Traditional shipyards in Singapore are benefitting from booming oil and gas business, as work orders flow in for Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) and Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) conversions, states a new report by business intelligence experts GBI Research. The new report
Western Australian shipbuilder Strategic Marine has launched the first of eight offshore wind farm crew transfer and support vessels it has been contracted to deliver into the European market. The 21 metre multipurpose vessel was built at the company’s recently expanded Singapore shipyard for Madlie
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has signed a contract with Ukraine’s National Joint-Stock Company “Naftogaz of Ukraine” (Naftogaz), to construct two semisubmersible drilling rigs worth about US$1.2 billion. The contract will
A completely new type of icebreaking emergency rescue vessel designed for demanding ice conditions will operate using the multilingual Metso DNA automation system. Metso Automation will deliver a control automation system for an icebreaking emergency and rescue vessel to be constructed by Arctech He
Hyundai Heavy Industries and Dockwise are about to start the sea trials for a new semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel Dockwise Vanguard. The name ‘Dockwise Vanguard’ refers to the forefront of a movement, an innovation in the Heavy Marine Transport Industry. The name also indirectly refers to Dockwis
In an incident that happened this morning at Jurong Shipyard in Singapore about 90 workers were injured when a jack-up rig tilted, reports Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM). One of the three jack-up rig’s leg mechanisms failed to operate during testing works, causing rig’s slanting dangerously
Iran is due to build an oceangoing research vessel in the next six months, Managing Director of the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography (INIO) Vahid Chegini said, adding that the country will also unveil several books and software about oceanography soon in future. “Several books and softwar
Funds advised by Oaktree Capital Management, LP and the global shipping major Rickmers Group are joining forces to invest in eight plus eight eco designed newbuild container vessels. Oaktree Capital Management LP is a leading global investment management firm focused on alternative markets with US$8
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded the contract to supply the gas powered propulsion machinery and corresponding gas storage and handling systems for a new passenger ferry. The ship is being built by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani in Italy
Cathelco are supplying seawater pipework anti-fouling systems for the new generation of Barracuda Class submarines which are being built by DCNS for the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA, Direction générale de l’armement) – on behalf of the French Navy. The nuclear propelled submarines are desi
The R&M Group has successfully secured a mega-deal with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Nagasaki Shipyard in late September 2012. The scope of supply includes engineering of pre-fabricated passenger and crew cabins, production of certain components for such cabins as well as provision of ex
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS, represented by the Naval Systems & Surveillance division, has signed a contract with the South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for supply of MSI-90U Mk 2 components for three new submarines. The contract value is USD 55,5 million. “This new co
APA, the second of three Ocean Patrol Vessels built by BAE Systems, was handed over to the Brazilian Navy in a ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base on November 30. Employees joined guests from the Brazilian and UK Royal Navies, to watch as members of the ship’s company raised the ensign for the first t
Damen Shiprepair Den Helder (The Netherlands) was rewarded a contract for modification activities on the ‘Polarcus Adira’ operated by Dubai-based Polarcus, a company owning one of the biggest fleets of Seismic Vessels. Polarcus is operating an ultra-modern seismic fleet incorporating advanced mariti
