BIG MONEY DEAL LANDED

SPP Shipbuilding Co., a South Korean shipyard, has reported winning a US$120 million deal to build two ships.

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SEVEN WAVES HELLO

IHC Merwede has successfully launched Subsea 7′s 550 t pipelaying vessel, Seven Waves, at its shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The ship will be used in the develoment of Brazilian deepwater oilfieldson behalf of Petrobras.

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GE LAUNCHES NEW THRUSTER

GE’s Power Conversion has launched “Inovelis”, a podded thruster aimed at the platform supply vessel market that uses pump jet technology.

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BELLA CHRISTENED

DesgagnĂ©s and its subsidiary Relais Nordik have christened “M/V Bella DesgagnĂ©s”, a new vessel specially designed for and dedicated to the maritime service of Anticosti Island and the Lower North Shore.

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SURVEY SHIP IN FOCUS

Docking at the Chennai harbour for less than a week before embarking on its next voyage to the Central Indian Ocean Basin, Oceanographic Research Vessel, Sagar Nidhi is the pride of the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai. Commissioned for research in 2008, Sagar Nidhi helps NIOT in technology demonstration work on deep-sea mining and tsunami studies.

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HOLY SHIP BUILDING

Martens Marine in Singapore has taken delivery of its newest AHTS vessel King Jesus from Guandong Yuexin Ocean Engineering in China. The E 65T vessel is being targeted for work in the shallow waters of Asia, West Africa and the Middle East. Her maiden commitment will be in West Africa.

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NEW WORLD ORDER

Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has launched World Peridot, the second PSV it is building for World Wide Supply (WWS).

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BLUE POWER

Ulstein Verft in Norway delivered newbuild PSV Blue Power  to Blue Ship Invest on March 6, 2013. The vessel was built utilising Ulstein’s X-BOW hull design, and comes with DP II, a cargo deck area of 850m², accommodation capacity for 24 persons, and a load capacity of 4,200 tonnes (dwt).

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JAVELIN SOARS INTO MARKET

The high degree of innovation in the design as well as cooperation between Vripack and Braveheart Shipping might be unique but also essential to make sure the Javelin 22.22 is able to perform her duties at sea.

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NAM CHEONG AGAIN

Sentinel Marine has placed orders with Singapore listed Malaysian shipbuilder Nam Cheong to construct four multi-role field support emergency response and rescue vessels.

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