Transocean Ltd. has been awarded a five-year contract for a newbuild dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillship by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Shipyard delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2016. After customer acceptance, the contract is expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2016, c
CTruk scored a hat-trick with the delivery of its 12th 20T multi-purpose catamaran, CWind Challenger. As well as being the first of these popular offshore wind support vessels to be designed, built and classed to Bureau Veritas (BV) rules, the 18.5m multi-role workboat is also the first Category 1 v
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has signed a contract with KNUD E. HANSEN A/S for the design of a 500 GT SOLAS passenger vessel for Tokelau, a non-self governing territory of New Zealand consisting of 3 coral atolls (Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo). The vessel, which is the only m
Volstad Maritime & Bergen Group have returned to PG Marine again to order extensive utility- and engine room- pump-packages for their new Offshore Construction Vessel. The vessel, of Skipsteknisk design ST-259 CD, is purpose built Offshore Construction Vessel (OCV) / ROV / under construction at Berg
The charter demand for the latest generation of offshore wind farm Personnel Transport Vessels [PTVs] from Tidal Transit Limited has enabled this young North Norfolk company to commission the construction of a fourth vessel with Spanish boat builder Mercurio Plastics. Kitty Petra will be constructed
Osiris Projects, part of Bibby Marine Survey Services, yesterday announced building has commenced on a sister ship to Bibby Tethra, named Bibby Athena, to be launched in winter 2014. The vessel will mirror the capabilities of Bibby Tethra with a few subtle changes to reflect the company’s developmen
Imagine holding a 100-meter long, subsea construction vessel in position as it lowers with its 250-ton crane, heavy subsea modules to the seabed. GE’s Power Conversion takes the guess work out of complex dynamic positioning (DP) operations with its advanced human-machine interface (HMI) and returns
MacArtney has recently delivered a customised CORMAC 5 stainless steel electrical winch coupled with an EdgeTech 4200 Side Scan Sonar system to STX Finland. Next generation winch for a next generation offshore patrol vessel Back in December 2011, STX Finland and the Finnish Border Guard signed an ag
DSME has been awarded its first Jack-up rig contract after a 30 year hiatus. DSME signed the contract on September 25th with Maersk Drilling, a Denmark based company, for one Jack-up Rig. The value of this contract is approximately 530 million USD. It is scheduled to be delivered in the middle of 20
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) has signed another lucrative deal adding two more ships to its orderbook. The company announced today in its regulatory filing to the Korea Stock Exchange that it has won an order worth approx $ 1.25 billion for the construction of two drills
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order for two MacGregor active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes from a Turkish shipyard for a new subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) and construction vessel for a Norwegian owner. A 250-tonne and a 15-tonne MacGregor subsea crane will
The No.5 self-unloading bulk carrier, CSL Tacoma, built for Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) as a part of its fleet expansion programme has departed Chengxi Shipyard. These self-unloaders measure a Seaway maximum of 225.6 by 23.8 metres, feature custom hull design for increased cargo lift, EPA Tier II c
NDM has signed new contracts with VARD Group for supply of deck machinery for two Pipe Lay Support Vessels (PLSVs) of VARD 3 16 design. The vesselse will be built by VARD Promar in Brasil and delivered to DOF/Technip in Q4 2016 (EP09) and Q2 2017 (EP10). For these vessels NDM will supply the followi
Vietnam’s state-owned Debt and Asset Trading Corp (DATC) and Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin), few days ago, reached a decision that DATC will issue $600 million of bonds overseas guaranteed by the Vietnamese Government to restructure the debts of Vinashin. The decision comes after len
