Fred.Olsen Windcarrier recently held a naming ceremony for number three of the four Bayard class crew vessels. The ceremony took place at the waterfront downtown Mandal, Norway on a sunny day with Fred Olsen himself present. Once godmother Ellen Oset officially named the vessel Bayard 3 with the tra
Wärtsilä has launched its new Medium Voltage Power Drive. The product will enable the delivery of electro and automation systems for large, electric propulsion vessels, such as drilling rigs and tankers, large passenger and cruise ships, various offshore service vessels, as well as compressors and p
Work on Viking Line’s new passenger ferry, the M/S Viking Grace, is proceeding as planned. The keel laying ceremony is taking place today, March 6, 2012, at the STX Finland shipyard in Turku. The vessel will be launched in mid-August. It will go into service in January 2013. There is heavy interest
One out of three new Project 90600 harbor tugs has arrived in Baltic Fleet (BF) Baltiysk Naval Base. Harbor tug RB-42 will join the base’s auxiliary ship brigade. Two other tugs will be stationed in BF Leningrad Naval Base. By the end of 2012, two such tugs will be constructed for Russian Navy. Proj
On Thursday, March 1, 2012, the next construction stage of the EUROPA 2 began with the keel laying. At the shipyard STX Europe in Saint-Nazaire, France, the first block of the ship was lifted into the dry dock. Sebastian Ahrens, Managing Director of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises and Laurent Castaing, General
As the major engineering partner to the Allseas Group, Bosch Rexroth has developed and engineered the drive and control system solution for the world’s largest mobile lifting mechanism for offshore installations. The special vessel equipped with this topside lifting system (TLS), “Pieter Schelte”, c
The Latvian Navy’s new SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) patrol boats will be kept under Germanischer Lloyd (GL) class. GL surveyors will conduct periodic examinations throughout the life cycle of the vessels to verify that the vessels continue to be fit for purpose, technically reliable and s
CTruk Boats has signed a deal to build two 20-tonne payload MPCs for a new company, Offshore Turbine Services. Both vessels will be delivered in the spring of 2012. Offshore Turbine Services will be taking advantage of CTruk Boats’ flexible pod system (patent applied), which was designed specificall
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has won an order from the Rolldock concern in the Netherlands for two identical newbuildings for the flexible and challenging transport of high value project loads. The ship design permits load handling using three different methods – a precondition for top-l
French Builder NAVALU, located on the French Atlantic Coast, in the Vendée region, announces that it has added a new model, designated the NxS 18, to it’s NxS range of multiservice catamarans of now 15 metres, 18 metres, and 24 metres. Navalu has already received what is believed to be the first ord
First out of three frigates built by Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad, Russia) will be delivered to Indian Navy in Apr 2012, reports RIA Novosti. Frigate INS Teg has already passed state trials. Second frigate for Indian Navy – INS Tarkash – is under mooring trials, the third ship – INS Trikand – is bei
On March 1, 2012, STX Finland Oy Turku shipyard carried out the launch of the multipurpose deck cargo vessel built for Gaiamare Ltd. The vessel will be approx. 105.4 metres long and approx. 18.8 metres wide. The vessel is scheduled to be delivered in late spring 2012. The launching was carried out n
Statoil is preparing an invitation to tender for a new type of drilling rig for mature fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The new rigs, known as category J, will be jack-ups designed by the industry on behalf of Statoil. Statoil will propose for licence groups to take on ownership of t
On 02 March, 2012, Delivery Signing Ceremony for Bulk Carrier MV South was successfully held under attendance of representatives from owner and the Yard. “M/V South” is the 1st vessel in the series of eight bulk carriers ordered by ship owner Geden Lines, Turkey. The vessel is effectively operated b
