Gunvor Ulstein, CEO of Ulstein Group, was awarded Tekna’s Gold Medal on 15 June. The Medal is given as an honour and encouragement to Norwegian managers or companies for outstanding efforts in creating new opportunities for Norwegian technologists, both in Norway and internationally. The Medal was last awarded in 2008. Gunvor Ulstein thanked by sharing [...]
Reach Subsea has entered into a charter party agreement with Bourbon for the MPSV “Bourbon Emerald” for 140 days + options. The vessel will be equipped with the company’s own ROVs for operations in the North Sea and under the Joint Venture with Marin Mætteknik. Further, Reach Subsea has entered into a contract with Petromarker [...]
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Troms Offshore Supply AS on Thursday, June 13, took delivery of its new build no 756 at VARD Brevik shipyard in Norway. The ship has been given the name MV Troms Lyra Troms Lyra is a Clean Design diesel electric PSV (Platform Supply Vessel) with a deck area of 850 m2. Engines and propulsion in [...]
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The general meeting of NHO (The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise) has elected Tore Ulstein new president on 11 June 2013. Tore Ulstein is Chairman of the Board and Deputy CEO in Ulstein Group. “I would like to thank the members of NHO for their trust, and it is with humility that I take on the [...]
On Monday 10 June, Herkules signed an agreement to acquire Umoe Schat-Harding AS. The acquisition is being carried out in cooperation with the owners of Noreq AS, who, in parallel, are selling Noreq to Herkules and reinvesting a substantial amount in a new, joint holding company. The transactions are expected to be finalised the first [...]
Global Maritime announced the acquisition of a design business for mobile offshore units from GL Noble Denton. The contract was signed on 7th June 2013 and represents a strategic expansion of Global Maritime’s core areas of expertise within vessel and rig design. The private equity investor HitecVision completed a growth capital investment in Global Maritime [...]
Drydocks World and Maritime World, the well-established international maritime service provider, yesterday announced that Chairman H.E. Khamis Juma Buamim held discussions with DNV Group Chief Executive Officer, Henrik O. Madsen at DNV headquarter in Oslo, Norway. The discussions revolved around next-generation shipping, DNV’s expansion in Dubai and the region, new business platforms in Africa, emerging [...]
The first of Fjord Line’s two new cruise ferries was christened on Thursday at Bergen Group Fosen’s Rissa shipyard in Sør-Trøndelag county. The ship’s godmother Janne Johnsen, mayor of Rogaland county, christened the new vessel MS Stavangerfjord. “Our finest dreams have come true,” said Fjord Line’s CEO Ingvald Fardal in a speech to hundreds of [...]
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DNV’s training simulator is designed to demonstrate thousands of potential vessel defects with real life accuracy, and it is now available on laptop with special training programmes developed to suit inspectors, seafarers and technical managers. The potential of Sesam SurveySimulator will be demonstrated in DNV’s 2013 Fire Safety Awareness Campaign. The Sesam SurveySimulator uses virtual [...]
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At a Summit in Oslo on 5 June, Board Members of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) met with Ministers from major shipping nations and the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to discuss Arctic Shipping. The Oslo 2013 Maritime Summit, coordinated by the Norwegian Government and attended by Ministers and senior officials [...]
