Nordic Yards names Arctic rescue and salvage vessels
FEBRUARY 20, 2015 — Two identical Arctic icebreaking rescue and salvage vessels were named yesterday in a ceremony at Nordic Yards’ Wismar, Germany, shipyard. Nordic Yards — which is owned by the
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Viking Supply Ships to close Aberdeen office
FEBRUARY 13, 2015 — Rederi AB Transatlantic says that its Copenhagen, Denmark, headquartered Viking Supply Ships A/S business will close down its Aberdeen, Scotland, office with effect from July 1, 2015. Viking
Arctech Helsinki now fully Russian owned
DECEMBER 30, 2014—United Shipbuilding Corporation, St. Petersburg, Russia, has taken full control of Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, Inc. Helsinki, Finland, after acquiring the remaining 50% share in the company from STX Finland, a
Havyard books orders for two icebreaking OSVs
NOVEMBER 21, 2014 — Norway’s Havyard Ship Technology AS has signed contracts worth a total of just over NOK 1 billion (about $147.5 million) for the design and building of two more
Wärtsilä gets 54 engine order for Yamal LNG ships
NOVEMBER 10, 2014 — South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has ordered a total of 54 Wärtsilä dual fuel engines to power icebreaking LNG carriers for the Yamal LNG project
Budget watchdog: Woes ahead for Canada’s A/OPS program
OCTOBER 28, 2014 — There was a welter of denials when the Canadian Press news service reported this month that Ottawa plans to scale back the number of Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships it
Sovcomflot orders three more vessels from Arctech Helsinki
AUGUST 11, 2014 — Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has won a contract worth some $380 million to building of three icebreaking stand-by vessels for Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot. They will be
Teekay LNG inks contracts for six Yamal LNG carriers
JULY 10, 2014 — As expected, Teekay LNG Partners, through a new 50/50 joint venture with China LNG Shipping (Holdings) Limited, has finalized shipbuilding contracts for six icebreaking LNG carriers for the
DSME firms up more Yamal LNG carrier orders
JULY 9, 2014 — Joint venture companies set up by Mitsui O.S.K. Line (MOL) and China Shipping Development Corporation (CSD) have signed contracts with Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for
ABB systems picked for Yamal ARC7 LNG carriers
JUNE 17, 2014 — ABB is supply electrical power and propulsion systems for the first of up to 16 LNG carriers being built to transport LNG from the Yamal peninsula in Northwest