workboats upto 35 meter
Following the declaration of an option granted to Subsea 7, Eidesvik has sold 50% of the subsea vessel that is under construction at Ulstein Verft (Hull 295). The ship is of the SX148 design from Ulstein, which can carry out highly advanced subsea work like inspection, maintenance and repair of oil
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) recently booked attractive new orders as part of an expansion of its product portfolio. Now the shipyard is in the press yet again – by creating 40 jobs for engineers at a new office in Hamburg. “In May we will open our new office Flensburg Ship Design in Ham
Bangladesh’s leading shipbuilding company Western Marine Shipyard Limited is set to deliver two more ships to German (Wednesday, 21 Mar 2012), setting another milestone in the country’s shipbuilding industry. The delivery would be the fourth pair of ice class ships built by the Western Marine for th
On the 29th of March the icebreaking multipurpose support vessel Sanaborg will be launched at the shipyard Niestern Sander. The Sanaborg is the first in a series of special engineered logistic services in the Caspian Sea. The expected delivery will be at the end of July. The second icebreaker, Serke
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of one Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (“OSCV”) for DOF. The value of the contract amounts to approximately NOK 650 m
In summer 2013, the world’s first two ferries with a hybrid propulsion system will be put into service. Owned by CMAL, they are being built by Ferguson Shipbuilders in Glasgow. Each of the hybrid vessels will be equipped with two Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP) with an input power of 375 kW per pro
