In October 2011 25 students from the University of Kragujevac in Serbia were enrolled in a traineeship program. The program last until June 2012. The students will attend seminars hosted by Rapp Marine and most of the students will also get the opportunity to travel abroad to work and visit our companies in Norway, USA and Scotland. 20 of the students are from the Faculty of Engineering and 5 from the Faculty of Economics.

Rapp Hydema, the winch and deck machinery specialists, are opening a new office in Stavanger. ”We are tremendously pleased to be present in Norway’s most expansive offshore environment. This new establishment is both strategic and necessary to meet our customers’ demands for service and support,” announces Mr Inge Henning Andersen, Managing Director of RH.

(Halifax, NS) Irving Shipbuilding has selected Rapp Hydema to provide five line haulers for the Mid Shore Patrol Vessel Program (MSPV). Hulls 5 through 9 will each have one of the Rapp Syd KB-08 units, with 800 kilopounds line pull. The order is Rapp’s first for a Canadian Coast Guard vessel, coming at a time of increasing new construction activity there.

(Bodo, Norway) Rapp Hydema and Triplex have just been awarded a massive deck machinery contract for Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO). CSIRO selected Teekay Holdings Australia and Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd to carry out the design, build and commissioning of the vessel. Sembawang and Teekay appointed RALion (a joint-venture between Alion Science and Robert Allan LTD) to carry out the vessel basic design. The new vessel, named the Investigator, is scheduled for mid-2013 delivery. The consolidated deck -and handling machinery package is due for delivery in the 3rd quarter of 2012.

Thorleifur Gislasson joins Rapp Hydema