Drydocks World, the internationally renowned provider of maritime and offshore services to the shipping, oil, gas and energy sectors, held its first joint workshop on January 21-22, 2014, which was organized following the recent signing of Letter of Intent (LOI) with Offshore Innovation Management L
With the recent commissioning of 2 x TCS-PTG22 units at the Miraflores Power Plant in Panama and the successful factory acceptance test of a TCS-PTG20 unit for a 4,700 TEU container vessel ordered by Reederei Horst Zeppenfeld – the second such unit to be installed on board a second such vessel – MAN
ULJANIK Shipyard has launched Ro-Ro passenger vessel for shipping company Jadrolinija. The vessel, bearing the Yard 503, is the first in a series of four identical vessels designed for two-way direct sailing and transportation of 600 passengers in summer months or 320 passengers in the winter period
Nine DSME Vessels Selected as the Best Ships of 2013 Nine vessels built by DSME were selected as the best ships of 2013. As a result of this year’s achievement, DSME has now had more than nine ships selected for the sixth consecutive year. KBR Wins Design Contract for Large Heavy Lift Semisubmersibl
Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”) has secured a contract with BOURBON, for the design and construction of one arctic Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel (AHTS). The arctic AHTS vessel is designed by Vard Design, developed for world-wide anchor handling and remote operations, with a total length of 93.6 m
Samsung Heavy Industries decided to cancel fulfillment of the contract with Israeli company ZIM Shipping, the Korean shipbuilder revealed today in a regulatory filing to the Korea Stock Exchange. Originally, three cancelled ships were part of an 8-vessel order from 2007 worth USD $513 million. The f
South Korean shipbuilding company Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) today revealed in a regulatory filing to the Korea Stock Exchange, that it has entered into a new shipbuilding contract. The order for six Product Carriers (PCs) comes from an undisclosed Marshall Islands-registered shipowner. The value o
Irving Shipbuilding has entered next stage of the Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) project under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS). The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, along with the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Justice a
EXMAR NV and Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., through its fully own affiliate Pacific Midstream Holding Corp, ordered a barge-based floating LNG regasification unit under a 50/50 joint venture. The Unit will be constructed by Wison Offshore & Marine (Wison) at its shipyard in Nantong, China. Delivery
Deltamarin has strengthened its position in the offshore oil and gas industry by signing a contract with Bumi Armada, for the basic design of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. In November 2013, the Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services provider, Bumi Armada
Marine Energy Corporation (MEC) has now patented one of the most cost-effective and powerful marine energy systems to date. They call it the “Wave Catcher Barge©”. One barge can produce the power of 4 of the world’s largest wind turbines generators. These barges can be installed almost anywhere, in
Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc., a thruster manufacturer, expanded their product lineup to include waterjets after acquiring the technology of DOEN Pacific on Wednesday. DOEN, a designer and manufacturer of waterjet propulsion systems for the past 48 years, is one of five marine waterjet manufactures in
The 2014 started with a new acquisition for the Palumbo Group. On Monday, February 3rd the Commercial Court of Marseille declared Palumbo Group the winner of the Tender for the Acquisition of International Technic Marine (ITM) in Marseille. There were two players at the final stages of the Tender, t
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s recent market introduction of its new generation of waste heat recovery (WHR) systems is already notching up important milestones. Concurrent with the successful commissioning of the TCS-PTG22 units in Panama, a further TCS-PTG20 has successfully passed its factory acceptance te
