Vigor Fab have delivered the Tokitae, the state’s newest ferry, to Washington State Ferry officials this week. “Vigor Fab built a top-notch, first-in-class vessel on budget and on time to serve WSF’s peak summer season,” said Senior Vice President Joe Corvelli, head of Vigor Fab, Vigor Industrial’s
GDF SUEZ E&P UK has awarded a five-year contract to Sentinel Marine to provide a new 61-metre multi-role Emergency Response & Rescue Vessel (ERRV) to support drilling operations in the Cygnus field. The 1,890-tonne ship, named Cygnus Sentinel, will be built in the Fujian Southeast shipyard in China,
The new-build subsea support vessel, named MV Deep Helder continued its trials this week from the port of Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The 65 m long DP2 vessel was launched from De Hoop’s Foxhol Yard in Groningen on April 23rd 2014. She will be equipped with Survey and ROV systems, an offshore crane a
With a loan of over EUR 600 million, KfW IPEX-Bank is financing the construction of a second cruise ship for Star Cruises at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The signing ceremony of the corresponding contracts was held in Hong Kong today. This second new vessel is scheduled for delivery d
The first of two IMT949 Offshore Anchor Handling Tugs “AHT VALIANT” for POET Shipbuilding & Engineering Pte. Ltd., Singapore, is nearing completion at Jiangsu Suyang Marine Company Shipyard, China. These very compact 49.66 metre length overall Anchor Handling Tugs were required to be under 50 metres
A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S has today successfully completed a $5.1bn syndicated revolving credit facility with a selected group of 21 banks. The new facility is arranged by the company itself and refinances a $6.75bn facility maturing in 2015. A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S has consequently proactively addres
This week Uljanik shipyard in Pula, Croatia, began the construction of the Multi-Purpose Vessel JDN8628 which is being built for Jan De Nul Group. This versatile vessel can be equipped with two cable turntables with a total capacity of 10,000 tonnes. For Subsea Rock Installation the vessel can carry
Greek shipowners’ spending in new vessels and retrofits of existing fleet have attracted the global maritime community to Athens once again with the leading ship building nations lining up to showcase their goods at the Posidonia exhibition. At the show, the Japan Ship Exporters’ Association (JSEA)
The parties plan to develop cooperation in various shipbuilding and offshore projects that will give them the possibility to distribute the workload in the most effective way, as well as to offer a wide spectrum of vessels. By the invitation of management of JSC Shipyard Zaliv, the expanded delegati
BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, will showcase its portfolio of high performance vessels at this year’s Seawork International exhibition at the ABP Port of Southampton next week. BMT continues to be at the forefront in the design of high performance, customised wind farm support v
BAE Systems has today announced new design contracts for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship, which will play a vital role in the programme to deliver the Royal Navy’s next generation surface warship. Six Design Development Agreements have been awarded covering key areas such as propulsion, ventilation a
Vard Holdings Limited (VARD) has secured a contract for the design and construction of one Offshore Construction and Anchor Handling Vessel for Rem Offshore. The vessel will be of VARD 2 06 design, recently developed by Vard Design in Alesund, Norway. Delivery is scheduled from Vard Brattvaag in Nor
The aim is to develop a new LNG carrier that has a significantly improved environmental footprint and is more energy efficient and better suited to future trading patterns than existing vessels. The project will include the latest technology advances in cargo containment and propulsion efficiency, w
UK-based Rix Sea Shuttle will shortly take delivery of their first ever Damen vessel – a Fast Crew Supplier 2610 – to support their growing involvement in the offshore crew transfer market. The new vessel, the Rix Lion, is due for delivery on July 4, just 6 weeks after signing the contract. “Our yar
