Wärtsilä has recently been awarded a series of orders to supply propulsion solutions for dredger vessels to be built in China and the Netherlands. Since dredging applications are typically very demanding, the high reliability of the Wärtsilä solutions was a key element in the award of all three proj
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed development of a new-generation liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier marking an evolutionary advance from Moss-type(1) LNG carriers. The new vessel-type dubbed “EXTREM” is a type of newly developed “Sayaendo(2)” Series, which features a peapod-sha
STORNES, a flexible fall pipe vessel built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “CIMC Raffles”) for the Dutch company Van Oord Marine Services BV was successfully delivered in Yantai, China. STORNES is the world’s fifth flexible fall pipe vessel. It features high tech
DOF Subsea Norway AS has been awarded the contract for Goliat FPSO Marine Installation Activities. The value of the contract is approximately 300 MNOK. The contract duration is from July 2011 to December 2013 DOF has been selected as preferred partner after a thorough evaluation of both technical an
SBM Offshore, The Linde Group’s Engineering Division, PTT FLNG Limited and PTTEP Australasia have signed a partnership agreement for the development of a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility in the Timor Sea off Northern Australia. The project foresees floating production of LNG from three
The liquefied natural gas carrier „Arctic Voyager‟ berthed Tuesday, July 5, early in the morning at Gate terminal. The „Arctic Voyager‟ is the second LNG carrier that delivers its commissioning cargo for the project after the arrival of the „British Trader‟ earlier in June. The „Arctic Voyager‟ is a
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad announces that it has entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Technip Geoproduction (M) Sdn Bhd (“TPGM”) for the establishment of a jointly controlled entity, to be known as Technip MHB Hull Engineering Sdn Bhd (“TMH”), that will perform hull
GSP has became in 2009 the contractor and project manager for the offshore services package includding the pipeline installation along the Russian continental shelf of the Black Sea, between Dzhubga-Lazarevskoe-Soci as well as for the pipeline tie-in with the Russia – Turkey inter continental pipeli
On July 6, NYK Line and Tokyo LNG Tanker Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd., held a naming ceremony for a jointly owned LNG carrier being built at the Sakaide Shipyard of the Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation. At the ceremony, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, the president of Tokyo Gas Co. L
Damen Shipyards have delivered the ASD tugs ‘Karloo’ and ‘Kalarka’ to Half Tide Marine Pty Ltd of Australia. The tugs were built to the highly successful ASD Tug 3111 design, which in common with most Damen vessels, has been the subject of constant research and improvement. Including ‘Karloo’ and ‘K
Philip Hagyard, Senior Vice President of LNG/GTL Business Unit at Technip will present Floating LNG, the company’s strong expertise in this area and answer questions from the financial community during a conference call in English starting at 4:00 p.m. CET on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. The slide present
The DEME Group and its offshore specialist TIDEWAY announced press conference that will take place on the occasion of the naming of the new mega trailing suction hopper dredger “Congo River” (hopper capacity 30,000 m3) and the DP2 fallpipe vessel “Flintstone, a unique vessel that will perform accura
Korea’s top three shipbuilders saw an increase in new orders this year despite global shipbuilding orders dropping sharply from a year earli… By Eoh Jin-joo, Arirang News [mappress] Source: Arirang, July 4, 2011;
Wärtsilä has been awarded a five-year technical management contract, based on Dynamic Maintenance Planning, covering six LNG carriers. The contract has been placed by the operator of the vessels, Ceres LNG Services Ltd, a Greek ship management company and a major marine service provider in LNG shipp
