SCF Group (Sovcomflot) saw its fleet expand further, on 18 January 2012, with the delivery and acceptance into operation of a new product tanker SCF Progress – the fifth and final ship delivered for a joint SCF / Glencore International AG project. The project envisages the acquisition and commercial
Rising demand for considerably complex and highly-developed deepwater field undertakings results in greater, more advanced and technically brilliant offshore vessels. These technological marvels play a vital role in the offshore industry construction, supply and maintenance thus a significant increa
OLYMPIC COMMANDER of the MT6015 design was delivered to its owners today. Olympic Commander is a Multipurpose Offshore Vessel with diesel electric propulsion, low fuel consumption and high flexibility. The vessel represent a new generation of environmentally friendly and operational state of the art
Technip Oceania (TPO), a Technip Group ) operating centre in Perth, Australia, has been awarded a contract, worth approximately AUD110 million (€90 million), by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for the detailed design of Chevron’s Wheatstone offshore gas processing pla
First Mistral-class ship for Russian Navy will be laid down early Feb in France, reported RIA Novosti on Jan 24 referring to Alexander Fomin, deputy director of Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation. Agreement on Mistral ships is one of the largest contracts in the history of Russian-Fr
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order to provide an energy management system for one of the world’s most environmentally-friendly cruise ferries, which is due to be delivered to Viking Line in 2013. The ship is being built in Finland at the STX Yard in Turku. The n
Ship Management company Empire Navigation Inc. announced that the company, on 18th of January 2012, took over management of bulk carrier M/V Iron Fritz. The delivery of the vessel took place at Xiamen Port (China). Empire Navigation Inc. is a member of INTERTANKO, BIMCO, OCIMF, and HELMEPA. Its Safe
In December 2011, Damen Pontoons & Barges signed three contracts for a total of five purpose-built Damen Stan Pontoons (SPo): two Damen Stan Pontoons 6511 for Mammoet Maritime (The Netherlands), two Stan Pontoons 8916 ICE for Silverburn Shipping (I.O.M.) Ltd (UK) and one SPo 4113 for Rhumb Maritime
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) announces that it will take delivery of the 50,000DWT semi-submersible vessel FORTE, currently under construction by Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI) in China, on May 23, 2012. Willem Out, Chief Operating Officer of Fairstar, visited the FORTE just befo
Kleven Maritime will carry out an extensive remodeling of the offshore vessel Rem Fortune, from the platform supply vessel into the multipurpose vessel. The vessel is currently placed at Myklebust Yard in Gursken, where it should be mounted with a 100-ton offshore crane. Reconstruction also includes
Two new Mistral-class ships will feature navy-standard MacGregor RoRo equipment from Cargotec Furthering Cargotec’s reputation for specialist RoRo expertise, the company has secured a contract to supply and install MacGregor RoRo equipment for two Mistral-class naval ships. The order is booked durin
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply fresh water integrated scrubbers for a series of six vessels with an option for a further two, being built to transport bulk commodities on North America’s Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, for the Canadian owner, Algoma Central Corporation. The in
Alewijnse Marine Systems has fulfilled the order for the delivery of a complete Raytheon Anschütz bridge system to Bodewes Shipyards hull number 762. The order was given to Alewijnse after Bodewes Shipyards B.V. together with vessel owner Nescos Shipping B.V. undertook a thorough investigation of a
Fincantieri shipyard at Muggiano recently launched the “Ganthoot”, the first of two stealth patrol vessels included in the “Falaj 2” program in progress for the United Arab Emirates Navy who ordered them in 2010. The ship, whose name comes from a geographical area in the Emirates in the neighbourhoo
