Kleven Maritime contracted by Remøy Shipping for the delivery of a LNG-powered platform supply vessel (PSV)The vessel is to be built at Kleven Maritime’s shipyard Kleven Verft. Total contract value for Kleven is around 400 million NOK. In addition…
Havyard Power & Systems complete design work on its 'Havyard Concept Bridge'Project Manager Svein Olav Tørresdal of Havyard Power & Systems has been heading the design and the development of this modern bridge concept, which has been done in close cooperation with the Nomek company…
SSA Marine & subsidiary SSA Terminals announce arrival of 3 new Super Post Panamax cranes for Terminal 18, Seattle.Together with the three Super Post Panamax cranes that arrived in December 2011, the cranes represent a $54 million investment by SSA Terminals…
The Royal Navy's newest Type 45 destroyer, 'HMS Defender', sails to her new home at Naval Base Portsmouth.The ship's arrival at her new base brings Defender a step closer to her first deployment. She will now undergo sea trials before being declared ready for operations in 2013…
U.S. based Marine Products Corporation release its unaudited results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012.Marine Products is a leading manufacturer of fiberglass boats under two brand names: sterndrive and inboard pleasure boats by Chaparral…
Experienced team tapped to launch Princess Cruises' newest ship – 'Royal Princess' – in June 2013When the new Royal Princess launches in June 2013, Captain Tony Draper will be in command of Princess Cruises ’ newest vessel, leading a senior…
Odysea Carriers, S.A., an Athens, Greece-based shipping firm to pay $1.2 million fine & placed on three years probation.Odysea Carriers pleaded guilty recently before a federal court in New Orleans to illegally discharging oily waste into the ocean and comvering up the illegal actions…
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analyses the Navy's fiscal year 2013 shipbuilding plan.Since 2006, CBO has performed an analysis of the Navy’s annual report on its plans for building new ships over the next 30 years. The current CBO…
Aker Solutions' subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services wins contract from Total E&P Angola for vessel-based servicesSkandi Aker, Aker's purpose-built intervention vessel will be used for deep and ultra-deep well intervention services.The agreement…
AIDA fleet cruise ships, 'AIDAbella' & 'AIDAdiva', rated 'Very Good' after recent German automobile club, ADAC, inspectionADAC performed independent safety tests on board 10 cruise ships in the Mediterranean.ADAC certified all the other ships that were tested…
“There is a resurgence of the marine industry in the Pacific Northwest we haven’t seen for 20 to 30 years now,” said Vince Piscitello, Vice President of Business Development for Vigor Industrial LLC. “The oil and gas industry is really new to our area…
HME has outsourced the executing activities of Platform Broadband@Sea to Ron Vollenga of Outsource-IT Management. HME remains the owner of the Platform, Ron Vollenga will coordinate the activities and events on behalf of HME. Broadband@Sea promotes transparency in the maritime broadband market…
OCENS announces version 3 of its award-winning WeatherNet Weather-on-Demand service.The manufacturers explain that WeatherNet 3 transforms the product selection process by asking users for their general weather interests and then responding…
Wärtsilä ship designs and propulsion systems chosen for three new platform supply vessels to be operated by StatoilWärtsilä has been contracted to supply the ship designs for three new platform supply vessels (PSVs). The contracts have been signed with Kleven Maritime AS…
The Braemar recovery team recovered 167 tonnes of butterfat from the wrecked containership 'Rena' – now repackaged for recycling into biodiesel fuel. Braemar Operations Manager Neil Lloyd says that over the course of the project, some large quantities of cargo have been recycled…
