Fjellstrand books order for six trimaran SWATH wind farm support vessels

JUNE 15, 2012 — Norwegian shipbuilder Fjellstrand has broken into the wind farm support vessel market with an innovative trimaran SWATH design, the WindServer. Ejsberg, Denmark, based World Maritime Offshore A/S has

STX OSV books order for advanced OSCV

JUNE 14, 2012 – STX OSV reports that it has secured a contract for the design and construction of a large, advanced Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) for Ocean Installer and Solstad

Western Geco orders arctic-capable seismic ships at FSG

JUNE 14, 2012 — Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) subsidiary Western Geco has ordered two 127 m seismic ships from German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) for 2014 delivery. “The sector we have succeeded in penetrating

Fairmount Marine support vessel assists drillship

JUNE 11, 2012 — Fairmount Marine reports that when the drillship Stena Max made a stop-over in Cape Town, its multipurpose support vessel Fairmount Fuji assisted the drillship by carrying out several

Ulstein’s Blue Ship Invest orders four PSVs from Ulstein Verft

JULY 8, 2012 — Market trends and good feedback from the first ship in operation have prompted the Ulstein Group to use its Blue Ship Invest subsidiary to contract another four platform

Harvey Gulf buys Bee Mar vessels and assets

JUNE 7, 2012 — Harvey Gulf International Marine’s CEO Shane Guidry reports that, on June 4, 2012, New Orleans headquartered Harvey Gulf signed an agreement with Bee Mar, LLC to purchase all

Drydocks World Nanindah launches Hallin Marine compact semi-submersible

JUNE 7, 2012 — The Drydocks World Nanindah shipyard in Batam, Indonesia, launched Singapore-based Hallin Marine’s Compact Semi-Submersible, CSS Derwent. on June 5.  Expected delivery is at the end of 2012. The

Bergen Group signs contract to build large, advanced OCV

JUNE 6, 2012 — Norway’s Bergen Group BMV says its shipbuilding division has signed its largest ever contract. Worth NOK 1 billion (about US $ 163.5 million) it is with shipowner North

IHC Merwede to bring new tidal energy technology to market

JUNE 6, 2012 —IHC Merwede is getting into the tidal energy market. It has signed an agreement to acquire Wave Rotor technology from Ecofys. With this acquisition, IHC Merwede is secured highly

IHC Merwede to bring new tidal energy technology to market

JUNE 6, 2012 —IHC Merwede is getting into the tidal energy market. It has signed an agreement to acquire Wave Rotor technology from Ecofys. With this acquisition, IHC Merwede is secured highly

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