Nam Cheong Limited has sold four Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels and one Anchor Handling Towing Supply Vessel for close to US$70 million (approximately S$89.4 million) to existing repeat customer, Sentinel Marine. Mr. Leong Seng Keat, Nam Cheong’s Chief Executive Officer said, “We are very ple
Sunreef Yachts’ in-house design studio is constantly working on new design ideas following client suggestions. As a result the company presented a completely new solution for the layout of its power catamarans. Undoubtedly, both 60 Sunreef Power and 70 Sunreef Power are interesting alternatives to t
Deep Sea Supply today has taken delivery of the Platform Supply Vessel “Sea Spider” of PX 105 design from Sinopacific Shipyard. The vessel is owned by a company which is 50% owned by Deep Sea Supply and 50% by BTG Pactual. The vessel’s main characteristics are the size of 4700 dwt, 1000 m2 deck area
Rolls-Royce has won an order to provide integrated design and ship equipment for a highly innovative offshore vessel for Norwegian ship owner Island Offshore. The new striking UT 777 design has been developed in close cooperation with Island Offshore, to be used in offshore drilling operations durin
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia’s (Bahri) subsidiary Bahri Dry Bulk (owned 60% by Bahri and 40% by Arasco) received a dry bulk vessel named Bahri Bulk at a ceremony held in Japan on Monday, January 27th. This is the third vessel delivered from the five vessels that were contracted in 2
GranEnergia took delivery of the Compact Semi-Submersible (CSS) Olympia from MAC Offshore. STXM and partners in CSS Designs Ltd. developed the innovative, ground breaking CSS design over the past five years and this successful delivery, will change the long term landscape of the Offshore Vessel mark
Metal Shark Aluminum Boats is expanding its operations and has acquired a large waterfront parcel to accommodate the production of larger vessels. The builder has signaled its entry into the shipbuilding sector with the purchase of a 25-acre waterfront tract located in South Louisiana’s St. Mary Par
A steel-cutting ceremony of a 12- ton Bollard Pull Pusher Tug, being built for the Pakistani Navy, was held at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) on 20th Jan. 2014. Vice Admiral Khawaja Ghazanfar Hussain HI(M), Commander of Karachi (COMKAR) was chief guest at the occasion. The ceremony was
The Damen 67m SEA AXE, 6711 performed flawlessly during its sea trials in Holland reaching speeds over 22 knots. Due for delivery ahead of schedule in January 2014, 6711 has been configured with an extensive dive centre, including its own decompression chamber. Deck space, excluding fully certified
The hull of BN 169, a large and advanced offshore vessel being built for North Sea Shipping ASBN arrived in Bergen yesterday, January 23rd. The hull has been constructed at the Daewoo-yard in Romania. The vessel will be completed and delivered in July 2014. The advanced offshore vessel has a length
On 9 January, TGE Marine Gas Engineering signed the contracts for one firm and three optional vessels for the design and supply of the cargo handling systems, high pressure fuel gas systems including LNG fuel tanks and tank material packages for the next generation of ethane/ethylene carriers of 35,
On Thursday 23 January, the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XXI, was handed over within the contractual delivery date to Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) at IHC Merwede’s Kinderdijk shipyard in The Netherlands. The Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance was signed on behalf of DC
Maersk Drilling’s second and third ultra deepwater drillships were named Thursday morning in a ceremony held at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South Korea. Lisa Lance, wife of Ryan M. Lance, chairman and chief executive officer, ConocoPhillips, had the honour of naming Maer
The second vessel in the Ramform Titan class, the Ramform Atlas was celebrated in a naming ceremony in Nagasaki, Japan today. To Petroleum Geophysical Services ASA (“PGS”), safety, efficiency and productivity are the most important features of the new, 24-streamer vessel. The ceremony took place at
