General News

Norway’s Rem Offshore has ordered four large PSV vessels from local shipbuilders. Two of the contracts are with Kleven Verft for the VS 485 designed by Wärtsilä Ship Design Norway. These vessels…

The parent company of Copenhagen-based Swire Blue Ocean, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd. in Singapore, has placed an order for its first windfarm installation vessel with Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea.

Carnival Corporation has ordered another 71,300gt cruise ship for its AIDA Cruises brand from German shipbuilder Meyer Werft.

DOF ASA in Norway has placed a contract with STX Brazil Offshore for the building of two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels for its Brazilian subsidiary Norskan Offshore.

Solar Solve Marine’s worldwide distributor based in Norway secured an order for 66 of their Solarola anti-glare screens to be installed on the wheelhouse windows of two new sister ships.

South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding is primed to build a second $550 million Huisman-designed Globetrotter class drillship after finalising a deal with rig contractor Noble Drilling.

It is reported that shipbuilders in Dalian, Tianjin and Bohai Bay regions have substantially increased their production capacity with the aim of raising production from 9 million tonnes to 11 million tonnes.