Ask any Mariner, weathering a storm is hair raising. Weathering the perfect storm literally leaves fingernail marks deep in the leather of a captain’s chair. GE Power Conversion experts and technologies are providing robust solutions to face the planet’s toughest challenges. They do this by understa
CTruk will be unveiling THOR, Twin Hulled Offshore Raider, at the DSEI exhibition in London from 10-13 September 2013. THOR will be starring in the waterborne demonstration adjacent to the ExCel venue and will be proving its capabilities as a fast, stable and multi-role force protection craft. Desig
Minister for Defence Materiel Dr Mike Kelly AM MP announced, on July 2, that the final keel block for the future destroyer, Hobart, has been successfully lifted into place by the AWD Alliance in Adelaide. The AWD Alliance is made up of the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) representing the Austral
On 1 July, Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities Technical Supervision Division was formed at Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS, the Register) incorporating Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities Design Expertise Department and Oil and Gas Equipment Technical Supervision Department. According to Mikhail
The last of Canada Steamship Lines’ (CSL) four newbuild Trillium Class self-unloading Lakers, the Baie Comeau, was delivered on June 20, 2013 and set sail on her maiden voyage on June 30. She departed at 11:48 CST from Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, en route to Montreal, Quebec, where she is s
Ferus Smit successfully launched new cargo ship M.V. Helge at the Westerbroek yard on Saturday the 6th of July. This bulk oriented general cargo ship is specially designed for trading in the Gotaland region. With her special dimensions ‘Helge’ exactly fits through the locks of the trollhattan canal,
A solemn christening ceremony for the jack-up drilling rig Neptune took place on 3 July 2013 at the Astrakhan Shipbuilding Production Association yard (enters Caspian Energy Group). The installation of the jack-up drilling rig Neptune was done at the Astrakhan Shipbuilding Production Association yar
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced plans to install the Selective catalytic Reduction (SCR) system – jointly developed by MOL, Yanmar Co., Ltd., and Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. on all three power generators of an MOL-operated oceangoing freighter for a demonstration test. This test demonstr
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of three contracts from Petrobras with a combined value (at the time of contract signature) of approximately US$1.6 billion for the construction and operation of three new-build flexible pipe-lay support vessels (PLSVs). The work scope of each of these 5 year contra
On 5th July, Nordic Yards has been awarded one of Germany’s most innovative companies. At a ceremony for the Top 100 companies at the Axel Springer Passage centre in Berlin, journalist and TV host Ranga Yogeshwar presented Nordic Yards’ managing director Vitaly Yusufov with the Top 100 prize for inn
Saipem Jack-Up Rig ‘Perro Negro 6′ Sinks Off Angola Saipem informs that on July 1, the jack up drilling rig Perro Negro 6, due to the collapsing of the seabed under one of the three legs, suddenly tilted and suffered hull damages, causing water intake. MOL Comfort’s Fore Part Breaks Free from Tow Th
Parakou Shipping has placed an order with China based Chengxi Shipyard for four 64,000dwt bulkers. The order stipulates an option for additional eight vessels, two batches of four units, of the same type. The vessels will incorporate SDARI Dolphin 64 design. That kind of bulk carrier is an energy-ef
Norway’s reputed offshore and fishing company Volstad Shipping has taken over their new state-of-the-art stern trawler fishing vessel from Tersan Shipyard. Volstad Shipping’s Managing Director Mr. Eivind Volstad said that this new fishing vessel is Volstad Shipping’s fourth fishing vessel named “Vol
Four new 22,000dwt multi-purpose vessels for China Navigation have been designed to provide efficient, flexible freight solutions; they will feature variable frequency drive electric cranes and hydraulically-operated hatch covers from MacGregor, part of Cargotec China Navigation Company’s (CNCo) fou
