France begins construction of the first Mistral-class assault landing ship for Russian Navy, advance has been obtained, reported RIA Novosti referring to a spokesman for the French state-led defense company DCNS. The EUR 1.2-bln contract for construction of two French Mistral-class helicopter carrie
Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) to initiate a project specific front-end engineering design (FEED) of an LNG FPSO solution for the Tamar gas field offshore Israel. This agreement follows the recent announcement of the agr
On 30 November 2011, Van Oord performed the naming ceremony for its new Damen Multi Cat 3213 ‘Oceanus’. The Oceanus is the biggest Multi Cat ever built by Damen Shipyards and the first of its type. A sister vessel ‘Cronus’ is to be delivered April 2012, one month before the contractual delivery date
In Q1 2013 Fugro will take delivery of a new-built vessel, M/V Fugro Pioneer, the first of Fugro’s dedicated Offshore Survey Costal Vessel series. Featured on Stand 11121 at EWEA Offshore Amsterdam, the new vessel will operate in North-West European waters. Designed to Fugro specifications and fitte
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company and China’s Bestway Engineering, have today unveiled a range of energy efficient ship designs which have been produced to meet the future requirements of the global merchant shipping industry. The new highly efficient ship designs have been produced usin
Dockwise Ltd today announces it has reached agreement with Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd. (COOEC) to act as manager of COOEC’s new build type 1 marine transportation vessel for all third party projects. The new vessel, a semi-submersible, currently under construction at China Merchants Yard in Sh
Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in the North East of the UK, announced today at the EWEA Offshore 2011 exhibition that it has been awarded a contract for two of it’s new Wave Master class of wind farm support vessels. The new order was placed by North Sea Logistics one of the
Launching ceremony of new 7,100 DWT tanker, named Mugan, took place yesterday, November 29, 2011 at Besiktas Shipyard, Yalova. Tanker Mugan is seventh out of ten tankers of Armada series of Project RST22M that Palmali Group ordered from Besiktas Shipyard. Besiktas Shipyard plans to perform the order
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that it has secured a new contract for the construction of one Research Vessel for the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (“NDLO”). The contract value is approximately NO
At the ceremony held last Saturday, De Hoop Foxhol shipyard launched the 4th KISS supplier, the Caballo Genitor. This vessel built under the yard number 433, is planned to be delivered in February next year. Platform Supply Vessel / Kiss Supplier is an environmental friendly vessel with diesel elect
Keel-laying ceremony of Project 22120 ice-class patrol ship (serial number 051) was held on Nov 25 at JSC Almaz Shipbuilding Firm. Prior to the ceremony there was a briefing attended by Governor of St. Petersburg, members of the city legislative assembly, Director of Northwest Border Guard Dept, Alm
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that contracts for two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) with Island Offshore have been confirmed. The contracts had originally been announced on 30 October 2011, subject to financ
Lately BLRT Marketex and Sure Wind Marine Ltd entered into contract to build four 19,5 m wind farm catamarans. The catamarans are available for projects throughout Europe and built to DNV class and dual UK MCA and German Stability rules to ensure full flexibility. “This is first major contract for B
Damen Shipyards and SeaZip Offshore Service will sign a contract at the EWEA conference (14:30 hrs, stand 11020, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,). SeaZiphas ordered two Fast Crew Suppliers of the 2610-type. The first ever FCS 2610 was delivered early 2011 and offers reduced peak accelerations of up to 7
