Kleven delivers Viking Neptune
FEBRUARY 17, 2015 — Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore today took delivery of the subsea construction vessel Viking Neptune and has drawn a long-term loan facility of $124 million with Nordea and Eksportkreditt Norway/GIEK
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Two Stena ferries to get in-line closed loop scrubbers
FEBRUARY 17, 2015 — Two Stena Line Ro-Ro ferries are to be fitted with the first in-line closed loop exhaust gas scrubbers to be ordered from Wärtsilä. As part of its contract
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding books first LNG carrier orders
FEBRUARY 16, 20015 — China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Limited says it has secured new shipbuilding orders, worth $135 million, to build two 27,500 cu.m LNG (liquefied natural gas) carriers. The orders come
Wärtsilä teams with Cryopac on waterways LNG fueling
FEBRUARY 16, 2015 — Wärtsilä has reached an agreement with Cryonorm Systems BV, a Netherlands based developer and supplier of cryogenic vaporizers, to form a consortium to deliver LNG systems for the
Havyard delivers first wind farm service vesssel to Esvagt
FEBRUARY 15, 2015 — Norway’s Havyard Ship Technology AS reports that its Leirvik shipyard has delivered the first of three Havyard 8302 SV wind farm service vessels to Danish shipowner Esvagt. The
Conrad receives NASA award for work on Pegasus barge
FEBRUARY 12, 2015—Morgan City, LA-based Conrad Shipyard received the NASA Space Flight Awareness Supplier Award for its performance for its work on the conversion of the NASA Pegasus barge. The award honors
Star Cruises cuts first steel for Genting World
FEBRUARY 11, 2015 — Star Cruises officially launched the start of construction of Genting World, the first of two next generation cruise ships, in a steel cutting ceremony that saw Tan Sri
Mexican shipyard lays keel for first Voith Water Tractor
FEBRUARY 11, 2015 — Construction of the first four of nine Voith Water Tractor (VWT) tugs has started at Mexico’s Astimar 20 shipyard with a keel laying ceremony that was attended by
Lockheed Martin LCS team lays keel of future USS Wichita
FEBRUARY 10, 2015 — The Lockheed Martin-led industry team officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s thirteenth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Wichita, in a ceremony held yesterday at
Repower gives stretched Polar Bear more speed
FEBRUARY 9, 2015 — There is a high demand for landing craft along the Alaskan coast where many communities are only accessible by water, but there are few ports or even rudimentary