On January 15, Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS (KNOT), of which NYK has a 50 percent share, delivered Carmen Knutsen, a new 157,000 DWT offshore shuttle tanker built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, to Repsol YPF A.S. under time-charter contract for five years plus an option for crude oil transport off
State-of-the-art IMR (Inspection, Maintenance and Repair) vessel of SX148 design ‘Seven Viking’ was delivered from Ulstein Verft to Eidesvik Seven yesterday, 23 January 2013. The vessel will now head for Stavanger, where she will be named on Wednesday 30 January, before starting operations for Stato
Less than two months after opening their office in Stavanger, Norway, Damen Shipyards delivers a Stan Tug 1004 to the Norwegian Shipbuilding company SIMEK AS in Flekkefjord. The Stan Tug was shipped to Norway last Monday on the Wagenborg carrier MV SAMIRA from Rotterdam Waalhaven. Damens first strid
Fassmer has presented three new specialized vessels in a wide range of products developed by its experienced naval architects and engineers in order to reach efficient solutions to the offshore challenges. Using its expertise in specialized vessels, Fassmer has developed a variety of assets to suit
Vroon announced the order of a newbuilding subsea-support vessel (SSV) at Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China, with an option for another one. The vessel follows the two SSVs built at the Shipyard in 2012 for Vroon Offshore Services (VOS Shine and VOS Sweet). The new vessel, to be named VOS Sugar, is
Early on Friday, 25th January, 2013 MEYER WERFT latest newbuild AIDAstella will leave the building dock I. The docking procedure will start at approx. 7:30 h. Around 10:00 h AIDAstella will be shifted into the Yard’s harbor where several tests will be carried out. Berthing of the ship at the outfitt
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) completed and delivered a 56,000 DWT bulk carrier M.V. “NEW BEGINNING” (MES Hull No. 1835) at its Tamano Works on 23rd January, 2013 to New Blossom Maritime S.A., Panama. The vessel is a handy-max type bulk carrier of 56,000 dwt with a large cargo ho
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that the company acquired approval in concept for installation of a packaged container ballast water treatment system that can fit in a vessel’s cargo hold. This is a joint technological development with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and marks Japan’s fi
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced yesterday that it has reached an agreement with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Ltd. of South Korea for the construction of two 50,000 deadweight ton product tankers to be delivered in May and June 2014. In addition, the Company has taken delivery of four previously announced ti
Damen Shipyards Galaţi has launched on 18-th of January 2013, the hull number 1230 “World Diamond”, Platform Supply Vessel. This vessel is part of a contract for 6 fully equipped PSV-s which have been ordered to Damen Group by the Norwegian owners from “World Wide Supply” company. Hull number 1230 i
Steerprop Ltd. has received orders from the Severnaya shipyard in Russia and the Bharati shipyard in India. The orders are for the new generation ECO CRP propulsors that are designed to provide the finest efficiency and maneuverability at even the highest speeds. The combined value of these orders i
Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India’s leading engineering, manufacturing & construction major has received an order valued at `447 crores from the Ministry of Defence for the construction of 18 High Speed Interceptor Boats for the Indian Coast Guard. This follows the earlier contract, valued at ` 977 crore
Delivered in October 2012, the Bourbon Sirocco is currently operating in Angola. The Bourbon Shamal, her first sistership, will soon be delivered. Designed by Piriou Ingénierie and Mauric Design, and built by the Piriou SEAS shipyard in Vietnam, this brand new series relies on the solid experience b
The new vessel (DWT 74,000 tonnes) was built at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea under the supervision of two classification societies: the Russian Maritime register of Shipping and the American Bureau of Shipping. Novoship’s President, Yury Tsvetkov, took part in the ceremony. The Republic
