MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a contract for the design and delivery of key components and the fabrication of steel structures for the hatch covers on board six 14,000 TEU container vessels under construction at Japan Marine United’s (JMU) Kure shipyard. The order was booked into third quarter 2015 order intake.

The 14,000 TEU vessels are being built for an undisclosed Japanese owner. The delivery of the vessels is scheduled from 2016 through 2018. They will be deployed for the service between Far East and Europe.

Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that it has secured new contracts for the design and construction of two Offshore Subsea Construction Vessels (“OSCV”) for a new customer, Dubai-based Topaz Energy and Marine (“Topaz”).
Specially developed for crane operations and light subsea construction with intervention duties, the vessels will be of VARD 3 08 design, measuring a total length of 98.1 meters with a beam of 20 meters. Designed by Vard Design in Ålesund, Norway, and with hulls to be constructed at Vard Tulcea in Romania, delivery is scheduled from Vard Brattvaag in Norway in 3Q 2017 and 4Q 2017 respectively. The aggregate value of the two contracts exceeds USD 100 million.

Dynagas Holding Ltd (Dynagas), a holding company specializing in the ownership of high specification LNG carriers and Sponsor of Dynagas LNG Partners LP (NYSE: DLNG), announced that it has entered into long term time charter agreements for five ARC7 and four ARC4 liquefied natural gas carriers for the Yamal LNG Project, which is located on […]

Island Offshore in Norway has confirmed that it is delyaing delivery of all but one of its newbuilds.

Its newbuilding programme includes four vessels to be delivered from Vard Brevik. Island Offshore has agreed with the yard to delay delivery of all the newbuilding vessels with the exception of Island Defender, which will be delivered in January 2016 as planned.

Norsepower Oy Ltd has won the Energy Efficiency Solution award in annual Ship Efficiency Awards, organized by Fathom Maritime Intelligence. The recognition was awarded to the Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution, which is a modernized version of the Flettner rotor – a spinning cylinder that uses the Magnus effect to harness wind power to propel a ship. When the wind conditions are favourable, Norsepower Rotor Sails allow the main engines to be throttled back, saving fuel and reducing emissions while providing the power needed to maintain speed and voyage time. Rotor sails can be used with new vessels or can be retrofitted on existing ships without off-hire costs.

Suomalainen ohjelmistotalo Cadmatic toimittaa älykkääseen 3D-mallinnukseen perustuvat suunnittelu- ja tiedonhallintajärjestelmät Drydock World Dubai (DDWD) yhtiölle. Kauppa on koko Cadmaticin historian suurin ja samalla osoitus suomalaisen huipputeknologian kilpailukyvystä ja arvostuksesta maailmalla.

Cadmaticin toimitus sisältää Nupas-Cadmatic suunnittelujärjestelmälisenssit, järjestelmien asennuksen, käyttökoulutukset sekä käyttöön ja tukeen liittyviä asiantuntijapalveluita yli 150:lle yhtäaikaiselle ohjelmiston käyttäjälle.

Finnlines, joka on osa Grimaldi Groupia, on tehnyt sopimuksen Wärtsilän kanssa kolmen aluksen rikkipesurijärjestelmien toimituksesta. Kyseessä on jo toinen samanlainen toimitus, sillä vuonna 2014 Finnlines teki samanlaisen sopimuksen kuuden aluksensa sovittamisesta Wärtsilän rikkipesurijärjestelmillä. Laitetoimitukset on ajoitettu alkuvuodelle 2016.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has been contracted by Chinese shipbuilding group Yangfan to deliver comprehensive RoRo access equipment packages for a series of five post-Panamax 7,800 CEU pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs). The vessels are under construction for Italian operator Grimaldi Group, with options for seven more.