Vyborg Shipyard has begun construction of the next Icebreaker of project 21900М. The keel-laying ceremony for 16 MW diesel-powered Icebreaker was held ahead of schedule today on December 12th 2012. The vessel is being built by the order of Federal agency of marine and river transport. According to s
The ‘Aegir’, a customized version of our ULSTEIN SOC 5000 design, has started her seatrials in South Korea. The vessel, designed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions, is Heerema’s latest deepwater construction vessel (DCV), measuring 211.5 metres by 46.2 metres. She is outfitted at the DSME shipyard in South
The PSV vessel Havila Charisma is today, Dec. 12th, delivered from the yard Havyard Ship Technology in Leirvik in Sogn to a company owned 50% by Havila Shipping ASA. She is of Havyard 833 L design, the breadth is 19.6 meters and length is 92.8 meters with a deck area of 1100 square meters and [&hell
The ‘Aegir’, a customized version of our ULSTEIN SOC 5000 design, has started her sea trials in South Korea. The vessel, designed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions, is Heerema’s latest deepwater construction vessel (DCV), measuring 211.5 m metres by 46.2 metres. She is outfitted at the DSME shipyard in So
Cue advises that it has been awarded a new exploration permit in the Taranaki Basin in New Zealand’s offshore waters. Cue has been successful in a bid for a 20% interest together with Todd Exploration (80%) interest in permit PEP 54865 which lies immediately adjacent to PEP 51313 and the Maari and M
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has informed the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the dredging work off Pulau Bukom officially began. Dredging works will be carried out by the dredger, “Pandora” which will be held in position by 3 spuds
A state-of-the-art new training centre outfitted with the latest KONGSBERG Offshore Vessel Simulator was opened by Ukrainian crewing company Lerus Ltd in Odessa on 3rd December 2012. Established to meet growing training demand in Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania and other European
Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry, announces the completion of construction of the jackup rig “Muhaiyimat” and its delivery to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (‘NDC’). Completion and de
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order from Statoil for subsea equipment for the Oseberg Delta 2 Project. The order has an estimated value of $152 million in revenue. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply includes five subsea trees, five wellheads, two manifolds, control sy
In June 2012 the creditors’ committee voted in favour of an offer by the VeKa Group of the Netherlands to take over the Sietas shipyard. Despite six months of intensive negotiations, it was not possible to complete the deal. The reason is that the Sietas shipyard currently has only one order for a n
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee, the Rhode Island Congressional delegation, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, and ProvPort officials announced two new state-of-the art mobile harbor cranes for the Port of Providence have been ordered and are now being manufactured by Austria-based Liebherr Group. The two c
The PSV vessel Havila Charisma is today delivered from the yard Havyard Ship Technology in Leirvik in Sogn to a company owned 50% by Havila Shipping ASA. The platform supply vessel is of Havyard 833 L design, the breadth is 19.6 meters and length is 92.8 meters with a deck area of 1100 square meters
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has reissued the statewide Vermont General Permit (GP) for minimal-impact activities in U.S. waters within the state of Vermont. The prior General Permit expired on Dec. 5, 2012. The Vermont GP continues the expedited review process for activiti
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a three-year frame agreement with Statoil Petroleum AS for the provision of front-end engineering design (FEED) services for future projects at the Kårstø and Kollsnes processing plants, l
