It's not only modern work with electrification and hydrogen going on at Westcon Yards; recently the veteran ships M/S Rogaland and M/S Sunnhordland completed their classification at Westcon's yard in Ølensvåg.
Read moreBastø VI is on her way home after completing successful sea trials Thursday morning (24.03).
Read moreDuring the last four months, Westcon Yards has completed substantial upgrades of their subsea workshop in Florø. ‘This will allow for even better capacity and energy optimization’, says Site Manager at Westcon Yards Subsea Florø, Ole Anders Smørdal.
Read moreWestcon employees can start their Christmas holidays with an extra big smile, after being awarded a large bonus from management.
Read moreMaersk Drilling, in collaboration with Westcon Yards Offshore Service and other companies, completed rig moves on three of their drilling rigs; Maersk Interceptor, Maersk Reacher and Maersk Invincible – all three almost simultaneously.
Read moreWestcon Yards Offshore Service has recently completed the upgrade of the Raw Water Handling Systems for Maersk Integrator, Maersk Intrepid and Maersk Interceptor.
Read moreNormand Subsea is currently getting her classification and a new paint job at Westcon Yards Florø. The ship is an advanced construction ship for ROV underwater operations, and was delivered to Solstad Offshore in 2009 by Palmer Johnson Norway AS at Angholmen in Flekkefjord.
Read moreMF “Hydra”, the world's first hydrogen operated ferry, was built for Norled at Westcon Yards in Ølen and designed by LMG Marin. One criterion for winning the award is that the ship must be built at a Norwegian shipyard.
Read moreProsafe, an Oslo-listed offshore accommodation rig provider, has to pay around 465 million NOK to Westcon Yards as its appeal over an April court ruling related to a dispute concerning the conversion of one of its flotels was dismissed.
Read moreWestcon Yards Florø har recently signed a contract with Fjord1 for the hybridification of two passenger ferries; MF Glutra and MF Fannefjord. With this the yard in Florø is positioning itself as Norway's leading supplier of battery-operated ferries.
Read moreWestcon to deliver 13 structures and 6 PLR’s to TechnipFMC. TechnipFMC has a SURF contract with Equinor for the Breidablikk oil field and the structures will be delivered in February and April 2022. – This is an important contract for our commitment to acquiring more demanding subsea deliveries, explains Subsea Manager, Steinar Matre.
Read moreAnders Gundersen is a drone pilot and has for the last two years travelled around to customers to perform inspections under water – all the way down to 150 meters.
Read moreThis is the second ferry Westcon delivers to NORLED. This project has given work to over 150 of Westcon’s employees, and is therefore very important to the shipyard.
Read moreGulating Court of Appeal has today given a verdict in the appeal of Westcon vs. ProSafe. The case deals with the dispute between Prosafe and Westcon in regard to the final settlement of the remodeling of Safe Scandinavia from housing rig to support vessel for drilling operations.
Read moreBergen Tankers, in collaboration with Westcon Yards, have completed the first ever Norwegian bunkering ship for LNG – Bergen LNG.
Read moreThis February, Westcon Yards delivered 16 deck hatches to Aker Solutions in Verdal, Norway. The hatches are mounted on platform Hod B, which is built close to the yard, and has Aker BP as end customer.
Read moreWestcon Yards sitt nybygg, fiskebåten «Gunnar Langva», er overlevert til Ålesunds-rederiet Gunnar Langva AS og med det kunne verftet markere sitt 35. fullførte nybygg.
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