The Dutch shipbuilder, Damen Shipyards Group, has agreed with Norwegian shipowner World Wide Supply (WWS) to build 4 Platform Supply Vessels of the design “Damen PSV 3300 CD”. The vessels will be delivered from Damen`s shipyard in Romania from June to December 2013 and has a contract value of € 95 m
Oceansaver has achieved a milestone for the ballast water treatment industry with the commissioning of the first treatment system to include filters on a crude oil tanker in Korea. The 159.000 DWT Suezmax tanker, Ottoman Integrity, is being delivered from a Korean shipyard for Turkish owner Gungen M
Zvezda shipyard in Russia’s Far East has commenced the construction of an ice-breaker tanker for the Russia’s leading extraction and refinement company Rosneft. The ice-breaker tanker accounts for the first in a new series of “enhanced ice-class” tankers. Two vessels expected to have a capacity of o
Maersk Supply Service has signed a contract with Chilean shipyard Asenav for two innovative new offshore vessels with an option for – up to – four additional vessels. The project value for the two vessels is close to USD 200 million. The vessels will replace existing vessels operating in the Canadia
JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard, affiliate of United Industrial Corporation (USC) belonging to ex-senator Sergei Pugachev, confirms corvette Boiky will be delivered to Russian Navy in 2012, reports RIA Novosti referring to the yard’s director general Andrei Fomichev. “Third corvette, Boiky, is ready to
Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei (W.D.R.) puts the second double-ended ferry into service on the Föhr-Amrum line in only 18 months. The Schleswig-Holstein follows the example of the Uthlande, commissioned in 2010, and will have a transport capacity of 1.200 passengers and 75 cars. This double-ended ferry
DCNS, a French builder has initiated design work for the BPC-type force projection and command vessels ordered for the Russian Navy. Studies dedicated to modifying the vessel design to the specific requirements of the Russian Navy have been started by DCNS. The BPC contract was signed in June with R
Deep Sea Supply today announced that it has taken delivery of the newbuilding AHTS vessel “Sea Stoat” from ABG Shipyard, India. “Sea Stoat” is the 9th AHTS vessel delivered from ABG and concludes the series of newbuilding AHTS vessels from ABG to Deep Sea Supply. The Deep Sea Supply fleet now consis
Today Fjord1 will have a naming ceremony for MF Boknafjord, the world’s largest gas ferry. The new eco-friendly ferry, delivered by Fiskerstrand BLRT AS, will serve the Arsvågen-Mortavika route on the Boknafjord in Rogaland County, in addition to making sure the Halhjem-Sandvikvåg route in Hordaland
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced that it has won a £15 million order, to provide the design, integrated power and propulsion systems and deck equipment for two offshore service vessels for ship owner Island Offshore. The contract includes an option for an additional fou
IHC Merwede has announced that it has recently secured orders for advanced vessels and equipment in its core markets of dredging and offshore to the value of €200million. The latest agreements confirmed by IHC Merwede include: a new pipelaying vessel for Subsea 7; a trailing suction hopper dredger f
The 8th of December saw the laying down of keels of two TG04M project shallow-draught icebreaking tugs by ZNT YARD JSC for a FSUE “Rosmoport” Azov basin branch. A new tug is oriented for towing and canting operations or transfer of pilots, members of government and supervisory committees. During roa
Brodosplit shipyard has just delivered a passenger – cargo vessel under the hull No. 468. Hull 468 is a passenger, vehicles, trucks and hazardous cargo vehicles vessel. This was the end of building for one of the most sophisticated and most expensive projects in the history of Split shipyard. Accord
LNG as ship fuel is already a proven alternative for short sea shipping, but what about the primary engine of global trade – the boxship? To investigate and develop solutions for large LNG fuelled container vessels classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and IHI Marine United Inc. (IHIMU) sig
