Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd. (Wison Offshore & Marine) announced today the commencement of the installation of the topsides liquefaction equipment on the Caribbean FLNG project marking another significant milestone toward completion of what will be the world’s first floating LNG liquefaction and sto
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS NMF GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, entered a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyards Co. Ltd. in Ulsan, South Korea with a total value of NOK 40 million (approx. USD 6.5 million). The contract concerns delivery of cargo cranes to Ray Shipping Ltd. for 4 x 61.000
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has received the order to supply complete main propulsion systems for six new chemical tankers. The ships are being built at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group yard in China on behalf of Stolt Tankers B.V., the operator of
Waterfront Shipping Company Ltd. has reached an agreement with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), Westfal-Larsen & Co A/S (WL) and Marinvest/Skagerack Invest to build six new ships, with an option for building an additional three, all to be delivered during 2016. These 50,000 dead weight tonne vessels
The dry-cargo vessel NEVA-LEADER 7 of project RSD49, built at Nevsky Shipyard for North -Western Shipping Company, set off on sea trials on December 7th, 2013. The project RSD49 is developed by Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-SPb, JSC. The vessels of project RSD49 refer to «Volgo-Don Max» class in
Fire Broke Out on Ro-Ro Vessel CORONA SEAWAYS At around 02.30 this morning, 4 December 2013, a fire broke out on the ro-ro vessel CORONA SEAWAYS, while the vessel was en route from Frederica to Copenhagen. Drydocks World Signs LOI to Build World’s Largest Jack-Up Rigs Drydocks World the internationa
Damen Shipyards Group deliverd the fifth Platform Supply Vessel in a series of six to World Wide Supply of Norway on December 5. World Opal is a Damen PSV 3300 CD. The first ship, World Diamond, was delivered in July and the last in the series ‘World Sapphire’ is due to be delivered mid-December. Me
Danish Yachts are to build the first in their second series of carbon fibre SWATH vessels, due for delivery in 2014 for operation in Northern Europe. With construction already underway, this will bring the fleet total to five vessels by the middle of next year, achieved in just eighteen months. The
Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), a specialist in naval architecture, marine engineering and production support, congratulated Patrick Faas, PE; Matthew Wichgers, PE and Steve Harris, PE, PMP on the successful completion of the Cold Regions Engineering Short Course. The cold regions certification is
ABB won orders worth $180 million in 2013 to deliver complete electrical power plants and propulsion systems for six new cruise liners that include its latest-generation Azipod XO units. The orders make 2013 the best-ever year for ABB in cruise liners with the Azipod system. The six ships include tw
The ceremonial raising of the flag on Vidar, the powerful jack-up vessel, took place in CRIST Shipyard (Gdynia, Poland) on December 6, 2013. CRIST delivered Vidar, its second heavy lift jack-up barge for Hochtief Solutions. The vessel was developed for the construction and maintenance of offshore wi
On November 18, NYK welcomed 53 environmental supervisors from 48 NYK Group companies to the NYK headquarters for the group’s seventh Environmental Management Conference. This conference is held annually to encourage NYK Group companies to share information on environmental practices, activate commu
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announced yesterday that it has entered into agreements to purchase five Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels currently under construction as listed below: Yard DWT Delivery Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) CO., LTD. 82,000 Q3-15 Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) CO., LTD. 82,000 Q
GC Rieber Shipping ASA and Kleven Maritime AS have reached the agreement about building a 3D high capacity seismic vessel with ice-class 1A*. The agreement was entered with an option for one additional vessel of the same type. The parties have today entered a new supplementary agreement of extending
