The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, yesterday announced the acceptance of the sixth of the Canadian Coast Guard’s new Hero Class vessels, the CCGS Corporal McLaren M.M.V. “Our Government is proud to accept the CCGS Corporal McLaren M.M.V. into the Canadian Coast Guard fleet,”
China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has signed construction contracts with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (DSIC Offshore) and China Merchants Heavy Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. for construction of three drilling rigs, namely HYSY982, HYSY 943 and HYSY944, respectively. HYSY982 i
Finnish survey company FCG (Finnish Consulting Group) Ltd has placed an order for a new GRP survey boat from Blyth Workcats Ltd of Canvey Island, UK. The 14-metre catamaran will be known as the Nordic Sonar and it is now being built to meet the specialized needs of the FCG survey teams. It will be [
Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited, an industrial transportation company serving marine transportation needs in three markets (River Business, Offshore Supply Business, and Ocean Business), announced that the company has taken delivery on October 29th, 2013 of two new Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) of th
One of the greatest challenges which industry has to overcome is the current skills crisis which is severely affecting production, as existing resources are stretched to the limit in an effort to meet production targets. However, this is only one aspect of the problem. The challenge of an experience
Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions welcomed Subsea 7’s Seven Waves at the Huisman Schiedam quayside. The vessel, built by IHC Offshore & Marine in Krimpen aan den IJssel, will be equipped with a 550mt Flex-lay system and a 400mt Offshore Mast Crane. The 550mt Flex-lay
Cathelco are supplying seawater pipework anti-fouling systems for six frigates which are being built for the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet by the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad. The keel of the first warship, the Admiral Grigorovich, was laid down in 2010 and delivery of all of the vessels is sched
The first built 48,000 DWT bulk carrier “BAO YUE LING” for China Shipping Bulk Carrier Co., Ltd. under batch construction of China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (CICJS) was successfully named and delivered on Oct. 29, 2013 at No. 3 quay of China Shipping Industry (Shanghai Changxing) Co., Lt
During the last couple of weeks TGE Marine has obtained a number of new contracts for the engineering and delivery of gas handling systems and cargo tanks. In September contracts were signed with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for the supply of gas plants as well as cargo tanks for 5 × 12,000 cbm LEG-c
Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd. (“Wison Offshore & Marine”) announced today that it successfully completed the installation of the three LNG storage tanks into the hull of the Caribbean FLNG project, reaching a significant milestone in the delivery of the world’s first floating LNG production unit . Wi
Taipei-based Wisdom Marine Group has ordered three new bulk carriers at a combined total of approx. $75 million. The two shipyards responsible for the construction are Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan. Under the deal that was announced on Oct 25th, Imabari will b
ULSTEIN’s latest design contract for Vroon Offshore Services pushes the total number of offshore ship designs sold past the 100 mark. This milestone has been achieved in 14 years, with 74 of the contracts signed for the X–BOW® design. The numbers behind that ‘headline hundred’ are a testimony to the
Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. has newly developed a 63,000M.T. D/W Type Bulk Carrier “IS” NEW I-STAR, which is to be called NEW I-STAR. The predecessor of this vessel is “IS” I-STAR (commonly called I-STAR). The first vessel of the series was completed in September 2010, and fifty-five (55) vessels
A new warship has been handed over to the Royal Navy of Oman amid colourful celebrations on HM Naval Base Portsmouth this morning. AL RAHMANI is the second of three 99 metre corvettes designed, built and delivered for the Royal Navy of Oman as part of Project Khareef. Her Interim Acceptance, in whic
