Northern Offshore, Ltd. today announced that two of its subsidiaries have executed contracts for the construction of two LeTourneau Super 116E Class jack-up drilling rigs, with a priced option for the construction of two additional rigs of the same design. The yard contract price is less than US$180
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) announced that the keel-laying ceremony for VOS Fascination took place on Saturday 28 September at Nanjing East Star Shipbuilding in China. VOS Fascination is a 50-m ERRV (emergency response and rescue vessel). She is the last vessel in a series of six ERRVs under const
Today a Damen Stan Tug 1606 was delivered to her new owner S. Walsh & Sons (UK), a company offering integrated and sustainable construction solutions for the Built Environment. The Stan Tug 1606 is a very compact and strong tug from the Damen Stan Tug series. The improved design evolved from the STu
Jumbo presented the official footage from the launch of the first of the revolutionary new K3000 vessels. The Jumbo Kinetic, was launched on the 17th September from the Brodosplit Shipyard in Croatia. The new vessel, which represents the latest evolutionary step in the Jumbo fleet is both larger and
Shanghai Offshore Petroleum Bureau, Sinopec has taken delivery of the FA XIAN6, a Rolls-Royce designed seismic research vessel which will identify oil and gas reserves around the world. FA XIAN6, a Rolls-RoyceUT 830 CD design, is the first of its type to be built in China. It is equipped with a pack
Uljanik shipyard yesterday held the keel-laying ceremony for yard No. 503, the first of four contracted RoRo ferries for the Croatian national shipowner Jadrolinija. This Ro-Ro passenger vessel is designed for sailing in both directions and with a capacity of 600 passengers in the summer period and
Gas propulsion for tugs and offshore support vessels (OSV) was high on the agenda at yesterday’s Saudi Aramco-sponsored Global Workboat Technology Forum. Sanmar’s Tamer Geckin, an electrical engineer, revealed details of the world’s first LNG-fuelled tugs nearing completion for Bukser ad Berging AS
Quality Marine Services (QMS), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi based Zakher Marine International (ZMI) yesterday celebrated the signing of deals worth $350 million on the final day of Middle East Workboats & Offshore Marine, which took place from 30 September to 2nd October at the Abu Dhabi National Exhib
A special contract signing ceremony between Bin Nowiran for Trading & Contacting Co-(BINCO) (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and Damen Shipyards Group (The Netherlands) has taken place on October 1st, 2013 during the Seatrade Middle East Workboat & Offshore Marine exhibition in Abu Dhabi (UAE). The contrac
The flight deck of the Navy’s future flagship is now complete after two giant sections were fixed into place on HMS Queen Elizabeth. The mighty Goliath crane lifted the sponsons – the sections protruding from the hull which give an aircraft carrier their unique shape – to join the remainder of ship
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. delivered the LNG carrier Grace Dahlia (Kawasaki hull no. 1665) to Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) on September 30. This is the second 177,000 m3 LNG carrier to be delivered by Kawasaki, and is the world’s largest Moss-type LNG carrier currently in operation.
Jensen Maritime Consultants, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company, announced today that the company has been awarded a new construction management contract for four new 330,000-barrel, Jones Act product tankers, being built by Aker Philadelphia Shi
VWS MPP Systems, subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has been awarded a contract by a leading shipbuilder, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), to supply a Macro Porous Polymer Extraction water purification (MPPE) unit for the Ichthys LNG Project’s Floating Production St
Yesterday in Buenos Aires the President of Argentina, Christina Fernandez de Kirchner became the “Godmother” to a vessel built in Australia. Named Francisco in honour of the Argentine born Pope, the 99 metre World’s Fastest Ship, and the first large dual fuel high speed Ro-Ro to use LNG as its prima
