On 17 March 2018, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc., a global provider of expedition cruises and adventure travel experiences, and Ulstein Group, Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer, celebrated the keel laying of Lindblad’s first polar new build.
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Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries visits Poland
In July 2016, Minister Marek Grobarczyk visited Iceland. The Polish visit of Kristján Þór Júlíusson, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture of the Republic of Iceland, was the official return visit of the Icelandic delegation. The main theme of the visit was cooperation in the area of fishery, the shipbuilding sector, […]
Construction of the ship dubbed ”the world’s largest hybrid ferry” commenced at Crist yard, Gdynia
The steel cutting ceremony of the Ulstein Verft’s yard number 311, the plug-in hybrid ferry for Color Line, also known as “Color Hybrid” project, was held on Friday 14 July. The steel cutting was started at Crist – the yard contracted to supply the partly outfitted vessel to Ulstein. The event […]
Norwegian Ship of the Year 2017 with Polish input!
The NKT Victoria cable-laying vessel has been awarded the Ship of the Year 2017 prize in Norway. During a ceremony at the Nor-Shipping exhibition in Lillestrøm, the award was presented to CEO and president of NKT, Michael Hedegaard Lyng, captain Svein Ole Sæter, CEO of Salt Ship Design, Arne Stenersen, […]
First Polish built hybrid ferry delivered
On May 18, 2017, the first Polish built hybrid, battery-fed electric drive ferry Elektra was towed out the port of Gdynia, bound for Finland. The road, double-ended, diesel-electric ferry, built at Crist yard and designed for operation in protected waters, was towed in its one-time deep-sea voyage by the tug Atlas. […]
Extended live fish carrier newbuilding contract for Crist
Polish yard Crist SA in Gdynia has begun work on the DNV classed newbuilding no. NB SC 75/2 with design supplied by the Owners. This is a second order placed at Crist for the ship of the same design. Read also: Crist to deliver newbuilding to Artic Group Highly automated live fish carrier, […]
Another Ulstein’s SOV partly built in Polish yard named!
The Windea Leibniz wind farm service vessel was delivered on-time from Ulstein Verft to Bernhard Schulte Offshore and ICBC Leasing on 28 February – Ulstein revealed on 2 March, 2017. The SOV was named that day at a ceremony in Ulsteinvik. The vessel will shortly commence service at the Sandbank […]
Crist yard to build a new ferry for Iceland
The Icelandic Road Authorities, Vegagerðin, signed a contract with Polish yard Crist SA for the construction of a new ferry of Polarkonsult design PK-259.1. The ferry will be operated between Landeyjahöfn and Vestmannaeyjar (eng. Westman Islands), a town and archipelago situated off the south coast of Iceland. The journey will […]
Partially outfitted Polar Logistic Vessel delivered to France
French buyer – Concarneau, France, based Chantiers Piriou yard. The ship (C325) is to be named L’Astrolabe and has been delivered by Gdynia based Crist yard outfitted to the high extend (at estimated 80% of technical readiness). L’Astrolabe is an icebreaking Polar Logistic Support Vessel (Navire Logistique Polaire or PLV) […]
Partly outfitted hull of trawler delivered to Kleven
On November 24, 2016, after launching, a partially outfitted hull of a trawler built to order of Myklebust Verft AS, Kleven group, was towed out of a graving dock SD II. The hull, towed by Fenja, reached Norwegian destination late November. Partially outfitted vessel, newbuilding no. Myklebust NB 392, built at […]
Keel laid for a special purpose floating dock at Crist yard
After the contract signing on September 2 and the first steel cutting on September 29, 2016, the keel was laid at Crist SA shipyard for the construction of the special purpose floating dock on November 16, with attendance from representatives of class society DNV-GL, the ordering party Bouygues Travaux Public […]
Crist to build live fish carrier for Artic Group
DESS/MHG (Marine Harvest) has signed a contract for its new well boats with Artic Group Ships/Artic Shipping AS. The Artic Group, in turn, has placed an order for the first of such a vessel at Crist SA yard, in Gdynia. The Polish company previously already delivered a ship to the […]