The first half of June 2013 has been pretty eventful for Macduff Ship Design Ltd. Mark Rowse from Rowse Fishing, Cornwall ordered a design from Macduff for a 16.4m Vivier crabber. The order is based on an exact repeat of the successful “Emma Louise”, built by CToms in 2012 for Mark Rowse, the design features [...]
Nam Cheong Limited (Nam Cheong), a leading global offshore marine player and Malaysia’s largest Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) builder, has sold five vessels worth a total of US$110 million. One 12,000 bhp Anchor Handling Towing Supply (AHTS) vessel was sold to a new customer, an emerging offshore marine services company based in Indonesia that owns [...]
China: Yuexin Receives Order for Two 65m AHTSs from Wintermar On 11th of April, Indonesia based Wintermar Offshore Marine signed a contract with Guangzhou Panyu Yuexin Shipbuilding Co. for two 65m Anchor Handling Tug/ Supply Vessels (AHTSs) … Germany: Nordic Yards Cuts Steel for WIND SERVER The official Steel Cutting Ceremony for DBB’s third jack-up [...]
Robert Allan Ltd. announced the recent award of contracts for two new designs of icebreaking OSVs for use in the North Caspian Sea. The contract was awarded to the Vancouver naval architects by the Turkish-based Palmali Group of Companies, and the vessels will be built by Besiktas Shipyard of Altinova, Turkey. Upon delivery the vessels [...]
VT Halter Marine yesterday launched the first, out of ten ordered, 97.2m long Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) “HOS Commander”. The vessel is based on VT Halter Marine’s Super 320 design developed for Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. The Super 320 design is based on an enlarged version of an 88-metre Platform Supply Vessel, HOS Coral, which [...]
SeaMar Subsea BV has entered into a contract with Shipyard De Hoop for the construction of a Multipurpose Offshore Support Vessel. Custom designed to stringent environmental control, the diesel electric powered 65m vessel will be constructed for low fuel consumption, clean ship / green passport / SPS2008 and high comfort class notation, making it the [...]
Zhenjiang Shipyard successfully delivered, on March 22nd 2013, the 10000kW multi-purpose Offshore Supply Vessel named XING YUN YANG to Nanjing Sumec Shipping Co. The vessel is equipped with DP2 automation and can meet the requirements of Unattended Machinery Space (UMS) in unrestricted area. Main Particulars: Length / 75 m Breadth / 17 m Gross Tonnage / 2777 tones Speed [...]
HANJIN Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC)’s Yeongdo Shipyard speeds up its business by signing a letter of intent (LOI ) to build USD 300 million Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV). Lately, HHIC has been very aggressive to win the battle for bids. HHIC’s Subic Shipyard has recently won the bid to build 6,800TEU container ships for [...]
Van Aalst Marine & Offshore BV, the leading Dutch Bulk Handling Systems specialist, has recently expanded its agency network into Korea and Turkey. In order to cope with the worldwide increasing interest in its range of bulk handling solutions for (mobile) offshore drilling units, offshore support vessels and cement carriers, in both areas locally well [...]
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. announced yesterday, on Feb. 6th, the expansion of its fifth OSV newbuild program by four vessels, as well as its intentions to ultimately build up to eight Jones Act-qualified MPSVs as a subset of its growing OSV newbuild program to service the subsea construction and IRM market that is expected to expand [...]
