Incat Crowther announced the first deliveries of a 10-boat order for 42m Infield Utility Vessels to Brunei’s PTAS Marine. Developed in conjunction with builder Strategic Marine, the project called upon Incat Crowther’s track record in steel crew boats to meet strict performance criteria. PTAS has be
Sigmund Borgundvaag, a ship designer at Rolls-Royce, has won a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the design of offshore support vessels for more than 40 years. Sigmund designed the very first Rolls-Royce UT Design vessel, back in 1974, a design that has influenced the industry stand
On 19th of February 2014, Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard handed over the third 78m Offshore Standby Support Vessel named Crest Athena 1, to Singapore FEG Energy Co., Ltd. With a passenger volume of 200 people and a rescue capacity of 300 people, it features a total of 5320kw capacity and a DP-2 position
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the pipelaying vessel SAPURA TOPÁZIO in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming of the fully integrated IHC Merwede vessel was carried out by Puan Sri Datin Seri Yazreen Yahya, spouse of Tan Sri Dato’
The Lockheed Martin-led industry team officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s eleventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Sioux City, in a ceremony held at Marinette Marine Corporation. The industry team is building Freedom-class LCSs for the U.S. Navy, and has delivered two ships with
DCD Marine Cape Town, an oil and gas upstream service provider from South Africa, is ‘on a roll’ with a number of projects already underway this year for the oil and gas sector. With the commencement of three large projects towards the latter part of 2013, intense planning and execution has seen the
A market advantage for SEACOR Marine is that they continue to build nimble vessels suited to a wide range of markets. SEACOR has long been noted for innovative vessels, ranging from mono-hulls to catamarans. Meeting the market demand for mid-size fast supply boats, their Fast Support Vessels (FSVs)
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder, has held a naming ceremony for the world’s first newbuilding LNG floating storage regasification unit (LNG FSRU), ordered from Höegh LNG in June 2011. The 170,000 cbm LNG FSRU, measuring 294 m in length, 46 m in width and 26
Kelvin Hughes, a global supplier of surveillance and navigation systems, revealed that they have recently supplied two SharpEyeTM Solid State X Band surveillance radars to the Maryland Natural Resources Police (MPRP), to provide additional coverage around protected oyster beds. The SharpEyeTM radars
Irving Shipbuilding Inc. confirmed yesterday that it has filed a Motion to amend the Statement of Claim with the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia to add Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (the Davie shipyard) as a co-defendant in its legal action against former Irving Shipbuilding employee Jared Newcombe. Irvin
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea, recently held a keel-laying ceremony for Ichthys LNG Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility. Speaking at the event, Managing Director Ichthys Project Louis Bon said the keel laying was significant as
Veecraft Marine has delivered a pair of 20m Monohull Crewboats and signed a contract to build a 30m Wave Piercing Catamaran Crew Boat, Incat Crowther informs. Hot on the heels of delivering Magen Defender and Masud Defender, the hard-working South African yard has commenced construction of a 30m Wav
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has received a newbuilding charter contract for two methanol carriers from Atlantic Methanol Production Company LLC (AMPCO) based on an offer tendered in 2013. The vessels will be built at Minaminippon Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and engaged in methanol transport for AMPCO. The
Totem Ocean Trailer Express (Totem Ocean) revealed that Wärtsilä will supply main engines, generators and integrated LNG storage and fuel gas handling systems (LNGPac™) for the largest LNG conversions ever undertaken in North America. In making this decision John Parrott, President of Totem Ocean, c
