Norfield, an international shipping company specializing in vessels for the offshore and energy sector, has ordered two 69,8 metres Seismic Support Vessels of SALT 450 SSV design. The vessels, which will be operated by Vestland Offshore AS, are ordered from Cemre Shipyard in Turkey and will be deliv
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract to supply thrusters and deck machinery for two semi-submersible drilling rigs to be built at Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea for Stena Drilling. The value of the contract is around £22 million to Rolls-Royce. The new drilling rigs are due for delivery in 2016 and
Silverstar Marine announced it has recently secured a contract to provide On-site Client Representation Services for a 70m Fast Crew Boat (FCB) for Caspian Marine Services Limited (CMS) based in Baku, Azerbaijan. The vessel is being built by Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania, with delivery sched
With the “Américo Vespúcio” the Hamburg Süd subsidiary Aliança christened the third of four identical 3,800 TEU container ships for its cabotage fleet on 22 October 2013 in Pecém (Brazil). The Naming Ceremony was held as part of a customer event at the port of Pecém. The Sponsor of the ship is Consu
Ship number four of totally twelve platform supply vessels of ULSTEIN’s PX105 design, ‘Sea Spark’, was delivered from Zhejiang, Ningbo, to Seatankers Group 23rd of October, 2013. ULSTEIN delivers twelve design and equipment packages to the Chinese yard, where all the vessels for Seatankers Group wil
The first episode of Discovery Channel’s 6-episode TV series about Maersk Line’s Triple-E vessel will be broadcast in Denmark on Thursday 24 October on the Discovery Channel. The series will be broadcast throughout Europe and Asia in November and December followed by Latin America in February and Ma
Vroon announced that MPI Workboats has taken delivery of MPI Altisidora on 22 October 2013. MPI Altisidora is a windfarm-support vessel, built at the South Boats shipyard on the Isle of Wight. She is the ninth addition to the MPI Workboats fleet. VESSEL PARTICULARS Length overall […]
Sevan Drilling ASA has today taken delivery of Sevan Louisiana from Cosco Quidong Shipyard (Cosco) in China. Sevan Louisiana is Sevan Drilling’s third deep water drilling rig and will start the transit to the US Gulf of Mexico. It is expected that the rig will commence operation for LLOG Bluewater t
Mingde Heavy Industry, on Oct. 21st, carried out the launching ceremony for Singapore-based Nova Shipping & Logistics’ second wood chip carrier, the XINHUI EXPRESS (Yard No. MD146). The vessel features 51,800 tons of Gross tonnage and a DWT of 69,300 tons. Compared with other similar bulk ships, the
The European Parliament adopted yesterday in Strasbourg the new Ship Recycling Regulation by a large majority. The final text is the result of a compromise reached last June between the Council under the Irish Presidency, the Parliament (Schlyter report) and the Commission. The new EU Regulation wil
Central Industry Group N.V. (CIG) announced the strategical repositioning of the company as an innovation-driven, technologically advanced conglomerate operating in various areas of steel-constructional design, engineering and production, with shipbuilding as a core activity. CIG’s success has been
Jotun Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) has launched the HPS Newbuilding Solution at Kormarine in Busan, South Korea. The HPS Newbuilding solution is aimed at yards delivering vessels with eco-design and who want to maximize the energy efficiency at both speed trial and in operation. “With HPS Newbui
Two weeks before the doors open at Europort, Rotterdam, organiser Ahoy is finalising arrangements for the event that promises to provide a benchmark for the ‘state of the global maritime and offshore industry’ in late 2013. Alongside attendees at its Advanced Technology Conferences industry seminars
Cargotec’s MacGregor has won an order worth approximately EUR 37 million for 45 electric winches from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, in South Korea. The order will be booked in the fourth quarter 2013 order intake and the equipment is scheduled for delivery between the second and fourth qua
