Havyard PSV design picked by COSL

DECEMBER 12, 2012 — China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has chosen the Havyard 832 design for renewal of its supply vessel fleet, and has ordered Havyard designs for construction of four vessels.

Wärtsilä sales of gas-fueled engines top 2,000 mark

NOVEMBER 12, 2012 — Wärtsilä reports that it has now sold more than 2,000 of its gas-fueled engines. They have accumulated more than 7 million operational running hours in both land-based and

Britoil to enter PSV market with PX121 pair

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Singapore shipowner Britoil Offshore Services Pte Ltd. is entering the PSV market. It has entered into a contract with Ulstein covering the design and equipment for two PX121

Hungry Chinese yards turn focus from bulkers to OSVs

OCTOBER 8, 2012 — With orders for large bulk carriers and the like few and far between, hungry Chinese shipyards are turning their attention to what once might have seemed safe niche

Corvus supplying battery system for fuel cell vessel

OCTOBER 5, 2012—Corvus Energy, Richmond, BC, Canada, is supplying the battery pack and battery management system for the Viking Lady, the first commercial vessel to use a fuel cell specially adapted for

Rethinking the Platform Supply Vessel

AUGUST 27, 2012—Robert “Bob” Hill has made a name for himself thinking out of the box. Hill, shown at left, is the principal of Ocean Tug & Barge Corp., which has a

Miclyn Express Offshore building two Platform Supply Vessels

AUGUST 17, 2012—Singapore’s Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO) recently laid the keel for the first of two 64m, 2,000-dwt Platform Supply Vessels at its Batam-based PT Loh & Loh shipyard. Listed on the

OSD secures design contract for Platform Supply Vessel

july 12, 2012—Offshore Ship Designers’ UK division OSD-IMT has been awarded a contract to supply the design for a modified version of its IMT 982 Platform Supply Vessel to be built at the

Alianca delivers second PX 106 to Brazil’s CBO

The second of two Ulstein designed PX 106 platform supply vessels, CBO Pacifico, left Brazil’s Estaleiro Alianca shipyard on  May 10, 2012. The newbuild went straight into contract for Petrobras. . “The

PSV to have world’s first shipboard DC power grid

ABB has won an order from Norwegian shipowner Myklebusthaug Management to supply the first ever direct current (DC) power grid on board a ship. The equipment will allow a new offshore platform

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