Huisman Introduces New Series of Large Offshore Cranes »
Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, recently introduced a new series of large offshore cranes. The new series include cranes with lifting capacities ranging up to 900mt and have been developed...
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Liebherr Delivers Heavy Lift Offshore Crane for New Installation Vessel ‘Vidar’ »
In June, components weighing up to 420 tonnes each for Liebherr’s new heavy lift offshore crane CAL 45000-1200 Litronic® were loaded from Liebherr MCCtec Rostock GmbH onto two ships in the port of Rostock. These...
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Drewry: Short Term Strength for VLCCs »
Drewry’s latest Tanker Insight reports that freight rates in most vessel categories remained on the softer side during the month due to weakness in chartering activity in the major loading regions barring Arabian Gulf. The...
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NOCC Enters New Charter Contracts for Two Car Carriers »
Norwegian Car Carriers ASA has entered into new time charter contracts for the 100% owned car carriers “NOCC Puebla” and “NOCC Coral”. The charter concluded for “NOCC Puebla” has a duration of about 2 months...
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TTS to Equip Ro-Ro Vessel ‘Sigrid’ (Sweden) »
TTS has supplied an electric operated stern ramp/door on the specialized Ro-Ro vessel “m/s Sigrid” for the Swedish shipowner SKB. In late June this year Damen Shipyards, Gorinchem, in the Netherlands and its Galati yard...
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Kongsberg Completes Bridge and Automation Retrofit on ‘Saipem 7000′ »
Kongsberg Maritime has completed the installation and commissioning of an integrated bridge and automation solution during a large-scale retrofit of the Saipem 7000, an advanced Semi-submersible crane and pipelaying (J-lay) DP3 vessel. The project to...
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InterManager Calls for Restraint Following Entry into Force of MLC »
InterManager, the international association of in-house and third party ship managers, is calling on flag States to exercise tolerance and flexibility in the weeks and months following the entry into force of the Maritime Labour...
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TTS Appoints New Head of Services Division (Germany) »
TTS has appointed a new head of the Services Division, Mr Stefan Gleuel as Executive Vice President Services. He will be based at the TTS office in Hamburg, Germany. Mr. Gleuel has degrees in Naval...
June 19 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »UPDATE 2: MOL Comfort’s Parts Still Afloat »
The two parts of MOL Comfort, the forward and aft portions, are drifting in the Arabian Sea after the containership broke apart two days...
Jun 19 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »UPDATE 1: MOL Comfort Breaks in Two »
The MOL Comfort incident that occurred yesterday, June 17, 2013, has taken serious proportions. Namely, MOL-operated containership, after reported crack amidships, has broken into...
Jun 18 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Top News of the Week June 10 – 15, 2013 »
Samsung Heavy Bags Another Large-Scale Order Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has revealed today that its Nigerian subsidiary has won a USD 3 billion worth...
Jun 16 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »First Triple-E Vessel Christened (South Korea) »
Maersk Line’s newest vessel, the first of the Triple-E series, was named Friday morning in a ceremony at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering...
Jun 14 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Golden Ocean Concludes Newbuilding Contracts »
Golden Ocean Group Limited announced that it has concluded three option three newbuilding contracts for 64,000 dwt Supramax bulk carriers with Chengxi Shipyard Co.,Ltd...
Jun 14 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Samsung Heavy Bags Another Large-Scale Order »
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has revealed today that its Nigerian subsidiary has won a USD 3 billion worth order for the construction of an...
Jun 13 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Statoil Orders Two Jack-Up Rigs from Samsung Heavy (South Korea) »
Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd.(SHI) announced today in its filing to the Korea Stock Exchange that it has received an order for the construction...
Jun 12 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Prosafe Secures Contract for Newbuild Accommodation Vessel (UK) »
Prosafe has been awarded a contract from Statoil (U.K.) Ltd for the provision of either the Safe Zephyrus or Safe Boreas accommodation support vessel...
Jun 11 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Samsung Heavy to Build Eighth Drillship for Ensco »
Ensco plc has ordered an additional advanced-capability DP3 ultra-deepwater drillship based on the Samsung GF12000 hull design. The vessel, ENSCO DS-10, will be the...
Jun 10 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »UK: Seajacks Enters Contract for Largest OW Installation Vessel Ever »
Seajacks International has entered into a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries to build the world’s largest and most advanced offshore wind farm installation vessel....
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