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Dockwise's new heavy lift vessel, the Dockwise Vanguard, will be able to lift and transport units of up to 110,000 tonnes. The maximum capacity of an existing vessel is 75,000 tonnes. With a width of nearly 80 m and length of 275 m, it is the first semisubmersible heavy lift vessel to be built in accordance with DNV's new class rules for this type of ship. The vessel has no forecastle, w ...

An offshore wind farm jack-up vessel under construction in China for A2SEA of Denmark will have a Voith Inline Thruster, along with three Voith Schneider Propellers.With an inner propeller diameter of 2,300 mm, the Voith Inline Thruster (VIT) is currently is the most powerful Inline thruster on the market. Voith currently is the only manuf ...

Independent naval architectural and marine engineering firm Gibbs & Cox, Inc. has signed a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with BAE Systems Ship Repair. It will allow any of the BAE Systems shipyards to contract directly with Gibbs & Cox for engineering services in support of their repair, fabrication and new construction work.BAE Systems Ship Repair is ...

Resolve Marine Group, Inc. successfully refloated the Perseverance dry dock in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 27. The dry dock sank on September 29 during maintenance/refit operations. During the sinking, the dry dock's internal pumping system became inoperable due to flooding of the dock's control station. ...

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) reports that its has closed its underwritten public offeringof 8,050,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $30.00 per share, for total gross proceeds of approximately $241,500,000 before underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses.  This includes 1,050,000 additional shares of common stock purc ...

Norway's Vestdavit has developed a sliding davit that permits easy handling and maintenance of rescue craft in Artic conditions.Vestdavit's PLR-3600 MOB/FRC davit is DNV and ABS approved for work in -40 degree C and can handle MOB boats and Fast Rescue Craft safely in Arctic conditions.The PLR-3600 Arctic davit is built from specialized steel and all ...

Trailer Bridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRBR) today announced that it has filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The petition was filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida.Trailer Bridge says its filing of Chapter 11 comes one day after its $82.5 million 9.25 percent Senior Secured Notes became due.  I ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report that says a chemical tanker that hit a containership in the Houston ship channel last month was trying to avoid a fuel barge and towboat.Following is taken from the NTSB preliminary report.At 0906 central daylight time (CDT) on Saturday, October 29, 2011, the 799-foot Greek-flag chemical ...

Keppel Offshore & Marine reports that its Keppel Singmarine subsidiary has secured two contracts from Indonesian customers worth a total of about S$47 million.The first contract is for a coal transshipment barge for repeat customer PT Indo Straits Tbk, through its subsidiary company PT Pelayaran Straits Perdana. The second is for the construction of thre ...

H.R. 2838, The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2011, passed the U.S. House of Representatives today by voice vote.  The bill is intended as a fiscally responsible reauthorization of the U.S. Coast Guard, which includes programmatic reforms to help ensure the Service can better utilize resources and more efficiently replace its aging assets. The Trans ...