Wartsila, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded a major contract to design a series of four multi-purpose platform support vessels (MPSVs) for Armada Offshore MPSV Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bumi Armada Berhad, a Malaysian-based international offshore oilfield services provider and also the largest owner and operator of offshore support [...]
Otto Marine Limited, a leading offshore marine company which specializes in building complex offshore support vessels, repairs, conversion and fabrication and ship chartering, announced that the Group has secured new shipbuilding orders for building two offshore vessels for a total value of US$27.8 million. The new shipbuilding contracts are for constructing two identical units of [...]
REMONTOWA SHIPBUILDING S.A. has launched the next generation Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), designed for one of the largest ship-owners operating Offshore Support Vessels in the North Sea. Deck area of more than 800 sq. m., 4100 t cargo capacity and speed of 14.3 knots rank this unit among the largest of PSVs that will operate [...]
Femco Group, in frame of their program of fleet renewal and further market expanding, has placed an order to build 4 anchor-handling tug supply vessels (AHTS) by Sinopacific. The vessels will be built at Dayang shipyard in China owned by Sinopacific which is the world’s biggest supplier of offshore vessels, and has a current order [...]
The Quebec government has approved the sale of shipbuilder Davie Yards Inc. and a new owner of the Shipyard has been confirmed. Cecon, who has three large offshore vessels under construction at the yard, has now received confirmation that the new owner, a British-Monaco company Zafiro Marine, has entered into a firm agreement to purchase the [...]
Jaya Holdings Limited (Jaya), a leading Offshore Energy Services provider, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Jaya Shipbuilding and Engineering Pte Ltd has signed an agreement with IHC Merwede Asia Pacific which enables IHC’s high-specification offshore vessels to be produced by Jaya at its yards in Singapore and Batam, Indonesia. As part of the wide-ranging [...]
Flensburg shipbuilders have chalked up another remarkable success. Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has signed a contract with globally operating seismic company WesternGeco, a frontrunner in its sector, for the construction of two offshore ships. The delivery of the 127 metre long vessels is planned for 2014. The Flensburg newbuildings are for worldwide operation in the location [...]
Maersk Supply Service has signed a contract with Chilean shipyard Asenav for two innovative new offshore vessels with an option for – up to – four additional vessels. The project value for the two vessels is close to USD 200 million. The vessels will replace existing vessels operating in the Canadian offshore market. “We are [...]
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE is to equip four new ocean-going specialist vessels with complete propulsion systems. The Augsburg-based leading manufacturer of large-bore diesel engines and turbomachinery has secured a contract to deliver 16 four-stroke engines with gears and controllable pitch propellers to the specialist vessel operator Swire Pacific Offshore Operations Pte Ltd (SPO). The [...]
