Fiskerstrand Verft held a naming ceremony for four ferries ordered by Boreal Transport Nord on Thursday the 14th of November. The ferries which are named Herøysund, Husøy, Lovund and Tenna will operate on routes in the Helgeland area of Norway. The new building represents a significant capacity incr
BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, today announced its latest contract with Singapore-based Penguin Shipyard International Pte Ltd, for the design of three 38-metre monohull high-speed passenger ferries for the busy Singapore-Indonesia ferry route. The shipbuilding subsidiary of Sin
Driven by the desire to meet the 2020 environmental targets, the maritime industry branches have recognized the demand for thinking out of the box and pursuing alternative solutions to reduce their ecological footprint. During Offshore Energy 2013 exhibition and conference in Amsterdam, the Netherla
On 7 November 2013 a naming ceremony took place for Svet, the first VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) in the Russian merchant fleet. The 320,000 tonnes deadweight tanker was constructed at the Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry shipyard (Huludao, China) and is the first in a series of vessels of this t
Havyard has agreed a contract with the Russian shipping company FEMCO about design and construction of a Havyard 843 Ice, an icebreaking offshore vessel. The vessel will be designed by Havyard Design & Solutions in Fosnavaag, Norway and is going to be constructed at Havyard Ship Technology`s shipyar
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been granted Alternate Management System (AMS) acceptance for its AQUARIUS®UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) by the United States Coastguard (USCG). This allows all US and foreign flag ships fitted with the Wärtsilä
The Damen-built 67m Fast Yacht Support vessel, GARÇON, has won the ISS Awards of Distinction for Innovation at the International Superyacht Society Awards Gala in Fort Lauderdale. GARÇON came out top of an industry-led voting process that assessed five shortlisted entries in the competitive and broa
Dana Gas, the Middle East’s leading regional private sector natural gas company, announced yesterday that Adyard Abu Dhabi, a subsidiary of Interserve plc, has been awarded a $17 million contract for the fabrication of an offshore platform for the Zora Field Development Project which spans the terri
Damen Shipyards has unveiled a completely new Wind Farm Service Vessel (WSV) to support and accommodate turbine maintenance crews at sea and allow them to ‘Walk-to-Work’. After industry-wide consultation, the vessel has been designed from first principles to provide on-site work facilities and accom
The Board of Directors of Otto Marine Limited announced that its subsidiary, PT Batamec shipyard has clinched two newbuilding contracts from its repeated reputable Indonesian customer to build two 3000 HP Habour Tugs for a consideration of approximately USD 9 million. The Vessels are expected to be
Allseas to Build Single-Lift Vessel Larger than Pieter Schelte Swiss-based Allseas has decided to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel. JO Tankers Orders Eight Vessels from China O Tankers has confirmed that the company placed its largest ever order for eight 3
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation signed on October 10, two loan agreements amounting up to 10,754 million Japanese yen (approx. USD 107.1 million) and 10,955 million Japanese yen (approx. USD 109.1 million) respectively, with LNG FUKUROKUJU SHIPPING CORPORATION (FUKUROKUJU) and LNG JUROJ
Royal Caribbean International announced yesterday that a mechanical issue has made it necessary to perform unscheduled repairs to Allure of the Seas. The repairs will take place at Grand Bahama Shipyard, in Freeport, Bahamas, the week of February 24, 2014. As a result, it will be necessary to cancel
ABB has won two orders in the third quarter to provide the waste heat recovery systems, each powered by a power turbine generator (PTG), for fourteen new 8,800 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) container vessels. The first seven post-panamax vessels will be built at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co.
