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Investments in the offshore energy industry – in which ICE has experience from 45 FPSOs and design of many ships for the gas and offshore wind industries – now coincide with several European countries ordering new warships for protection in…

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Most ICE employees will take well-deserved time off for Christmas starting December 25. Regular operations will resume on Wednesday, January 8. However, a team of designers have volunteered to use parts of the holiday period to advance time-critical FPSO-related project…

Santierul Naval Constanta (SNC) in Romania is one of ICE’s long-standing shipyard customers. In October, while representing ICE at the naming ceremony of M/T Histria Narvi, Sorin Brazdis, Managing Director of ICEPRONAV Engineering was also invited to visit the Histria…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has recently announced its decision to end its twice-extended lease for office space at ICE’s premises in Galați, the Romanian city closest to the borders separating Romania, Ukraine and Moldova. ICE welcomed…

ICE congratulates Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited on the official handover of the MV Glen Sannox car and passenger ferry to owner Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL). This is the first LNG dual-fuel ferry to be designed and built in…

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In October, ICE enjoyed the visit to its Galati office from representatives from Bluewater Energy Services B.V., a prominent owner and operator of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. ICE has earlier on several occasions provided technical assistance to…

In October, ICE had the pleasure of welcoming a total of 70 students from the Faculty of Naval Architecture at “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galati. As part of a faculty-led initiative, these visits offered students a valuable opportunity to…

Having a long history of cooperation with Constanța Shipyard (SNC), ICE was last month invited to the naming ceremony of M/T “Histria Narvi”. This vessel is the fourth in SNC’s EcoMaxMR1 40,000 DWT series of product and chemical tankers. Sorin…

The Gastech Exhibition & Conference 2024 concluded recently in Houston, Texas with over 45,000 attendees from 156 countries, reinforcing its position as the world’s premier platform for industry leaders, policymakers, and energy professionals within the international gas industry. At Gastech,…

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ICE is pleased to be providing expert marine designers to assist several Engineering, Procurement and Construction (“EPC”) and other companies with naval architect and marine engineering resources. Such assignments include a team of 50 professional engineers, who are now gradually…

ICE has previously participated with MARIN (Maritime Research Institute) and other research institutes on the Space@Sea project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program. Maarten Flikkema, the erstwhile Project Coordinator for Space@Sea, is now organizing a consortium to cooperate…

ICE is committed to ensure that its employees have the skills needed to meet the demands of its key clients. In response to upcoming projects, ICE is therefore investing in CADMATIC training for several of its designers. Coming as a…

Customers and other friends of ICE have been concerned to learn from the media about the exceptionally severe flooding in central Europe last month, including in the Galati area of Romania. However, we are happy to reassure everyone that the…

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ICE has a well-established track record in design of bulk carriers, often referred to as the “workhorses of the sea”. Having many years ago shifted its focus towards more complex ship types such as gas carriers, cruise ships, vessels for…

In July and August, ICE conducted its traditional summer student internship program. Twelve students from the Faculty of Naval Architecture, the Faculty of Automation, Computers, and Electrical Engineering, and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the “Dunarea de Jos” University…

ICE will co-present a paper on Very Large Ammonia Carrier (“VLAC”) Design at the upcoming Gastech 2024 Technical and Commercial Conference in Houston, Texas. Gastech, the world’s leading energy exhibition and conference focusing on natural gas, LNG, hydrogen, climate technologies,…

Next week, ICE will attend the Schiff und Meerestechnik Messe (“SMM”) in Hamburg, the leading international trade fair for the maritime industry. For three days, from September 3 to 5, ICE will be represented at the SMM by Steinar Draegebo…

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On July 4, ICE’s Chairman held his traditional semi-annual briefing for all Romanian employees and hosted a summer drinks party to thank them for their hard work and to wish them a nice summer. The pictures show some of the…

ICE’s Romanian office recently had the pleasure of a visit from a delegation from Saipem’s offices in Milan. Saipem is a large publicly owned Italy-headquartered technology and engineering group with 34,000 employees in 60 countries. The Group also owns and…

In June this year, ICE’s Quality Management System successfully passed its annual periodic audit. The audit covered verification of both ICE’s main design office in Galati, Romania and ICE’s Branch Office in Split, Croatia.  Based on the audit conclusion, the…

Last month’s Posidonia 2024 tradeshow in Athens was the most attended event in its 55-year history. With 2,038 exhibitors from 81 countries and over 32,000 visitors, this year’s exhibition broke records in terms of exhibitors, space, and visitors. ICE’s delegation…

