In close cooperation with Allseas, Iv-Consult is designing the tilting lift beams for the Jacket Lift System (JLS) of the Pieter Schelte vessel. Pieter Schelte is a unique, single-lift offshore platform installation/decommissioning vessel capable of lifting topsides of up to 48,000 tons and jackets
Ferry operator TESO asked Vripack to carefully integrate the emotions one gets when wandering on the old Dutch island of Texel. The whole Wadden Sea is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2009 and romantically described as a place where “heaven and earth share the stage”. On Texel there is the Nation
Vroon announced yesterday that the launching of Girolando Express took place in Guangdong, China on Sunday, 22 December 2013. The vessel named Girolando Express is a livestock carrier, currently under construction at Cosco Guangdong Shipyard in China. Girolando Express is the last in a series of fou
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, yesterday announced that it successfully took delivery of its newbuilding drillship, the Ocean Rig Skyros, on Friday, December 20, 2013. The drillship is currently mobilizing to offshore Angola to commence drilling operat
BW LPG announced that it has advanced the delivery of two Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) newbuilds from Hyundai Heavy Industries, at a cost of US$1.1 million per vessel. Delivery is now expected in August and October 2015, instead of May and August 2016. This is in line with BW LPG’s commitment to
NYK will build a tugboat featuring a dual fuel engine that can be powered by either liquefied natural gas (LNG) or heavy oil. Other than LNG carriers, this tugboat will be the first building in Japan of an LNG-fueled vessel. NYK has enhanced its initiatives to mitigate environmental loads through
Ensco plc has taken delivery of ENSCO 121, the second of four ultra-premium harsh environment jackup rigs in its ENSCO 120 Series. The rig is contracted to work in the North Sea beginning in the second quarter of 2014 at a day rate of approximately $230,000. Chairman, President and Chief Executive O
The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, and our CEO, Maria das Graças Silva Foster, attended the work completion ceremony for the P-62 platform, this Tuesday (Dec. 17), at the Atlântico Sul Shipyard, in Ipojuca (state of Pernambuco). Before the ceremony, Rousseff, Graça Foster and their entourages
Western Marine Shipyard has signed a new agreement for the construction of one more container ship for Aryan Traders Ltd. The deal was signed by the Technical Director of Western Marine Shipyard Mr. Arifur Rahman Khan and the Managing Director of Aryan Traders Mr. Hasan Saife Jalil on behalf of thei
Shipowner and operator, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (SPO) welcomed another new anchor handling tug supply vessel, Pacific Dispatch to its fleet with her launch and naming ceremony. This vessel is built by Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine) shipyard in Singapore. More than
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that IHC Merwede, the global market leader in efficient dredging and mining vessels and equipment, has selected IFS Applications™ to support its key business processes. The contract licenses are worth approximately EUR 2 million. As part of
Navgathi Marine recently announced its new application in iOS platform “XShip Empirical”. This application opens a new performance management solution for the naval architect and design engineers of shipbuilding industry. XShip Empirical will ensure accurate design calculations with increased operat
VARD Tulcea in Romania on Friday launched the hull of what will become the Solstad Offshore’s new state-of-the-art construction service vessel (CSV), the Normand Reach (NB 825). As planned, the hull will now be moved to the VARD’s Aukra yard (Norway) for final outfitting. The new vessel is 121 meter
Navigator has entered into a contract with Jiangnan to construct a 35,000 cubic meter gas carrier for delivery in April 2016. This vessel will be the largest ethane gas carrier on the market enabling efficient transportation to customers for this essential petrochemical feedstock. The Company has an
