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Milestone for Longship Group B.V. First new building order for Dutch shortsea operator Longship Group
Longship Group BV has placed an order for two modern Bijlsma Trader 6000 vessels, a multi-purpose vessel of 103,48 m, DWT 6,080 and 270,000 cubic feet, at Bijlsma Shipyard, Lemmer (NL) part of the VEKA Shipbuilding Group. The first of the new ships …
Mar 12, 2021 / Vessels
Damen Delivers Complete Package for Korean Multi-Purpose Vessel
Damen Shipyards Group has signed an agreement with Korean yard Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) to deliver a complete components package. The package includes all equipment for oil recovery operations as well as a complete dredging …
May 19, 2020 / Vessels
New plan for Australian Antarctic shipping
The Australian Antarctic Division will use the MPV Everest to resupply its Antarctic stations and sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island next summer.The Ice-Class Multi-purpose vessel is operated by Dutch company Maritime Construction Services and is capable …
Apr 16, 2020 / Curious
Rolls-Royce supplies innovative propulsion system for new multi-purpose vessels in the North and Baltic Seas
Gas protection enables vessels to circulate in explosive and toxic environmentsRolls-Royce applies decades of experience in medium-speed gas enginesRolls-Royce is supplying the gas-shielded propulsion system for two new multi-purpose vessels to keep …
Mar 31, 2020 / Curious
Shearwater GeoServices awarded hybrid node-streamer seismic survey in Malaysia
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (Shearwater) announced earlier today the award of hybrid node and towed streamer seismic survey by Repsol Oil & Gas Malaysia Limited. The survey is scheduled for Q1 2020 and is expected to take 2 months to …
Dec 18, 2019 / Vessels
Wärtsilä solutions to make new state-of-the-art vessels super-efficient
The technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to supply a comprehensive package of solutions for two new state-of-the-art vessels being built for the Netherlands-based shipping company Spliethoff. The ships are under construction at the Fujian …
Dec 4, 2019 / Curious
Spliethoff signs contract with Mawei Shipyard for the newbuild of two DP2- B-type vessels
Spliethoff has recently signed a contract with Mawei Shipyard for the newbuild of two DP2- B-type vessels. The versatile characteristics of Spliethoff’s new B-Type make this vessel unique in the market.This state-of-the-art ship combines the intake …
Oct 15, 2019 / Vessels
Shearwater GeoServices awarded SE Asia Project for SW Vespucci
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (Shearwater) announced earlier today the award of a combined 3D and 2D seismic survey in Southeast Asia for the SW Vespucci Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV).The contract covers an area of 1,600 sq. km for 3D seismic with …
Sep 24, 2019 / Vessels
Protexa Awards Telford Offshore multiple pipelaying and construction services contract in Mexico
International offshore services provider Telford Offshore has been awarded multiple pipelaying and construction services contracts by Mexican company Protexa, which is chartering three of its DP3 multi-purpose vessels for a combined period of …
Mar 27, 2019 / Vessels
Royal Niestern Sander Shipyard awarded contract by Wagenborg for the construction of a sister vessel of the Egbert Wagenborg
On March 14th 2019 shipyard Royal Niestern Sander announced that it had received an order from Wagenborg for the construction of a sister vessel of the Egbert Wagenborg. The yard will soon start the construction of the second ship of this EasyMax …
Mar 18, 2019 / Vessels