Vlissingen, 4 December 2024 – Damen Naval is signing a contract with classification society, Lloyd’s Register, on the Plataforma Estratégica de Superficie (PES) frigate for Colombia. Colombian shipbuilder COTECMAR (Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval, Marítima y Fluvial) will build the frigate on its shipyard in Colombia. Following a successful design… Read More
Canada’s Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie Shipbuilding) has announced strategic partnerships with Pearlson & Pearlson Inc. and Construction Dinamo Inc. to transform its Lévis facility in Québec into North America’s largest and most versatile shipbuilding center. The facility modernization, backed by CAD $519 million in Québec government financing as part of an CAD $840 million expansion budget,… Read More
The Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) has been converted into a state-of-the-art Cable Laying Vessel (CLV) to meet the increasing demands of the subsea telecommunications industry. Returned to VARD Built at Vard Brattvaag and delivered to Volstad Maritime in 2008 as the “Volstad Princess”, the vessel has changed ownership several times. SD Standard Drilling acquired the… Read More
Wärtsilä report shows an area the size of Europe will need to be covered with renewable power to reach a clean energy future, without the integration of balancing power technologies. Wärtsilä’s global power system modelling, published in the Crossroads to net zero report, compares two pathways from the year 2025 to 2050 with the aim to reduce… Read More
Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation will jointly fund and build six QC-max LNG carriers with Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) for QatarEnergy, according to SeatradeMaritime. The company has approved is wholly-owned subsidiary, Cosco Shipping LNG Investment (Shanghai) to jointly invested in the second phase project of Qatar Energy, which will purchase 50% stakes of six singe-vessel companies… Read More