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OceanStar’s New FSO Design Receives Bureau Veritas Basic Design Assessment Statement
At the Offshore Technology Conference Asia on 29 February 2024, Bureau Veritas (BV) presented a Basic Design Assessment certificate to OceanSTAR Elite group of companies, a Singaporean engineering design provider, for its latest Floating Storage and …
Apr 1, 2024 / Curious
ABS Awards AIP for OceanSTAR’s New Build FSO Design
ABS delivered an approval in principle (AIP) to OceanSTAR Marine & Offshore Investment Pte. Ltd., for its new build floating storage and offloading (FSO) design. The OceanSTAR FSO-01 is a shipshape hull design specifically developed to cater to …
Mar 6, 2024 / Curious
Wärtsilä collaborates with leading naval engineering firm to reduce port emissions across North America
Technology group Wärtsilä has entered into a collaboration agreement with Seattle, USA based naval architecture and marine engineering firm, Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), to further develop EBDG’s Clean Harbor Alternative Mobile Power (CHAMP) …
Mar 5, 2024 / Curious
Vertom orders twelve diesel-electric vessels in India
On the sustainable road towards 2030 and 2050, it is important for Vertom to become greener and more environmental-friendly in the upcoming years. The aim is to start the transformation to decarbonizing the business activities for Vertom and their …
Feb 27, 2024 / Vessels
Damen unveils new Multi-Purpose Support Ship (MPSS) to meet today’s defence & security challenges
Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled a new ship design based on modern defence and security requirements. The Multi-Purpose Support Ship (MPSS) has been co-developed with the Portuguese Navy, the vessel’s launching customer. It is a solution for the …
Feb 27, 2024 / Naval
Deltamarin And Bar Technologies Unveil A New Wind-Optimized Hull And Superstructure
Deltamarin and BAR Technologies introduce a new co-developed wind-optimized hull design. The partnership highlights Deltamarin and BAR Technologies’ ongoing dedication to decarbonization and forward-thinking innovation. The latest Aframax/LRII …
Feb 15, 2024 / Curious
ESVAGT chooses HAV Design to develop Holland-bound SOV
Norway-based HAV Design has been chosen to develop an offshore wind service operation vessel (SOV) for international SOV owner and operator ESVAGT. Under the contract, HAV Design will deliver both the ship design and a large integrated equipment …
Jan 22, 2024 / Curious
Ulstein converted a PSV into a geotechnical survey vessel
At the end of 2023, Ulstein Verft finished the conversion of the Fugro Resilience on time. Originally a platform supply vessel (PSV) of the ULSTEIN PX121 design, it has now been repurposed as a vessel for geotechnical operations. Ulstein's …
Jan 22, 2024 / Curious
Maric’s New VLEC Design Receives Bureau Veritas Approval In Principle
On the first day of Marintec, BV issued a Type Approval AiP certificate to MARIC for its 102,000m3 VLEC, currently the largest of its kind in the world. From left to right: Mr. Alex Gregg-Smith, Senior Vice President & Chief …
Dec 15, 2023 / Curious
LR awards Approval in Principle to NACKS for methanol-fuelled 81,000 DWT bulk carrier
The AiP marks a milestone for the development of clean energy ship design with new energy saving technology strategies as result of joint development project between LR, NACKS, Minerva and Cargill. The design, which was unveiled with the …
Dec 13, 2023 / Curious