RDS, the drilling facilities engineering division of KCA Deutag, has signed a contract with Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguacu (EEP Overseas Limited), a newly established Brazilian shipyard. RDS’ core business is to deliver a comprehensive drilling facilities engineering service at every stage of design, construction and modification. As such, it will assist EEP with the detailed [...]
The operation activities at the new facility of Mulder Shipyard are in their full swing. There are three new yachts under construction at the yard: the Mulder 98 Flybridge, the new Mulder 75 Wheelhouse and the Mulder Bellagio. Besides the new builds, there is an average of eight yachts docked at the facility for maintenance [...]
Sembmarine SLP Limited (SLP), a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, announced that it has secured a contract worth approximately £7 million to fabricate the Bridge and Flare Structures for Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd’s Golden Eagle Project. SLP is already the EPC provider for the Project’s Living Quarters Platform which, together with the Bridge and Flare Structures, [...]
On April 24, Brazilian Inace Shipyard held a keel laying ceremony marking the initiation of the construction of the Hydro-Oceanographic ship (NHoFlu) “Rio Branco” (White River). The vessel will be built by Shipbuilding Ceará (Inace) and it is the first ship fully designed by the Ship Design Center of the Brazilian Navy. The construction of the [...]
ClassNK announced today that it had released the 2013 edition of the Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships. ClassNK continuously reviews, updates, and amends its technical rules and guidance as part of its ongoing efforts to improve the safety of life and property at sea, and to protect the marine [...]
The first semi-submersible pontoon of a semi-submersible barge under construction at Vyborg Shipyard, Russia was transported from the covered berth on April, 25. The second semi-submersible pontoon will be transported on April, 29. Construction of the barge has been carried out within the maximum short period and represents the next stage of the modernization program of [...]
Construction of China’s first hybrid dual-fuel 30,000 cum LNG carrier kicked off on April 18th with a steel cutting ceremony held at Ningbo Xinle Shipbuilding Group, SinoShip reports. The vessel, worth $105m, measures 181m in length, 36 m in breadth, 19 m in height and has 7.8 m draft. The LNG carrier is due to [...]
Nam Cheong Limited today announced that it has sold two vessels worth a total of US$59.0 million. Two Accommodation Work Barges (“AWBs”) were sold to a subsidiary of Perdana Petroleum Berhad (“Perdana”), an established, major offshore marine services provider for the oil and gas industry in Malaysia and the Southeast Asian region. Mr Leong Seng [...]
Vard Holdings Limited (VARD), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with Simon Møkster Shipping for the design and construction of one Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The shipbuilding contract for the design and construction of the vessel is expected [...]
SIMEK, headquartered in Flekkefjord Norway, announced progress on the construction of ST-216 Arctic platform supply vessel (PSV), ordered by Gulf Offshore Norge, a subsidiary of Gulfmark Offshore, Inc. Accordingly, the two propellers have been installed on Yard no. 129 and the interior and outfitting work continues. The main engines of the vessel, based on the [...]
