Wartsila signs BWMS agreements with major shipyards

APRIL 10, 2017 — Wärtsilä is in the process of signing agreements on Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) with a number of major shipyards, the latest being Keppel Shipyard Ltd in Singapore.

Damen ATD duo goes to work in Bunbury Port

APRIL 7, 2017 — Mackenzie Marine & Towage of Esperance, Western Australia, held a naming ceremony yesterday for two recently delivered Damen Shipyards Type 2412 twin-fin Azimuth Tractor Drive (ATD) tugs. Named

Clashing views on CBP Jones Act ruling revisions

APRIL 4, 2017 — On January 18, the Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) announced proposed modifications and revocations to around 30 identified rulings, as well as additional unidentified rulings, related to

Wartsila solutions, maintenance picked for Hoegh LNG newbuilds

APRIL 4, 2017 — Two new 170,000 m3 LNG carrier vessels being built for Norway’s Höegh LNG at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipyards in Korea will

VIDEO: Damen launches walk-to-work wind farm SOV

MARCH 27, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania, has launched the Bibby WaveMaster 1, the first of Damen’s purpose-built offshore wind Service Operations Vessels (SOV) with Walk-to-Work (W2W) capability,. When completed, Bibby

Nigerian offshore fields to get two new Guardians

MARCH 17, 2017 — Nigeria’s Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Limited has ordered what will be its third Damen FCS 3307 patrol vessel with an option for a fourth. The two latest vessels

ABS and industry experts tackle MODU safety issues

MARCH 15, 2017 — More than 50 participants, including delegates from major owners, designers, shipyards and ABS technical representatives, provided input at the recent ABS Special Committee Meeting on the class society’s

VesselsValue: 2017 to see record OSV deliveries

MARCH 8, 2017 — Figures from VesselsValue indicate that the oversupply of vessels in the offshore services industry is set to get a lot worse. VesselsValue says that 2017 will be a

Damen to build six Rotortugs for Port Hedland operations

MARCH 7, 2017 — Australia’s Pilbara Marine Pty Ltd. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for six 32 m ART 85-32W

Wartsila in new JV with China State Shipbuilding

MARCH 7, 2017 — Wärtsilä and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) have signed a new joint venture company agreement. The new joint venture, to be known as CSSC Wärtsilä Electrical & Automation

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