General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $66,123,900 cost-plus-award-fee contract for DDG 51 and FFG 7 class integrated planning yard services by the U.S. Department of Defence. Services being done will provide expert design, planning, and material support serv
Damen Shiprepair Götaverken aims to be the best within the Nordic countries, according to its new strategy. As part of this focus, Ms Monica Svenner has been appointed as the new MD. Ms Svenner has wide industrial experience as MD for several international companies, such as Stena Recycling and Atla
The Norwegian company Westcon Power & Automation announced opening of a sales offices in Singapore to strengthen the local business in the South East Asia area. The new office in Singapore reflects company’s market strategy and gives a better chance to grow their business in this region. The Singapo
In the afternoon of June 15th 2012, Afai Southern successfully delivered the 35m ferry “HAIYAO” to the owner HAITONG SHIPPING CO.,LTD.ZHUHAI S.E.Z. at Zhuhai Jiuzhou Port. These 35m aluminum catamaran fast ferries come as Afai Southern co-designed new type of vessels. “HAIYAO” is the sister ship of
Chinese Jiangsu Jiaolong Heavy Industry Group (JHI) has won a contract for construction of a wind turbine installation vessel for European offshore wind market. The company’s subsidiary JHI Engineering developed the DP-2 vessel after consulting several European wind farm operators, the Recharge news
TTS Marine AS, Bergen has through its subsidiary Company TTS Marine AB in Gothenburg, Sweden entered into two contracts with shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries for delivery of RoRo equipment being doors & ramps totaling a value of 49 MNOK. Deliveries will take place respectfully in 2012 & 2013. Be
GP54 is the first unit to be delivered in a new series of four pilot boats built by Cheoy Lee for PSA Marine in Singapore. The original batch order of seventeen 12.5m pilot boats delivered in 1989 has seen many others follow. The latest batch of vessels begins a new chapter as it uses an […]
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it has secured new contracts for the design and construction of two Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) for Farstad Shipping. The total value of the contracts amounts to approx
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has delivered 13 large azimuth thrusters to the world’s largest construction vessel, currently being built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea for Swiss ship owner and operator Allseas Group. The contract is worth around £18 million
Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC), a Fincantieri company, on June 16 launched the Reuben Lasker, a fisheries survey vessel that the Wisconsin shipyard is building for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Pamela A. Lasker, the daughter of the ship’s namesake and its sponsor, c
On 12 June, the International Labour Organisation announced that Sweden had become the 28th country to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006. DNV has further information that Cyprus has submitted its documents of ratification and the ILO has announced that the Russian Duma has adopted the
Recently Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry Co., Ltd signed a technical cooperation contract for the first 50K DWT dual-fuel LNG powered vessel with GL, Technolog, MAN. This means that the ship can be operated both with conventional fuels as well as with very environmentally friendly LNG (liquid na
TTS Group ASA, Bergen has through its subsidiary Company TTS ships equipment AS. secured four contracts with STX OSV Brattvaag building, STX OSV Soviknes and Kleven Maritime in a total value of 30 MNOK. The contracts with STX OSV Brattvaag relate to vessel no. 793 and vessel no.794 for shipowner Sie
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is set to deliver ENSCO 8506, the seventh semisubmersible (semi) drilling rig in the ultra-deepwater ENSCO 8500 Series® to Ensco safely, on time and within budget. ENSCO 8506 has been contracted to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for deployment in the U.S. Gulf of Me
