Croatian shipyard Brodosplit launched the first of two Jumbo’s revolutionary new K3000-class vessels last week. Many were there to witness the momentous occasion, including members of the Jumbo management team and personnel of the shipyard, Brodosplit. After the launch a party was held to celebrate
Barge Master has received a Letter of Award from Niestern Sander bv for employment of the Barge Master motion compensated crane on their new Walk-to-Work vessel, to be built for Wagenborg. The vessel including the Barge Master system will be ready in the first quarter of 2015. NAM will use the motio
Vroon announced that on Monday 23 September 2013, the company took delivery of MV Galloway Express. Galloway Express is the first of four livestock carriers being constructed at the Cosco Shipyard in Guangdong for Vroon. The remaining three vessels are scheduled for delivery later this year and earl
PARAT Halvorsen as has been rewarded a new contract with Vard Singapore Pte. Ltd for their NB792, a Platform Supply Vessel to be constructed at their shipyard Vang Tau in Vietnam. The 1250kW electric boiler will be delivered as a combined Hot Water & Steam Boiler. PARAT will deliver a complete boile
NAVALU has launched the SeaFox, an offshore wind farm service catamaran, for the UK wind farm service provider Enviroserve Ltd. Working in close collaboration with Enviroserve, Navalu’s in-house design team have been able to produce a crew boat, designated the NxS 24, that meets the demands of windf
Scorpio Bulkers completed a private placement of 33,400,000 new ordinary shares of $0.01 par value at a subscription price of NOK 53.50, raising approximately $300 million in gross proceeds (the Private Placement). The proceeds from the Private Placement will be used to partly finance construction o
Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has received a first order for their new production facility in Brazil. The new order includes three sets of five cranes, which will be manufactured as soon as construction of the Brazilian production facility is completed
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion has developed a new innovative product, the ‘Quick Docking/Fuel Saving’ package. This offers owners a fast and low-cost additional docking with the sole aim of reducing fuel consumption in between the five-year statutory survey period. The first vessel booked under the
Maersk Drilling has ordered a new ultra harsh environment jack-up rig, XL Enhanced 4, to be built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. The rig is scheduled for delivery in mid-2016. The total project cost for the rig is USD 650m including a turnkey contra
Inocean has been awarded the contract for the Concept and option for FEED for the Statoil CAT I Drillship. “The most important contract for Inocean ever,” says Jon Erik Borgen, CEO of Inocean. “Being developed for arctic operations, we are probably speaking of the most advanced and sophisticated uni
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. yesterday announced that it has agreed to acquire a second 155,900 cubic meter liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier newbuilding from Awilco LNG ASA (Awilco), a Norway-based owner and operator of LNG carriers. The vessel, the second of two vessels to be acquired by the Partner
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. has launched the fourth HOSMAX 300 series Offshore Supply Vessel, the HOS RIVERBEND (H204) for Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC. Hornbeck’s first vessel, the HOS RED DAWN (H201), was delivered on June 21, 2013. The HOS RED ROCK (H202) was launched on April 19, 2013 an
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS), an IACS-member classification society and NAPA, a leading software house for ship design and operation today announced that RS will take NAPA software into use to be able to serve their customers even better. Further expansion of RS presence on new and tra
Drydocks World, the internationally established & recognized maritime service provider today announced that His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group attended the ‘sail away’ ceremony to mark the commencement of delivery of the p
