Month: July 2008

Vroon in The Netherlands has has ordered the construction of two wind turbine installation vessels which will be operated by its subsidiary MPI Offshore, who are based in Stokesley in the UK.The…

Bergen Group has recently finalized the purchase of Fosen Holding, including Fosen Yards. The purchase price has been reduced from NKr 200 million to NKr 180 million. The total consideration is a…

The new Pentland Firth ferry Pentalina set sail from the Philippines recently after considerable delays in her construction which has cost Pentland Ferries boss Andrew Banks some of his lucrative summer season…

Rolls-Royce has won a $33.4m follow-up order to design and equip a specialist well intervention vessel. The latest order, from Island Offshore, follows the successful delivery of the first well intervention vessel,…

Greatship (India) Ltd. (GIL) has ordered two deepwater 150 tonne bollard pull anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSs) from Drydocks World Singapore. The AHTSs are scheduled for delivery in January 2011 and…

State-run Shipping Corp of India (SCI) will order four bulk carriers by August as part of its ongoing fleet expansion programme. The company already has ordered 28 ships costing $1.6 billion and…

GE Marine has announced that it is supplying LM2500-based propulsion systems for two new Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) amphibious ships. The vessels are being built in Spain, at…

Ships sailing off the California coastline or calling at Californian ports will be compelled to use low sulphur fuel as from July next year. From July 2009, the maximum sulphur level in…

Finnish engine company Wärtsilä has recorded higher profits than expected for the second quarter of 2008, but is seing a slow down in new orders for the ship power division. The whole…

Paris-based classification society Bureau Veritas has entered an agreement with the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation delegating BV the authority to conduct statutory certification services and to issue certificates for…