Norbulk’s supervision team is awarded a further new building project. The Norbulk team will carry out the supervision of two Crown 63 design bulker units for a new owning client at China’s Sinopacific ship yard. Further to completion of the project, Norbulk will carry out the full technical manageme
Seacat Services, has launched its latest vessel, ‘Seacat Defender’. The vessel, built by South Boats Isle of Wight Limited, will now undergo extensive sea trials, before deployment on a major European offshore wind farm in July. With growing pressure to deliver a series of fully operational offshore
Rolls-Royce Plc has delivered the first of a revolutionary new design of cargo ship which will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 40 per cent, thanks to a combination of cutting edge marine technology, including a wave-piercing bow and an engine powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The first Rolls-Roy
TTS Group ASA has through its subsidiary TTS Offshore Handling Equipment AS signed a contract with a value of approx. 65 – 70 MNOK with Kleven Verft AS. This is the sixth contract with the Norwegian shipyard in the last 15 months. The contract concerns delivery of a 250 ton active heave compensated
The Danish shipping company Maersk Supply Service has ordered two large stern rollers from HATLAPA to be used in the two vessels built at the Chilean shipyard Asenav. The tugs will be built for worldwide use in the oil and gas industry. The first of two orders was delivered in early 2013, with the s
Fednav Limited, the largest international maritime bulk carrier in Canada, yesterday announced the addition of six new vessels to its fleet. Ordered with Sumitomo Corporation and Oshima Shipyard, the environmentally advanced vessels will be built in Japan and will add substantial capacity to its Gre
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.announced today that it has signed a contract with the Meyer Werft shipyard to construct a third Quantum-class cruise ship for delivery in mid-2016. The price and terms of the new ship are similar to the price and terms of the first two Quantum-class ships and the contrac
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today that it has reached agreements with five shipyards in Korea to construct 16 newbuilding vessels consisting of eight LR2, four MR, and four Handymax ice class-1A product tankers. In addition, the Company announced that syndication of the Company’s previously annou
Alicat Workboats Ltd & South Boats IOW Ltd celebrated a double milestone in production with the launch of two new WFSVs on Wednesday 29th of May 2013. On the Isle of Wight, the latest vessel built at the yard for Seacat Services took to the water to begin extensive sea trials, before deployment on a
Tersan Shipyard from Turkey has delivered Strand Havfiske a new fishing vessel, the Havstrand. The vessel, with all its modern facilities, is a state-of-the-art factory stern trawler and represents the second delivery to the Strand family. During design and construction of the vessel special attenti
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has secured total orders worth close to US$40 million from three leading gas transportation industry players in the first quarter of 2013 to supply power and electric propulsion equipment for LNG vessels to be built in South Korea. ABB will sup
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard has secured a contract to build a jack-up drilling rig from BOT Lease Co., Ltd (BOTL), a leasing company of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ which is under the umbrella of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. The contract price is US$220.5 million (excluding cost
OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) announced the signing of a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea. As part of the program, DSME will build three Type 209 diesel submarines (SSK) for the Indonesian Navy. Under the terms of the agreement, OSI will deliver three Integrati
Family owned shipping firm, The Craig Group launched its latest Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), the Grampian Sceptre this week at the Balenciaga Shipyard in Northern Spain. The vessel was officially christened by Mrs Frances Murray, wife of Alistair Murray, Logistics Team Lead at Talisman Sinopec Ener
