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PaxOcean Secures Conversion Project from DEME
PaxOcean has secured a fallpipe vessel conversion contract from repeat customer, DEME Group. The contract is for the conversion of a bulk carrier into a DP fallpipe vessel, which will be fully compliant with the latest emission standards and feature …
Oct 10, 2022 / Curious
LR awards Elcano AiP for LNG carrier steam-to-hybrid conversion design
The design will allow shipowners to convert steam-powered vessels to hybrid dual-fuelled propulsion LR has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Empresa Naviera Elcano for their patented steam-to-hybrid conversion design for the transformation of …
Sep 9, 2022 / Curious
Vessel Conversion of the Year Award for Walk to Work vessel Koenigsborg
The walk to work vessel KOENIGSBORG has been awarded the vessel conversion of the year award 2022 during the annual offshore support journal conference in London.This award recognises a conversion project that has broken new ground and/or …
Jun 20, 2022 / Vessels
Concordia Maritime launches a technical design study to investigate the feasibility of converting and adapting a P-MAX vessel for container transportation
Concordia Maritime has launched a technical design study together with Stena Teknik and a German consulting company specialising in ship design. The aim is to investigate the feasibility of converting and adapting a P-MAX vessel for container …
Feb 8, 2022 / Curious
Royal Niestern Sander Signs Contract or Walk To Work Vessel Conversion
Shipyard Royal Niestern Sander has been awarded a contract for the conversion of a walk to work emergency response and rescue vessel (W2W ERRV) by Wagenborg Offshore. This project will be the third walk to work conversion on the Dutch …
Nov 26, 2021 / Vessels
Keppel awarded FSRU conversion and FPSO integration work worth around S$200 million
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard), has been awarded work for the conversion of a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) and the integration of a …
Nov 25, 2021 / Curious
Wärtsilä completes major project with Fincantieri to renovate three Windstar Cruises vessels
The technology group Wärtsilä has successfully completed a major project to renovate three Windstar cruise ships.The conversions were led by the Fincantieri yard starting in 2019 with the first of the three sister vessels, the ‘Star Breeze’ …
Nov 19, 2021 / Vessels
Wärtsilä to launch ground-breaking 2-stroke future fuels conversion solution and joins forces with MSC for technology demonstration
The technology group Wärtsilä will commercially launch its Two-Stroke Future Fuels Conversion platform during the first quarter of 2022. This innovative and patented engine combustion technology platform will enable the fast and cost-effective …
Nov 16, 2021 / Vessels
FSO Conversion Project Launches at Drydocks World
First steel has been cut as part of the latest ship repair and conversion project at Drydocks World. Drydocks World Dubai, part of DP World, has begun work converting an Aframax tanker capable of carrying 700,000 barrels of oil to a Floating Storage …
Oct 6, 2021 / Vessels
LNG Conversion project Munsterland reached final stage with finishing the interior
On Tuesday (Jun 01) the passenger ship ‘Munsterland’ left the dock location of Royal Niestern Sander in Delfzijl. The ship will be completed in the coming period at the inner dike location of the Groningen shipyard. With this, the final phase of the …
Jun 3, 2021 / Vessels