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ICE recently had the pleasure of hosting a combined delegation from International Maritime Industries (IMI) and Bahri, two Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -based marine industry leaders, for a 2-day visit to its design office in Galati, Romania. IMI, one of…

As a long-standing partner of the Galati University, ICE was invited in mid-May, along with other regional employers in the fields of shipbuilding, ship design, and related activities, to meet with a Commission from the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance…

With its head office on the Isle of Man, ICE is used to the annual TT motorbike races, which takes place during the first week of June. With a world-wide following, the TT races have been an annual event for…

ICE will again be exhibiting at the upcoming Posidonia 2024 trade show, one of the maritime shipping industry’s most well-established and well-attended events. It takes place between June 3 and 7, in Athens, Greece. We are looking forward to discussing…

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We are pleased that MV “Glen Rosa”, the second of two dual-fuel vessels built at Ferguson Marine, was successfully launched on April 9th, 2024. Its sister “Glen Sannox” and the “Glen Rosa” are the first UK-built ships designed to operate…

As part of its development of the SKYTUG concept, Bluewater Engineering Limited (BWE), the SKYTUG’s inventor, has recently successfully tested its patented technology for  synchronous launch and control of multiple kites, hoisting a kite into the air using remotely controlled…

ICE recently had the pleasure of a visit from a delegation from Raytheon, a major US defence contractor, together with representatives from Leafield Limited, a UK warship maintenance specialist. Raytheon, an RTX business, is a technology leader specializing in defence,…

ICE, with its extensive background in marine design of FPSOs and other offshore energy floaters (more than 40 projects), will be represented at the upcoming Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, by Steinar Draegebo (Chairman & CEO) and Jason…

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In March, ICE started a new internship program. Following an interview process, ten students from the Faculty of Naval Architecture and the Faculty of Automation, Computers, and Electrical Engineering at Galati University were selected to participate in this 3-month program….

ICE’s Romanian office recently had the pleasure of a visit from a delegation from Saipem’s offices in Milan and Paris, together with a representative from Moss Maritime, Saipem’s Norwegian subsidiary. ICE’s cooperation with Saipem started almost ten years ago with…

Jason Nunn, a British executive with substantial international offshore industry background, has joined ICE as its new BDD. With degrees in engineering supplemented with an MBA, Jason has worked for several well-known companies including Baker Hughes, Wellstream, KBR and ABB…

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The first two months of 2024 have been busy for ICE. In addition to ongoing projects for clients in Scotland, the Netherlands and Singapore, ICE’s marketing and estimating teams have responded to inquiries from established and potentially new customers in…

In February, ICE hosted the quarterly meeting of the Romanian Shipbuilders Association (ANCONAV), which represents the Romanian shipbuilding industry, including producers of ships’ equipment and service providers. As part of the proceedings, Dragos Totolici, Head of ICE’s Initial Design Department,…

In January, Mate Lukas, ICE’s Country Manager in Croatia, represented the ICE Marine Design Group in a yard visit by VEER to the 3. Maj shipyard. VEER is promoting an innovative concept combining sail as the main propulsion with hydrogen-powered…

Recently, two senior representatives from VARD Group AS in Norway visited ICE in Galati to explore additional areas of collaboration. The visit included meetings with ICE management and a tour of the ICE main office building. Acquired by the Italian…

We are pleased to see Ferguson Marine’s MV “Glen Sannox” successfully completing its builder’s sea trials, a significant step towards integration of this complex dual-fuel vessel into the CalMac fleet. ICE congratulates Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited on reaching this…

Oslo-listed oil and gas firm BW Energy has announced its acquisition of the FPSO “ Cidade de Vitória” from Saipem. In 2007, ICE played a major role in the marine design effort to convert this vessel from a Very Large…

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After seven years with the ICE Group, Coen Landa has decided to pursue other interests and has resigned from his position as ICE’s corporate Business Development Director. He has agreed to continue assisting ICE as a consultant, on an ad…

A big thank you to all the fantastic kids who took part in our “Build a Wind-Powered Boat” competition last December. It’s very encouraging to see the younger members of our wider ICE family showing such an appreciation for the…

In 2024 I will have served 20 years as Chairman and Chief Executive of the ICE Group. In that period, ICE has changed from essentially being two separate entities – one in the UK/Isle of Man and one in Romania,…

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