BOGAZICI A.S. of Turkey have recently delivered Amapola 1, the first Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAstar 3000 tug, to International Offshore Engineering and Development Company, Panama for PDVSA of Venezuela. This new design rounds out the RAstar family of Terminal/Escort tugs, which to date encompass
Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Fujairah have big maritime ambitions as it became evident this week at the world’s most prestigious shipping event, the biennial Posidonia Exhibition. A total of 36 shipping industry magnates from the desert nation lined up their highly diverse marine offering on the 35,000 sq m
Activity in the newbuild sector is slowly picking up for most yards in the Far East. According to Fearnleys, the temporary slowdown early parts of the year is over. Although many of the orders reported are options, the sentiment seems to be changing, and willing owners are back for more tonnage. If
Vigor Fab have delivered the Tokitae, the state’s newest ferry, to Washington State Ferry officials this week. “Vigor Fab built a top-notch, first-in-class vessel on budget and on time to serve WSF’s peak summer season,” said Senior Vice President Joe Corvelli, head of Vigor Fab, Vigor Industrial’s
GDF SUEZ E&P UK has awarded a five-year contract to Sentinel Marine to provide a new 61-metre multi-role Emergency Response & Rescue Vessel (ERRV) to support drilling operations in the Cygnus field. The 1,890-tonne ship, named Cygnus Sentinel, will be built in the Fujian Southeast shipyard in China,
The new-build subsea support vessel, named MV Deep Helder continued its trials this week from the port of Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The 65 m long DP2 vessel was launched from De Hoop’s Foxhol Yard in Groningen on April 23rd 2014. She will be equipped with Survey and ROV systems, an offshore crane a
With a loan of over EUR 600 million, KfW IPEX-Bank is financing the construction of a second cruise ship for Star Cruises at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The signing ceremony of the corresponding contracts was held in Hong Kong today. This second new vessel is scheduled for delivery d
The first of two IMT949 Offshore Anchor Handling Tugs “AHT VALIANT” for POET Shipbuilding & Engineering Pte. Ltd., Singapore, is nearing completion at Jiangsu Suyang Marine Company Shipyard, China. These very compact 49.66 metre length overall Anchor Handling Tugs were required to be under 50 metres
A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S has today successfully completed a $5.1bn syndicated revolving credit facility with a selected group of 21 banks. The new facility is arranged by the company itself and refinances a $6.75bn facility maturing in 2015. A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S has consequently proactively addres
This week Uljanik shipyard in Pula, Croatia, began the construction of the Multi-Purpose Vessel JDN8628 which is being built for Jan De Nul Group. This versatile vessel can be equipped with two cable turntables with a total capacity of 10,000 tonnes. For Subsea Rock Installation the vessel can carry
Greek shipowners’ spending in new vessels and retrofits of existing fleet have attracted the global maritime community to Athens once again with the leading ship building nations lining up to showcase their goods at the Posidonia exhibition. At the show, the Japan Ship Exporters’ Association (JSEA)
The parties plan to develop cooperation in various shipbuilding and offshore projects that will give them the possibility to distribute the workload in the most effective way, as well as to offer a wide spectrum of vessels. By the invitation of management of JSC Shipyard Zaliv, the expanded delegati
BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, will showcase its portfolio of high performance vessels at this year’s Seawork International exhibition at the ABP Port of Southampton next week. BMT continues to be at the forefront in the design of high performance, customised wind farm support v
BAE Systems has today announced new design contracts for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship, which will play a vital role in the programme to deliver the Royal Navy’s next generation surface warship. Six Design Development Agreements have been awarded covering key areas such as propulsion, ventilation a
