Europe

Wärtsilä to assist Transocean with thruster maintenance optimisation and dry-docking cost reductions
Wärtsilä and Transocean will optimise the maintenance of all Wärtsilä thrusters installed within the Transocean fleet, while seeking to significantly reduce dry-docking costs by extending the service intervals of the thrusters. The agreement aims to deliver fewer interruptions to operations, which will result in benefits for both parties. The performance-based

SFL – Sale of three VLCCs and a jack-up rig
Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE: SFL) (“Ship Finance” or the “Company”) announces that it has agreed to sell the 2007-built jack-up drilling rig Soehanah to an unrelated third party and three 2002-built VLCCs to ADS Crude Carriers Ltd. (“ADS”), a newly established company in which Ship Finance has acquired a

Damen begins work on Marine Aggregate Dredger System
12 July 2018 Innovative vessel for CEMEX UK is first of next generation of marine aggregate dredgers Damen has begun work on the construction of the innovative dredging system for the first Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD). This vessel, which is being built at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania, is designed to extract sand

ABB lands major deal for nine heavy lift vessels servicing Kazakh oil field expansion
Dalfsen, Netherlands: ABB Ability™ Marine Advisory System – OCTOPUS marine software will map the safest and most efficient routes for a fleet of heavy lift vessels servicing the expansion of a giant oil field in Kazakhstan. ABB has secured a series of contracts for nine heavy lift vessels transporting modules

Scorpio Tankers announces sale and leaseback agreement for six MR product tankers
Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE:STNG) (“Scorpio Tankers” or the “Company”) announced today that it has agreed to sell and leaseback six MR product tankers (STI Battery, STI Milwaukee, STI Tribeca, STI Bronx, STI Manhattan, and STI Seneca) to CMB Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. Upon completion, the Company’s liquidity is expected to

Fincantieri and Viking: agreement for 6 further ships
The number of units built for this company rises to 16 March 6, 2018 During the Seatrade Cruise Global, the most important annual event in the cruise sector, currently under way in Fort Lauderdale (Florida, USA), Fincantieri and Viking have announced that they entered an agreement for 6 further

Merger Damen Marine Components
06-03-2018 Damen Marine Components (DMC) and Van der Velden Marine Systems (VDVMS) recently announced a merger. As of 1st January the two companies are operating together as Damen Marine Components Netherlands (DMC NL). DMC has been operating ever since the early eighties of the last century in the Damen Shipyards

Wärtsilä to ensure and optimise the performance of four TMS Cardiff Gas vessels
22 February 2018 The technology group Wärtsilä is expanding its co-operation with the Athens based ship management company TMS Cardiff Gas Ltd. Under the recently signed maintenance agreement, Wärtsilä ensures the maintenance predictability of the operation of four TFDE LNG Carriers in TMS Cardiff Gas’ fleet. Eniram’s data collection platform

Winterthur Gas & Diesel confirms Wärtsilä and CSSC Marine Service as global service providers.
February 21, 2018 To extend their global service offerings, Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD), recently signed agreements with Wärtsilä Services and CSSC Marine Service Co. Ltd. (CMS) as Authorized Global Service Providers. With these new agreements, valid from January 1st, 2018, both providers can now offer support for all

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