MAN main engines chosen for giant Jan de Nul crane ship

Shipbuilder China Merchant Heavy Industry (CMHI) has ordered six MAN 12V32/44CR main engines for the 5,000-tonne floating installation crane vessel Les Alizés ordered by the Jan De Nul Group (see earlier story).

VIDEO: Massive offshore crane collapses during load tests

Video has surfaced on YouTube showing the collapse of a massive Liebherr offshore crane during load testing on the DEME offshore installation vessel Orion 1. Built in China, the vessel is designed

Second Louis Dreyfus SOV to feature Schottel propulsion systems

French shipping company Louis Dreyfus Armateurs has selected Schottel to supply a range of propulsion systems for its second wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) the Wind of Hope, the sister vessel

Edda Wind wins long term charters for advanced offshore wind service vessels

Edda Wind, the offshore wind segment of Norway’s Østensjø Group, has signed long term time charter agreements with MHI Vestas and Ocean Breeze Energy respectively for two of four offshore wind vessels

Diamond Offshore files for Chapter 11

Houston-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) reports that it and select subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the

VIDEO: Dacoma and Tuco to test novel workboat stabilizer

Two Danish companies — Dacoma and Tuco — are to test a novel stabilizer developed for offshore renewables sector work and crew boats. Developed by Dacoma ApS, the Airkeel is a submerged,

CWind charters in additional vessels

Chelmsford, U.K., based offshore renewables support services provider CWind is continuing with its fleet development and expansion plans. It has signed a long-term chartering agreement with Dalby Offshore that will see it

Vard to design and build SOV for Taiwan offshore wind farms

Ålesund, Norway, headquartered Fincantieri group member Vard has won a contract to design and construct an offshore wind Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for Taiwan’s Ta San Shang Marine Co., Ltd., a joint

Schottel propulsion package picked for giant crane ship

A 236.80 meter long and 52.00 meter wide crane ship ordered by Belgium based Jan De Nul Group at the CMHI Haimen Shipyard in China last November (see earlier story) will have

Hornbeck Offshore expects to complete Chapter 11 restructuring “very quickly”

Covington, La., based Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE:HOS, OTCQB:HOSS) reports that it has now reached a restructuring support deal with secured lenders and unsecured noteholders on a balance sheet restructuring of the

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