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STX Finland Oy and Viking Line ABP have firmed their earlier preliminary agreement for the construction of an environmentally friendly, LNG-powered new generation cruise ferry for Viking Line. The agreement includes an option for a sister ship. The ship will be built at Turku shipyard and will be delivered to Viking Line at the beginning...

Underlining their ‘eco-mmitment’, Thea Corwin – pictured with  Andrew Stephens, Senior Vice President International Operations – will take up the position of new Head of Environment at Wilhelmsen Ships Service on 1 January 2011. She will be dedicated to developing a vision, policy, strategy and related plans for the implementation of environmental safeguards throughout in relation...

The last week of November saw the hand-over ceremony of the Amoris cutter suction dredger (CSD). The one-off, built by Damen Dredging Equipment , has now arrived in Antwerp where it will work on the polluted silt treatment plant of SeReAnt. After a full programme of dredging tests, the Amoris has been handed over...

After five years of ownership, Altor 2003 Fund and LD Equity 1 K/S are now divesting Aalborg Industries to the Swedish industrial group Alfa Laval which thus further consolidates its position as the world’s leading supplier of equipment for heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling. Today, Aalborg Industries is a focused,  profitable global company...

Damen has been tasked with developing the first environmentally friendly ferry design for the Dutch shipping company Rederij Doeksen. Rederij Doeksen operates passenger and car ferries between Harlingen and the Dutch Wadden islands of Vlieland and Terschelling. This will be the first time Damen has specifically designed a ferry aiming at a sustainable solution...

Shipping eDocs provider Electronic Shipping Solutions has announced that Balt-Forward LLC has agreed to trial its CargoDocs eBill of lading service for Russian Export Blend Crude Oil (REBCO) crude and refined product shipments ex-Primorsk. ESS CargoDocs Services enable forwarders, shippers, carriers, surveyors and agents to replace all paper shipping documents, such as the Bill...

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has strengthened its position as the global leader in supplying design and propulsion solutions for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) with yet another important order: Norwegian operator Eidesvik Offshore has placed an order for its fifth gas PSV, demonstrating Eidesvik’s position as the world...

Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) has announced that on 15 December, Peter Cornelissen (left), Manager Certification of Lloyd’s Register Nederland (the auditor) officially handed over the ISO 14001:2004 certificate to Wim Kloosterman (right), Managing Director of DSR. A member of the Damen Shipyards Group, her main business is maintenance, repair and conversion of all types of...

API Marine has delivered and successfully commissioned its fully integrated Cargo Control Automation and Remote Valve Control System for the first vessel in a series of six 3,700 cu. m Lauritzen Kosan pressurised gas carriers, built at Yangzhou Kejin shipyard in China. The contract between API Marine and Yangzhou Kejin Shipyard was signed in...

SIS has announced that the company has signed an agreement with Van Oord, a leading Dutch dredging and marine contractor. The contract covers Van Oord’s fleet of more than ninety vessels and represents one of the largest contracts ever awarded in the marine software industry. Under the terms of the contract, SIS will provide a comprehensive...

The Verenigde Scheepswerf Heusden shipyard in Heusden, the Netherlands, was yesterday afternoon’s venue for naming and launching the gravel trailer Victor Horta. She is being built for DEME Building Materials (DBM), a subsidiary of the DEME Group. The ceremony was performed by Mrs Rachel Brett, the wife of Mr Bill Brett, Chairman of the Brett...

The joint-venture company Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Oy formed last week, 50/50 owned by STX Finland and United Shipbuilding Corporation, has received an order for two new Multifunctional Icebreaking Supply Vessels (MIBSV) from its Russian customer Sovcomflot. The value of the order is USD200 million and the project will start immediately. The new vessels will...

IHC Merwede has announced that alternative fuels have been used in the dredging process for the first time. The company ran a pilot test in which energy derived from hydrogen was the sole energy source used to power the electrical equipment on one of the latest generation of standard cutter suction dredgers: the IHC...

Leading protective coatings supplier Hempel officially opened a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility today in China. Hempel’s new factory will help the company meet the increasing demand for coatings in the region. The factory – in the Guangzhou Economic & Technology Development District – also includes a new research and development centre which is the third...

ABB will supply an integrated electrical power and propulsion system for the first wind-farm installation vessel to be ordered by Swire Blue Ocean. ABB’s brief specifies that the shallow draught vessel can maximise manoeuvrability in depths up to 75 m. The Knud E.Hansen designed vessel, which is under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries for...

Imtech Schiffbau-/Dockbautechnik has been awarded a contract to carry out the renovation and expansion of the climate technology on board the second cruise vessel of TUI Cruises, Mein Schiff 2. The vessel, which previously served under the name Celebrity Mercury, will be acquired by TUI Cruises at the end of February 2011. After renovation...

ClassNK officially announced the opening of a new surveyor office in Kolkata, India today. The new office is the seventh new office to be opened by the Society in 2010, and becomes ClassNK’s sixth exclusive surveyor office in India, joining existing offices in Chennai, Dahej, Kochi, Mumbai and Visakhapatnam. The new office will serve...

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply the propulsion equipment for the new RRS Discovery, currently under construction at the Spanish shipbuilders C.N.P. Freire, S.A. in Vigo. The vessel will be operated by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the UK’s main agency for funding and managing world-class research, training and knowledge...

STX Finland Oy and United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) have formed a joint venture company, which will specialise in arctic shipbuilding technology: Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Oy. According to the agreement both founding companies will hold equal shares of the company. The new company will purchase the Helsinki shipyard from STX Finland. The agreement was signed...

Wilhelmsen Ships Service has made a key appointment at the company’s new Ships Spares Logistics freight forwarding centre. Stephan Bennfeldt, who has had many years experience of logistics and freight forwarding at management level joins the company as Freight Forwarding Centre Manager. His task is to set up and manage the coordination of a...

A three-year, 29-vessel contract came to an end as the last tugboat of the huge Serco contract was named SD Deborah at the Damen headquarters in Gorinchem, the Netherlands, on 3 December 2010. Due to be deployed at Devonport, one of the main bases of the British Royal Navy, she the smallest ASD tug in...

Continuing rising demand for sustainable wind-based energy plants in the North Sea has led Nostag GmbH to contract Berg Propulsion to upgrade its cable layer, Nostag 10. Berg’s package of supply includes two BAT 316 FP type azimuthing thrusters, electric motors and frequency converters. The azimuthing thrusters will be installed by Berg engineers during...

Rolls-Royce has won an order to provide the design, propulsion systems and deck machinery for four UT 755CDL platform supply vessels, designed specifically for supplying equipment to deepwater oil and gas platforms. The order from Tidewater, with options for a further four identical vessels,  is worth over GBP 20 million to Rolls-Royce. The vessels will be...

Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Steel Björneborg signed a one-year contract with Wärtsilä Propulsion for supply of forgings for propeller shaft lines during 2011. The agreement covers the supply of propeller shafts and intermediate shafts for vessels. Scana and Wärtsilä are strengthening the connection and cooperation between the companies with this...

Global Offshore Services BV, a 100 % subsidiary of Garware Offshore Services Ltd has taken delivery of a Havyard 832 L SE platform supply vessel in Bergen, Norway, on Wednesday 1 December 2011. Yard number 105 is built by Havyard Leirvik AS shipyard and named Beaucephalus by Shefali Bajaj, the daughter of main shareholder...