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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Maersk Tankers, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) have agreed to collaborate on the design and risk assessment of tankers for shipping carbon dioxide gas.

31st October 2010

Maersk, HHI and DNV cooperate on CO2 ship designs

31st October 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

When the Fosnavåg-based offshore fleet operator Rem Maritime ordered its first AHTS vessel back in May 2007, the owner, Åge Remøy, took a gamble that the market would need the vessel and…

31st October 2010

‘Rem Gambler’ – a safe bet

31st October 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The first of two large superferries, built by Nordic Yards in Wismar, Germany, was recently put into service with Stena Line on the North Sea run between Harwich and the Hook of…

31st October 2010

Worlds largest Superferry put into service

31st October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) recently delivered Floatel International’s second semisubmersible accommodation rig, ‘Floatel Reliance’, 63 days early, within budget and without any lost-time incidents.

29th October 2010

Delivery of Floatel’s second unit

29th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has secured an order from Japan’s Daiichi Chuo Kisen to build up to nine handysize bulkers in a deal worth $240m in total.

29th October 2010

Korea clinches Japanese Capesize order

29th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN PrimeServ Shanghai has celebrated a move to larger premises at an opening ceremony attended by business partners, local dignitaries and members of MAN Diesel & Turbo’s executive board.

29th October 2010

Bigger premises for MAN PrimeServ Shanghai

29th October 2010

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Keith Forget has joined DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) as a senior technical consultant, based in the UK. He brings a wealth of experience in R&D, technical operations and investigations, as well as…

28th October 2010

New technical expert for DNV Petroleum Services panel

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) recently announced the opening of a new surveyor office in Ferrol, Spain. The new office becomes the sixth new office to be opened by the Society in 2010,…

28th October 2010

ClassNK expands in Spain

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has secure contracts for two 78m multipurpose platform supply vessels (MPSVs) for Greatship Global Offshore Services of Singapore.

28th October 2010

Greatship orders two PSVs from Sri Lankan yard

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

AC drive specialist Stadt of Norway reports that its latest range of drives has been specially developed for the requirements found in full electric ship propulsion systems.

28th October 2010

Electric AC drives go for green

28th October 2010