Stream Tankers AS, has increased its orders to five 19,900 dwt. newbuildings with Fukuoka Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. and Shitanoe Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Japan. Furthermore, Stream Tankers has options for an additional three vessels at the shipyards. The newbuildings will be of the new Fukuoka/Shitanoe
Ulstein announced today the shipbuilding contracts for two new platform supply vessels (PSVs) for Blue Ship Invest. The vessels are of the PX121 design and are scheduled for delivery from Ulstein Verft Q1 2015. Ulstein Verft currently has seven vessels on order. In total, Ulstein has sold 20 designs
Her Majesty The Queen will officially name the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth at a ceremony in Scotland this summer. The naming ceremony at Rosyth dockyard in Fife on Friday 4 July 2014 will mark the completion of the 65,000-tonne ship which will be Britain’s biggest ever carr
Construction on the 135,000-ton Carnival Vista is officially underway. Last week at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, the first steel was cut on Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest Tun Ship, which is slated to enter senvice in spring 2016. Following the initial start-up of construction, worke
Saipem has won new Engineering & Construction offshore contracts in Indonesia and in the Republic of Congo, worth a total of approximately $520 million. In Indonesia, Eni has awarded a consortium led by Saipem the EPCI contract for a newbuild barge Floating Production Unit (FPU) for the Jangkrik Com
Njord Offshore is about to add a 26m Damen 2610 Twin Axe Crew Transfer Vessel, the Njord Alpha to the fleet. Njord Offshore has worked with Damen to create an optimised vessel to suit its needs, making minor changes to the standard design to improve comfort, efficiency and safety. The vessel is desi
Norway-based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has been contracted by French shipyard Socarenam to supply the davits for a new 50 m patrol boat which it will build for the French customs. Vestdavit will supply two davits, one PAP6000 and one PAP3250 davit which will give
First Jack-Up Vessel Built in Germany for Offshore Wind Farms Leaves Sietas Shipyard It is a first in the German shipbuilding industry: The “Aeolus”, the first jack-up vessel for offshore wind farms designed and built in Germany, which was constructed at Sietas Shipyard for the prestigious Dutch mar
Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering, the offshore arm of the Evergreen Holding Group, held a contract signing ceremony for the Moho Nord modules with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. at its offshore fabrication base in Qidong, on the 20th of February 2014. This contract represents a major milestone for S
Vroon has taken delivery of MV Gelbray Express, the third of six livestock carriers being constructed at Cosco Guangdong Shipyard. The remaining three vessels are scheduled for delivery to the company in May 2014 and the second half of 2015. These livestock carriers are “next‑generation” livestock v
The new Wärtsilä slop water treatment system has been ordered for an ultra-deep water drillship operating in the Gulf of Mexico. The order is the first for the new system, which enhances Wärtsilä’s position as the marine industry’s leading provider of innovative products, solutions and services. The
Diana Shipping Inc. has taken delivery of the newly built m/v “Crystalia”, an Ice Class Panamax dry bulk vessel of 77,525 dwt that was contracted in March 2012. As previously announced, the m/v “Crystalia” is time chartered to Glencore Grain B.V., Rotterdam, at a gross charter rate of US$15,800 per
Bolette Dolphin Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has taken delivery of the ultra-deepwater drillship Bolette Dolphin from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. The drillship will shortly mobilize to West Africa to commence drilling operations for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Bolett
In January 2014, Mojo Maritime, the British marine renewable energy specialists, and Hammonia Reederei, a German ship owner based in Hamburg, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to finance and build the “High Flow Installation Vessel” (HF 4). With its ability to operate in currents up to ten knots
