Shipyard De Hoop has received a special variation order for two of their newbuild vessels. This is due to a new large contract which their client have recently secured for these vessels. First of all the names where changed vice versa, which means that yardnumber 434 is now called Don Alfonso (forme
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and P&O Maritime Ltd. announce that the two companies have signed a contract for the construction of 2 x Incat Crowther designed 17.5m Wind Farm Service Vessels withoptions for further vessels. The two vessels will be built under survey to Lloyds classification at t
The Board of Directors of OAO Sovcomflot reviewed and approved the Company’s Development Strategy until 2017. The strategy, in particular, envisages: – An increase in the proportion of the Company’s business involving the specialised shipment of energy resources, in particular liquefied natural gas
The Dutch yard Vitters Shipyard adds its latest performance superyacht to its portfolio, SY Sarissa. With her 42.6 meters (138ft), Sarissa is the largest carbon sloop ever built in the Netherlands, and one of the largest worldwide. Her lightweight construction and rigging with her state of the art s
In June Cargotec signed a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd in South Korea to deliver MacGregor RoRo equipment for four deepsea ConRo vessels to be built for a Saudi Arabian owner. The MacGregor equipment will be delivered in 2012 – 2013. The contract includes 1600 tonnes of MacGregor equi
After an extensive selection process, involving discussions with a number of different shipyards, Tankers Inc. has today signed its first newbuilding contract for two LR1 vessels of 75,000 DWT each to be built by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. (“DSIC”), in the Liaoning province, China. In ad
QinetiQ GRC combined its annual user event with the official launch of Paramarine version 7. The launch event was held on HMS Warrior in Portsmouth harbour and was attended by a large number of Paramarine users drawn from both the commercial and defence sectors. When commissioned on August 1st 1861,
Russian gas producer Novatek plans to build a new type of LNG tanker, designed for big-scale year-round shipping in the Arctic… (barentsobserver) [mappress] Source: BarentsObserver, June 23, 2011;
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won a $24 million order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for two next generation ‘Ramform’ vessels, capable of three-dimensional (3D) seismic data acquisition for sea bottom resource exploration. The ships will be cons
STX France SA, a 66.66% owned subsidiary of STX Europe AS, has rescinded the contract with GNMTC (General National Maritime Transport Company) – the state owned Libyan shipping company – for the construction of a 140,000 GT cruise vessel for delivery end-2012. The reason for the rescission is the de
Deep Sea Metro Ltd. has today taken delivery of the drillship Deepsea Metro I from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). Chairman of Odfjell Offshore Ltd. Simen Lieungh states: “Delivery has been according to plan. The collaboration with the yard has been excellent and we acknowledge their great effort. W
Luxury cruise line the Yachts of Seabourn has launched its latest liner at a glittering ceremony in Barcelona. The new Seabourn Quest was ch… (Independent) [mappress] Source: independent, June 22, 2011;
Farstad Shipping ASA has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Farstad Supply AS, reached an agreement with STX OSV AS to build 2 Anchor Handling / Offshore Service vessels (AHTS) of the type UT 731 CD. Contract value is approx. NOK 1.2 billion. The vessels are designed by Rolls Royce Marine with a t
W3G Marine (W3GM) and IHC Merwede have agreed to collaborate on the development of W3GM’s patented design for an offshore wind turbine installation ship (OWTIS). The OWTIS concept has major advantages over existing assets, not least in its ability to improve offshore safety by necessitating fewer ta
