OSD-IMT, the UK arm of Offshore Ship Designers, has been chosen by Samsung and Boskalis-SMIT Engineering to develop the basic design, detailed design and production drawings for a 99 m cable laying vessel. Neil Patterson, managing director of OSD-IMT, says, “This project illustrates perfectly the st
South Korean shipbuilding and shipping conglomerate the STX Group said Monday it has signed an initial deal to build a $1 billion shipyard… (YahooNews) [mappress] Source: YahooNews, June 20, 2011;
The purse seiner / Danish seiner Artus, of a Havyard 515 design, was named during a ceremony in Fosnavåg, Norway this afternoon. Artus, the fifth fishing vessel in a line of vessels by the same name, willafter the coming week of completion go straight to Bjørnøya, fishing for haddock and coalfish. W
Russia and France signed the procurement contract for two Mistral class assault landing ships at 15th Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, reports RIA Novosti. On the Russian side, the document was signed by Director General of Rosoboronexport Anatoly Isaikin in the presence of Russian pre
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track to deliver ENSCO 8504, the fifth of seven ENSCO 8500 Series® ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs being built exclusively for Ensco plc . Keppel FELS expects to deliver the rig on time, within budget and with no lost time incidents. ENSCO 8504 h
On 17 June 2011 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Sovcomflot – the largest operator of ice-class LNG tankers – signed a contract with Gazprom Global LNG Limited (GGLNG), a subsidiary of Gazprom, for the long-term time charter of two ultra-modern ice-class LNG-carriers. The long-ter
The Quebec government is stepping in to help one of the shipyards competing with Halifax for federal shipbuilding contracts worth billions… (cbc) [mappress] Source: cbc, June 17, 2011;
SUCCESS is in the wind after a South Tyneside yard clinched its first major green contract from Down Under… (shieldsgazette) [mappress] Source: shieldsgazette, June 17, 2011;
Aker Solutions won a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Equipment to supply a complete drilling equipment package for a new deepwater drill ship. The contract is worth about NOK 540 million. The drill ship will be owned and operated by Tungsten Explorer Company, a subsidiary of Vantage Drill
Bourbon Oceanteam 104 multi purpose support vessel will Friday June 17th change name into “Southern Ocean.” SALT/ TS Marine have the vessel on a bareboat contract from the owner company OB 4 AS and has appointed Bourbon Offshore Norway as ship manager. The decision of name change was taken upon star
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announce that it has entered into a joint venture with Industrial Control Design AS of Norway to establish a new company for the development of offshore handling systems. The new company
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced orders worth over £100 million to supply propulsion systems for offshore construction and drilling vessels. The ships will be built at shipyards in Asia for a range of ship owners including Seadrill, Pacific Drilling, Noble, Ocean Rig an
On 15 June 2011, DNV signed a MoU with the Korea Finance Corporation (KoFC) to cooperate on verification of the green ships. Earlier this month, Korea Finance Corporation has announced the green ship finance plan that incentives including a form of lower interest rates on loans will be provided to t
Knud E. Hansen A/S in partnership with Fleetway Inc. have recently signed a contract with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (GNL) in Canada for the Basic Design of a series of six ferries for operation on the intra-provincial south shore routes off Newfoundland. This is the second such arr
