Seven workers died on Wednesday, June 11 at the construction site of a PEMEX offshore drilling platform in Veracruz, Mexico, Empresas ICA, a Mexico-based holding company confirmed on Friday. The ill-fated workers were dismantling a scaffolding from the Ayatsil – C Platform, which is under constructi
Tennet’s giant offshore converter station, the HelWin beta topside has left Heereema Fabrication Group’s Zwijndrecht yard, Heerema Fabrication Group said on Sunday via its social network profile. From there the topside has been transported to Schiedam for the last fabrication activities. The HVDC to
Zhenjiang Jinye Propeller Co., Ltd. has developed Controllable Pitch Propellers (CPP), which are used for the propulsion systems of large ships. The blades and the hub are separate and the pitch of the propeller can also be adjusted as per different sailing conditions. This is new technology which n
Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) recently marked the start of a new era by successfully handing over the yard’s first offshore seismic ship, AMAZON WARRIOR to its customer Western-Geco. “In the specialised shipbuilding sector, this is the most important ship we have built in the past 20 year
Troms Offshore Supply AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tidewater Inc., has announced that Tidewater has entered into agreements to purchase two PSV Vard 08 vessels under construction, hulls no 791 and 792 at the Vard Vung Tau yard in Vietnam. The vessels have a length overall of 81,70m and a breadth
Iskes Towage & Salvage took delivery of the Bernardus, the first Damen ASD 2810 Hybrid. The delivery represents a turning point for the tug industry as operators and port authorities demand innovative solutions to rising fuel costs and stricter emissions regulations. Based in IJmuiden near Amsterdam
A new semi-submersible accommodation and construction vessel (floatel) being built for Floatel International AB will feature two Wärtsilä AQUARIUS UV ballast water management systems (BWMS) and other Wärtsilä equipment. The complete Wärtsilä scope of supply includes, in addition to the two AQUARIUS
This week’s activity in newbuild sector was spread over various segments, according to Fearnleys report. After a brake over the last couple of months, another fresh order for a total of seven MR type product carriers was reported. Also, there was a lot of interest in LPGs and chemical carriers. Vari
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. (PROS) expects that one of its subsidiaries will take delivery of PROSPECTOR 5, from the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Shipyard in Shanghai (SWS), China on June 16. PROSPECTOR 5 is the second in the company’s series of five high specification, harsh envir
The Brage, the first RAscal 1500 Class tug designed by Robert Allan Ltd. has been delivered to its owners Buksér og Berging AS (BB) of Norway. Built in Turkey by Sanmar A.S. to extremely high quality standards more commonly seen in yachts, the tug exceeded all performance expectations on trials. Alt
Navig8 has secured financing for its first eight LR2 newbuildings currently under construction at Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (Korea) and Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited (China). The Loan facility covers approximately 65% of the contract price of the vessels and the f
RollDock Shipping BV has taken delivery of their latest vessel, ROLLDOCK STORM. The vessel is their fourth high quality, next generation semi-submersible heavy lift ro-ro vessel, built by Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) in Germany. The ROLLDOCK STORM, highly flexible and multi-functional, i
Cosco Dalian Ocean, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cosco Group, and Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) have entered into a contract for the construction of three MR newbuilds. The contract signing ceremony for three 50,000 DWT tankers was held yesterday in Dalian. Managing director Zhu Jianhui fro
Moonen Shipyards in the Netherlands is to start construction of the first in its recently unveiled Caribbean series of motoryachts. The 36.58-metre (120‘) Martinique is an innovation for the yachting industry as it will have a hull built of high tensile steel. Along with an ingenious hull design and
