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Damen Receives HSSV Orders & Options

Jan 23, 2012

MarineCo UK orders another two offshore wind High Speed Support Vessels with Damen Shipyards. Order comprises 2 HSSVs and an option for 2 more. Scottish offshore service provider MarineCo UK has placed an order at Damen Shipyards for two more High Speed Support Vessels (HSSVs)…

BOURBON Optimizes Class Dockings for Fleet

Jan 13, 2012

BOURBON optimizes Class Dockings for its vessels with new organization Bourbon Docking.Located in Dubai, this new organization will strengthen BOURBON’s vessel maintenance program, allowing the Group to reach its 2015 target rate of 95% vessel availability…

Hyundai Heavy Develops FLNG Model

Jan 05, 2012

Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder and offshore facilities contractor announced today that the Company completed developing its own Hyundai FLNG (Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Plant) model in association with Linde AG…

Novel Container Vessel Sets New Standards

Jan 02, 2012

The Danish Naval Design and Marine Consultancy Knud E. Hansen A/S and joint venture partner ABB have developed a highly fuel efficient 2000 TEU Container Feeder Vessel. The vessel’s main dimensions have been optimised for calling in Bangkok…

GPA Involved with T-AGOR-27 Contract

Dec 19, 2011

In October 2011, the Seattle-based Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering firm Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA) was awarded a contract to deliver the Regulatory Design and Detail/Production Design for the T-AGOR-27 Ocean Class Research Vessel…

LNG-fueled Tanker Delivered to LR Class

Dec 14, 2011

World’s first LNG-fuelled tanker newbuilding delivered to Deen Shipping by Rotterdam's Shipyard Trico to Lloyd’s Register class. Chemical tanker MT Argonon to emit less Sox, Nox and particulates across Europe's inland waterways. The world's…

Dolphin's New 3D Seismic Vessel, Polar Duchess, Employed

Dec 05, 2011

Dolphin Geophysical accepted a Letter of Award from TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA for a six-months charter of the new high-capacity 3D seismic vessel, M/V Polar Duchess. The contract is expected to begin during first half of April and continue through a full 2012 summer season in Europe…

GPA: Engineering Ideas Into Reality…

Nov 21, 2011

The motto at Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA) for over thirty years and continuing to this day has always been: Engineering Ideas into Reality. For clients worldwide, no matter how large or small the project, from single vessels to an unprecedented number of vessels in one series…

Damen Set to Launch New PSV Series

Nov 10, 2011

Damen Shipyards will unveil its new Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) at EUROPORT 2011 and will launch a complete PSV range in the next few months. The PSV 3300 E3 is a dedicated supply vessel to transport supplies to oil and gas rigs and is specifically…

Panama Approves Specialized Nickel Ore Bulker

Oct 31, 2011

Vessel built by Naikai Zosen for Nissho Shipping will become first NK classed ship to incorporate special construction for carriage of liquefiable cargoes. A new vessel being built at Japanese shipyard Naikai Zosen Corporation for shipowner Nissho Shipping Co…

MHI Wins Order to Build LNG Tanker Pair

Oct 28, 2011

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has agreed with Osaka Gas International Transport Inc. (OGIT), a group company of Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd to build two new-generation liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. The…

Cory Logistics Ships Pilot Boat to East Africa

Oct 28, 2011

Cory Brothers has just completed a pilot boat manoeuvre from Pembrokeshire to Kenya for commercial boat builder Mustang Marine.  The boat was loaded directly from water onto a OXL heavylift vessel with 300te lifting capacity.Cory logistics…

ClassNK Tops 190 Million Gross Tons

Oct 24, 2011

World Leading Class Society Adds 11 Million GT in 9 months.Leading classification society ClassNK continues its streak of incredible growth with the Society’s Classification Committee confirming today that its register topped 190 million gross tons for the first time at the end of September 2011…

Norvegia and Spagna: New RAmparts 2500W Class Tugs for Italy

Oct 21, 2011

In August the RAmparts 2500W tug Norvegia was delivered by Astilleros Armon of Navia, Spain to owners, Rimorchiatori Riuniti in Genoa, Italy. Shortly afterward in early September, the second vessel of Rimorchiatori Riuniti's two boat order, the Spagna…

Zentech Acquires Derrick Barge 23, Renamed ZEE RIG 3

Oct 14, 2011

Zentech, Inc.  has acquired the former Derrick Barge 23 and renamed it ZEE RIG 3. “We intend to upgrade the vessel in two phases, first for use as a crane barge with increased lifting capacity, and later as a much larger self-propelled jackup vessel for wind farm installation service…

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