Vessels

Kooiman Marine completes vessel conversion for Van Stee Offshore
Kooiman Marine Group has completed the conversion of Zwerver I multi-purpose DP-2 support vessel, owned by Van Stee Offshore. The Zwerver I is equipped with eight thrusters, two spud poles, a 4/5-point mooring system with an anchor line capacity of 1400 m and accommodation for 58 people, including c

Ulstein delivers hybrid SOV set to work on Merkur offshore wind farm
Ulstein Verft has delivered the Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Windea Jules Verne to Bernhard Schulte Offshore, who chartered the hybrid SOV to GE Renewable Energy for operations at the Merkur offshore wind farm in Germany. Based on the ULSTEIN SX195 design, Windea Jules Verne is 93.4 metres long, h

Sovcomflot withdraws Vyacheslav Tikhonov redelivery with Polarcus
Russian company, Sovcomflot, has withdrawn redelivery notice for Vyacheslav Tikhonov seismic vessel with Polarcus. In December of last year the companies agreed to postpone the redelivery of the vessel until the completion of work which Sovcomflot secured in Asia. The redelivery was expected in Q2 2

FSG fighting to complete LNG-powered Honfleur
The board of creditors, self-administration and management of the financially-troubled shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) are fighting to continue the construction of the LNG-powered ferry Honfleur (newbuilding 774).

Neptune decommissions three platforms in Dutch North Sea
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has decommissioned the L10-C, L10-D and L10-G platforms from the Dutch sector of the North Sea.

Fred. Olsen enters green loans for jack-up trio
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has entered into two new long-term non-recourse debt financing arrangements related to the Brave Tern, Bold Tern and Blue Tern jack-up vessels under its indirect ownership. In conjunction with the financing, the company established a green loan framework with an eligibility a

Construction starts on 2nd Wallenius SOL LNG RoRo
China’s CIMC Raffles, part of the CIMC group, has started building the second LNG-powered RoRo ship for Sweden’s Wallenius SOL. CIMC Raffles started working on the newbuild on June 8 at its yard in Yantai. The ice class vessel is the second out of a batch of two vessels ordered last year and claimed

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises: Europa 2’s cold ironing certified by DNV GL
Europa 2, a cruise ship operated by Germany-based cruise line Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, has had its cold ironing connection certified by the classification society DNV GL.

Stena RoRo’s ferry outfitted with hybrid scrubbers
Stena RoRo has converted the former Stena Superfast X day ferry into a night ferry, boosting the ship’s capacity and outfitting it with hybrid scrubbers. Hybrid systems have the flexibility to operate in both open and closed-loop mode. Enabling ships to switch to closed-loop operations in areas wher

Awilco amends LNG pair financial covenants
Awilco LNG has agreed certain amendments to financial covenants in the sale/leaseback deals for its LNG tanker pair.

New TMS Cardiff Gas LNG carrier delivered to Total
Greece-based shipping company TMS Cardiff Gas has taken delivery of a new LNG tanker built by South Korea’s shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries. The newest addition to the shipping company’s fleet is the 174,000-cbm Qogir. TMS Cardiff Gas took delivery of the newbuild LNG vessel on June 1. Qogir wa

Entire Maersk Line fleet to get Wilhelmsen SBA ropes
The entire fleet of Danish shipping major Maersk Line is to be equipped with Wilhelmsen’s Timm ropes featuring Snap Back Arrestor (SBA), the Norwegian maritime group said.

Heerema’s Sleipnir vessel getting busy after landing new installation job
Heerema Marine Contractors has been awarded a contract by HSM Offshore for the transportation and installation of Dana Petroleum’s P11-Unity platform.

GALLERY: Giant Pioneering Spirit vessel removes another Brent platform for Shell
Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed its first decommissioning job of this summer, the single-lift removal of Shell’s Brent Alpha platform from the North Sea.