Vessels
Havyard switches business focus from newbuilds to repair, cuts 100 jobs
Norwegian shipbuilder New Havyard Ship Technology has decided to restructure its operations into a repair and service yard and reduce the number of staff by around 100.
Cable works at Moray East OWF in full swing
Inter-array cable testing and termination will start at the Moray East offshore wind farm around 11 November, with the first of the two campaigns for this work scheduled to commence then. The testing and termination works will be carried out from the wind turbines and offshore substation platforms a
Wintershall Dea targets 30 pct reduction in CO2 emissions with new supply vessel
Wintershall Dea will reduce annual emissions on supply vessel services to the Brage platform by up to 30% when the Viking Princess vessel goes on contract.
Coastwise Offshore Services orders second ‘monomaran’
On 3 November, Coastwise Offshore Services and Next Generation Shipyards signed a contract for the construction of a second aluminium vessel for the offshore wind industry, which will be operated by SeaZip. The vessel will be named COS Mate and follows a previously ordered one of the same design, CO
Damen launches 3rd hybrid-electric ship for BC Ferries
Damen Shipyards Galati has launched the third Island-class hybrid-electric vessel for Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries.
MSC buys six German boxships
Swiss container shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has dived into the secondhand market, acquiring six Post-Panamax units.
PGNiG charters Knutsen duo to ferry U.S. LNG to Poland
Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) has chartered two liquefied natural gas carriers from Knutsen OAS Shipping to transport U.S. LNG volumes to Poland.
Next-gen SOV-gangway combo coming to market
Spanish engineering company Marcelo Penna Engineering and the Dutch Safeway have joined forces to design an “intelligent” service operation vessel (SOV) combined with a motion-compensated offshore access system. The parties are developing the DP2 MP625 SOV combined with the recently introduced Safew
Damen to build nine eco-friendly ferries for Aqualiner-Swets
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with the Dutch ferry joint venture Aqualiner-Swets for the construction of nine passenger vessels.
UK’s leading polar research ship kicks off sea trials
UK’s most advanced polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough has left Liverpool for technical sea trials. Operated by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) the new polar ship should transform UK research in the polar regions. Its missions are critical for understanding and making sense of our changing
Rem Inspector sports new SMST gangway for DanTysk work
SMST has deployed its newest rental gangway onboard Rem Offshore’s construction subsea vessel (CSV) Rem Inspector for work at the DanTysk offshore wind farm in Germany. The Telescopic Access Bridge L-Series (TAB-L) gangway was mobilized on Rem Inspector last week at the port of Eemshaven, including
ABB to provide icebreaking propulsion to fleet of newbuild LNG carriers
Finland-based technology company ABB has won a contract worth over $300 million from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering to supply a power and propulsion package for six new LNG transport vessels along the Northern Sea Route.
Ørsted charters Normand Jarstein for Hornsea Two offshore wind farm
Solstad Offshore has been awarded a contract by Ørsted to deploy its offshore support vessel (OSV) Normand Jarstein on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The contract has been signed for a period of four months, starting in the third quarter of 2021, when the vessel will support operation
DOF Subsea lands 2-year extension deal for Skandi Africa
Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF Subsea has secured a 2-year contract extension for the DP3 construction support vessel Skandi Africa. The Oslo-listed DOF said the new contract will commence in direct continuation with the current contract. Skandi Africa is a high-end subsea vessel designed for h