Damen Shipyards will unveil its new Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) at EUROPORT 2011 and will launch a complete PSV range in the next few months. The PSV 3300 E3 is a dedicated supply vessel to transport supplies to oil and gas rigs and is specifically designed to perform safely in adverse weather cond
Providence Resources P.l.c., (“Providence”) the London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM) listed oil and gas exploration and production company, announced that it has taken delivery of the GSF Arctic III (“Arctic III”) semi-submersible drilling rig for the upcoming appraisal drilling programme at Barryroe. The
Scana Industries ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Volda signed a new contract with STX OSV Trading. The contract value is approx. 24 MNOK for delivery of three gear and propeller systems with remote control for three trawlers of the type FV 01, which is a STX OSV design. The deal also includes a
Italian yacht builder ISA and German design firm Egg & Dart join forces on a relatively new design, an Explorer 58-meter superyacht called “Ranger”. Egg & Dart are actually handling both the exterior and interior designs while ISA will build the vessel. The 58M Ranger is an Explorer styled yacht but
Nordic Yards, manufacturer of technologically sophisticated and innovative special ships and maritime structures, brings the HelWin alpha offshore platform to dock at its Wismar yard. The self-erecting transformer platform is being built for Siemens Energy in separate sections at Wismar and Warnemün
On November 3rd, Shipyard Ferus Smit delivered vessel under the yard-number 395 to Royal Wagenborg. The ship, trading under the name Finnborg, is the fifth in a series of six ice-class 1A, nozzle equipped, 14.600 ton vessels the yard is building for Wagenborg. The first ship of this series is the MV
Alex Neil today confirmed Clyde-based Ferguson Shipbuilders as the preferred bidder to build world’s first in environmentally friendly ferries – in a deal worth over £20 million (32.03 million U.S. dollars). The Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure & Capital Investment also said that as a result of
The Naval Ship Classification Association (NSCA) has elected Lorenz Petersen, Germanischer Lloyd’s Business Segment Manager for Navy Vessels, as Chairman of the Association, at their annual general meeting in Rome. The NSCA is the naval counterpart of the International Association of Classification
At the end of September Damen has signed a contract to start building a Stan Patrol 2606 at Astinave yard in Ecuador. This project is the next step in the successful cooperation between Astinave and Damen. In recent years Damen delivered a Stan Tug 1405, a Stan Tug 1606, two CSD’s 450 and two CSD’s
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc. started the production of second icebreaking supply vessel for Russian shipping company Sovcomflot at the Helsinki Shipyard 2 November 2011. Both vessels will be delivered in April 2013. The main purpose for the vessels is to supply the Arkutun-Dagi oil and gas product
In March 2012 Sevmash shipyard will start construction of two diesel electric submarines for Russian Navy, said the shipyard’s deputy director general Mikhail Budnichenko in the interview to Korabel newspaper. According to him, “pre-contractual negotiations are in progress, manufacturing preparation
Russian defense-oriented shipyard Sevmash will construct floating transit airfield in Arctic for oilers developing the Prirazlomnoye field on the shelf of Pechora Sea, reported the shipyard’s press service on Nov 1. According to Sevmash’s deputy director general Mikhail Budnichenko, the shipyard alo
According to maritime consultant Alphaliner, deliveries of new containerships have surpassed the 1 million TEU mark since the beginning of 2011, with 154 vessels delivered, and 280,000 TEUs more to come by the end of 2011. Alphaliner said that “Non deliveries due to cancellations, deferrals and slip
On October 26, 4#16900DWT BC (Hull No: SF080104), being built for Polish Steamship Co., was successfully launched. This vessel is the 4th one among 8 sister vessels contracted between Polish Steamship Company and SF shipyard. It will be built strictly according to ABS rules. 16,900DWT Bulk Carrier T
