South Shields based Solar Solve Marine recently received two orders for their SOLASAFE® anti glare roller screens from STX OSV Niteroi shipyard in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to be installed onto Hulls 30 and 31, the latest vessels under construction at the yard. The Brazilian yard employs around 1,388 people and was originally established in [...]
Adria Winch, together with its partner Seaonics AS, has recently won a contract to supply deck equipment for two STX OSV’s Offshore Subsea Construction Vessels of 11 L design. The vessels are currently being built in STX OSV Brattvaag Shipyard for a Norwegian owner, Siem Offshore. Under the contract, the scope of supply includes custom deigned [...]
DSME: The World’s Largest Vessel Floats (South Korea) Maersk Line’s first Triple-E newbuild was launched from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo Shipyard on 27 February 2013. The vessel, to be named Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller after the late shipping magnate, is the largest vessel of any type on the water today. STX OSV to Adopt [...]
Farstad Shipping ASA has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Farstad Supply AS, reached an agreement with Ocean Yield of a sale and leaseback of two AHTS. The vessels, both UT 731 CD design, are under construction at Vard Langsten in Tomrefjord (previously STX OSV Langsten) for delivery ultimo March and May 2013 respectively. The UT [...]
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced today that the STX OSV Group of companies will adopt the new brand name VARD. The adoption of the new name, logo and brand identity follows the sale of STX Europe’s majority stake in the company to [...]
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) today delivered a 120T Bollard pull Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS), “SCI URJA”, bearing Hull No. BY-80, to The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd, Mumbai (SCI). This is the fourth & last in the series of four 120T Bollard pull AHTS being built by CSL for SCI. The vessel is [...]
Far Solitaire, built at the Romanian yard in Tulcea and outfitted at the Norwegian yard, Langsten has won the prestigious Support Vessel of the year award. The award was handed out at The Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference in London. The award goes to the owner, designer and builder of an offshore support vessel delivered [...]
Spain: MSD Names Technip’s New Construction Vessel Deep Orient Technip officially named its latest new vessel today, Feb. 11th, in Vigo, Spain. The Deep Orient, a newbuild medium construction vessel, will be dedicated to subsea construction and flexible pipelay projects. During the ceremony held at the Metalships & Docks (MSD) shipyard in Vigo, the ship [...]
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of one Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) for DOF Subsea. The vessel will be of OSCV 12 design, developed by STX OSV in [...]
STX OSV Holdings Limited (STX OSV), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has secured a new contract for the design and construction of one Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) for Farstad Shipping (Farstad). This newbuilding, designed for subsea and IMR (Inspection, Maintenance and Repair) operations, is part of [...]
