Month: May 2013

There’s been a recent steep rise in the number of LNG powered vessels, mainly for North Sea use, and some predict that the chicken and egg ‘invest or wait for bunkering’ issue…

The Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) ‘Dina Star’ is the first vessel to take up an innovative DC (direct current) electrical system rather than the more traditional AC (alternating current) type.

A very novel looking support and emergency oil spill response boat is soon to come out of Arctech’s Helsinki facility. The ARC100, is a peculiar looking beast but it has some very…

If there’s an illogicality to the relationship between support vessel owners and charterers that’s preventing cost saving and environmental mitigation investment, its because the charterers stand to gain while the owners are…

The MO1, Mainprize Offshore’s new vessel, is the first of a pair of support craft being built at the Buckie Shipyard; Bob Mainprize says it has benefited from “a lot of hard…