Farstad Shipping ASA has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Farstad Supply AS, reached an agreement with STX OSV AS to build 2 Anchor Handling / Offshore Service vessels (AHTS) of the type UT 731 CD. Contract value is approx. NOK 1.2 billion. The vessels are designed by Rolls Royce Marine with a t
With a giant American flag draped over it, Marinette Marine had the ceremonial keel-laying for an $80 million NOAA oceanic research vessel… (wbay) [mappress] Source: wbay, June 22, 2011;
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Akasaka Diesels Limited and Sakai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd are to begin shipboard tests of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) nitrogen oxide (NOx) removal equipment installed on NYK Line’s new bulk coal
W3G Marine (W3GM) and IHC Merwede have agreed to collaborate on the development of W3GM’s patented design for an offshore wind turbine installation ship (OWTIS). The OWTIS concept has major advantages over existing assets, not least in its ability to improve offshore safety by necessitating fewer ta
Grandweld Shipyards has successfully delivered the utility vessel “Artemis Star” to Teams Shipping CO. L.L.C. The delivery ceremony took place at Grandweld facility at Dubai Maritime City, and was attended by Team shipping’s General Manager Mr. Esmail Afshar Sadeghi, and his associate, Marketing Man
Citadel Yachts launches their latest build, a 102-foot expedition yacht named Polar Bear, for an experienced U.S. yachtsman. This robustly constructed long-range vessel features an efficient, steel displacement hull with a bulbous bow, active quad-fin stabilizers, bow and stern thrusters and fully p
Pipavav Shipyard has launched two Panamax bulk carriers, each of 74,500 DWT for the Golden Ocean group client. Speaking at the launch ceremo… (steelguru) [mappress] Source: steelguru, June 21, 2011;
Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. (KOTC) announced Monday it received a giant tanker from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. The tanker, nam… (Kuna) [mappress] Source: Kuna, June 21, 2011;
In June 2011, Macduff Ship Design and Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad, Malaysia held positive discussions with the intention of forming a collaboration. This arrangement will offer vessel owners a combination of the very latest in Western European designs coupled with the high quality a
On 16 June 2011, as a part of St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russia’s largest tanker company Sovcomflot and the State corporation “The Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)” signed a bilateral agreement on cooperation. The document was signed by SCF’s President and CEO
A&P Group has won a contract with an important new client, P&O Maritime Services, carrying out conversion work on the company’s impressive European Supporter cable-laying vessel. The Group’s Hebburn yard has carried out numerous repairs and refurbishments for P&O Ferries but this is their first comm
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia announces that its 80% owned subsidiary company The National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co. (NCC) received on Wednesday, 15th June 2011 in Korea a new chemical tanker named NCC AMAL with DWT of 45,000 tons from SHINAsb (previously SLS) of South Korea, as par
Catalist-listed ES Group (Holdings) Limited announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ES Offshore Engineering Pte. Ltd., has been awarded a new contract to construct two jack-up blocks for a major Singapore shipyard. This project comes on the back of numerous similar construction contracts a
Through its subsidiary TTS Energy AS, TTS Group ASA has signed a Letter of Intent with Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd in Singapore, for delivery of a high performance drilling equipment package for a new CJ70 Jack-up to be built for North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. The contract has a value of approximately NOK
