Following on from an order in April last year, Cargotec has won a contract for two active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes from the privately-owned Norwegian specialist operator, Volstad Maritime. The two cranes, a 250-tonne MacGregor AHC subsea crane and a 15-tonne MacGregor AHC offshore cra
Through its subsidiary TTS Energy AS, TTS Group ASA’s Energy division has signed a contract worth approximately NOK 65 million. The contract is with Kleven Verft AS in Norway and concerns delivery of a subsea crane. The delivery will take place in May 2013. The contract includes an option of two ide
The proven and classified construction of Europe’s first hybrid tugboat has been developed! As from November 2011 Rotor®Tug RT Adriaan, operating in the Port of Rotterdam, has been retrofitted with a XeroPoint Hybrid Propulsion System of AKA Canada. As from March, 6th 2012, the conversion is complet
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) completed and delivered a 56,000 dwt type bulk carrier M.V. “PYTHAGORAS” (MES Hull No. 1778) at its Tamano Works on 9th March, 2012 to Samos Steamship Co., Greece. This vessel is a handy-max type bulk carrier of 56,000 dwt with a large cargo hold cap
Princess Cruises has again selected MCP’s wireless communications service, this time for the new Royal Princess and her sister being built at Fincantieri shipyard in Italy. The service has already been implemented on Princess Cruises’ 16 vessels and offers the most reliable end-to-end wireless servi
Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has received an order for a second Bulk Hose Securing Unit, BHSU, for the LNG vessel ‘Viking Queen’ from Eidesvik Offshore ASA. Kongsberg Evotec developed the technology through Statoil’s LOOP technology development programme in coop
Van der Velden Marine Systems delivered two TIMON rudders for TANIT, the new RoPax ferry of la Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation (CoTuNav). Tunisia’s state owned ferry company CoTuNav has chosen the Korean shipyard DMSE to build this new RoPax cruise ferry, which will be one of the biggest ferries
Alnmaritec recently successfully launched a new multi purpose offshore windfarm support vessel. ‘Ocean Wind 5′ is a variant of the extremely popular Wave Commander class from Alnmaritec. She measures 16m x 7m and is fitted with twin Scania DI16 engines giving her cruising speeds of over 24. On deck
For two new Scottish ferries, where operational efficiency is everything, Cargotec will deliver a complete MacGregor RoRo cargo access outfit to ensure fast port turnaround times. In January, Cargotec received a contract from Ferguson Shipbuilders in Scotland to deliver MacGregor RoRo cargo access e
M/T TORSTEN is a powerful handy-sized multipurpose anchor-handling and assistance tug with a large flat deck area. Its main scope of service is providing assistance at any offshore and nearshore construction sites, as well as anchor-handling and aiding cable-laying vessels. Sanmar has been involved
A series of free-running models of fast wind-farm support vessel designs have recently been tested by Seaspeed Marine Consulting for South Boats in order to develop the most appropriate hull forms for their next generation of vessels. Models of different hull designs, instrumented for performance me
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) signed in December last year a contract with Fassmer shipyard for construction and delivery of a 21m research vessel. With this order, the series of research vessels being built at Fassmer will be completed. The series comprises the 65-met
Amid great public attention, the new DP2 jack-up vessel ‘Neptune’ was named today at the port of Ostend by Mrs Isabel Casteleyn, partner of Federal State Secretary for Energy and the Environment Melchior Wathelet. This self-propelled jack-up vessel was built by IHC Merwede for GeoSea N.V., the offsh
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, which is indirectly owned 50/50 by Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA, has today declared options at Båtservice Holding AS for the construction of three crewboats for transport of service technicians to and from offshore wind turbine installations. The mentioned options are
