China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), through its CCCC Haifeng Wind Power business unit, recently added two new crewboats in a series to its fleet of windfarm operation and maintenance vessels. Designed for safety, efficiency, and endurance Haifeng 5201 (海峰5201) and Haifeng 5202 (海峰5202) were built by Huahai Shipbuilding in compliance to China Classification Society rules. […]
Crew Transfer
Senegalese operator orders fast crewboat
Oil Senegal Support Services, a Senegal-based operator of offshore support vessels (OSVs), has placed an order for a new fast catamaran crewboat that will support the activities of clients in the country’s offshore energy sector. The aluminium-hulled vessel will be capable of transporting 28...
Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for March/April 2024
WORK BOAT WORLD: Dennis Tetzlaff will take over as the new Chief Operating Officer Fleet of Stena Line in addition to becoming part of the group’s management team. Tetzlaff worked in various professions within the shipping and cruise industry over the past two decades. Most recently, he comes from...
AWARDS 2023 | Best Medium Crewboat – Stanford Pelican – Grandweld Shipyards
Best Medium Crewboat – Stanford Pelican – Grandweld Shipyards Having known and dealt with Grandweld Shipyards for well over twenty years, we have become familiar with the yard’s high quality and innovative work and its reliable delivery schedules. These two new fast aluminium crewboats for a...
AWARDS 2023 | Best Small WFSV – JLD Virginie – Piriou
Best Small WFSV – JLD Virginie – Piriou This is a smart functional little aluminium catamaran that boasts a number of interesting features, especially the aft location of its wheelhouse. Built in Piriou’s busy Vietnam yard, the vessel is very adaptably multi-role. It is safe, fast, comfortable,...
Bourbon taps French yard for new crewboats for West Africa operations
Bourbon Mobility, the Bourbon Group company that specialises in crew transfer services for the oil and gas industry, has selected French shipbuilder Piriou for the construction of six crewboats in a series. The six crewboats will support the Bourbon Mobility fleet operating in West Africa. Each...
NR Marine Services welcomes new crewboat to fleet
UK offshore support specialist NR Marine Services has taken delivery of a new catamaran crewboat built by Isle of Wight-based Diverse Marine. The Walker Marine-designed NR Predator has an LOA of 27.6 metres, a beam of 9.8 metres, a draught of 2.4 metres, a depth of five metres, and space for 24...
Polish operator orders crewboat for Baltic Sea windfarm support
Polish offshore support vessel operator the Lotos Petrobaltic Group has awarded Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine a contract for the construction of a new catamaran crewboat. The vessel will be built to a design by UK-based BMT. Following its scheduled delivery in early September of this year,...
Norwegian-Singaporean collaboration to develop surface effect ship crewboat
Norwegian design firm Espeland and Skomedal Naval Architects (ESNA) and Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine have entered into an agreement to develop a surface effect ship (SEC) crewboat for various applications. The partners intend to start building their first SES crewboat in the fourth...
Fast crewboat delivered to Thailand’s Truth Maritime Services
Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered a new fast crewboat to Thai offshore support company Truth Maritime Services. Named TMS Ranod, the vessel is the first in a planned series of two crewboats to be built by Strategic Marine to a design by Australian naval architecture firm...