The increase in offshore activities means a lot of new work for the repair and conversion industry – and Shipdock is busily improving its position in this market: most recently with the lengthening of the GMS Endeavour’s four massive ‘legs’. New orders are streaming in at Shipdock Amsterdam from the
Alewijnse Marine Systems announced the formation of a new subsidiary – Alewijnse Turkey, located in the southern coastal port of Antalya. The new company is the result of Alewijnse acquiring Turkish electrical engineering company Aquaelecs, managed by Serdan Küçükkuru. Aquaelecs and Alewijnse had pr
In today’s meeting of the creditor committee, and acting on the suggestion of the insolvency administrator, Berthold Brinkmann, P+S WERFTEN decided in favour of the Lürssen Group (Bremen) as the buyer of the Peene shipyard in Wolgast. This decision is subject to approval by the creditors holding lie
BLRT Grupp´s Turku shipyard has finished the repairs of oil tanker SCF Baltica. The specialists of ship-repair yard have dismantled machined, assembled back and balanced the shaft line and propeller (weight 35 tons) of the vessel. Also, main propulsion unit (B&W 7S60ME-C 16660 KW, 105 rpm, weight ap
Scana Industrier ASA has, through its subsidiary Scana Volda AS, entered into an agreement with VT Halter Marine, Inc, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, for delivery of the main propulsion systems and controls for two offshore supply vessels (OSV). The deliveries will take place second half 2013. These
d’Amico International Shipping S.A., an international marine transportation company, operating in the product tanker market, announces yesterday that its operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers Limited (Ireland), will enter into shipbuilding contracts for the construction of two additional new product/
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District officially launched its newest survey vessel – SWART – with a Nov. 30 christening ceremony at the Engineer Repair Yard. The boat is named after Dirk Swart III (1935-2011) who served as captain and operator of District survey vessel GILLETTE from 1
COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced today that COSCO Nantong Shipyard Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co. Ltd., has secured a contract valued over USD370 million from a European company to build a floating production storage and offloadi
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded the contract to supply a sophisticated survey suite to a vessel currently under construction and for use by a consortium of German universities. The universities are the first to specify the high-end 0.5º x 1º configuration of the EM 122 multibeam echo sounder sys
Amarcon, a member of the ABB group, today announced that it has received an OCTOPUS-Onboard order for the new build Dockwise Vanguard. This vessel is the largest and most advanced heavy lift vessel ever built. The vessel was launched in November 2012 and is currently undergoing her sea trials. Dockw
Rickmers Linie, a specialist in the global transportation of break-bulk, heavylift and project cargoes based in Germany, announced today that the company has ordered two vessels from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (China). The newbuildings are multipurpose heavy lift vessels with the carrying capacity
Rem Offshore ASA has entered into a charter agreement with Lundin Norway AS for the PSV vessel “Rem Leader”. The vessel is of VS 499 LNG design. The vessel will be delivered from Kleven Verft AS on 3(rd) January 2013. The firm contract period is 5 or 6 wells, estimated to approx 500 days. In [&helli
Arklow Marine Services announced today a new build contract for Gardline in the U.K. This 19 metre wind farm service vessel is a totally new design and is constructed with a flexibly mounted deckhouse and wheelhouse in order to reduce noise absorption. Work will commence in early January and deliver
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, will design and power an offshore vessel for as an undisclosed ship owner, who has exercised an option to build an additional Rolls-Royce platform supply vessel at Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in China. The £6 million order comes in additi
