Austal USA’s 127 metre trimaran Littoral Combat Ship, LCS 2 Independence, has been christened in front of over 1000 guests and dignitaries during an official ceremony held at its Mobile, Alabama shipyard. The General Dynamics LCS Team – within which Austal is ship designer and builder – christened t
On Saturday 4 October 2008 Odense Steel Shipyard named its latest newbuilding, a 7,000 TEU container ship, for the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group. Mrs Yumiko Arakawa, married to Mr Shoshi Arakawa, Chairman of the Board, CEO and President, Bridgestone Corporation, honoured A.P. Moller – Maersk and the Ya
Fairstar Heavy Transport (FAIR) has completed the loading of two topside modules this week onto its heavy transport ship Fjord at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) in Okpo, South Korea, where the two modules have been constructed. Dave Hangoor, Operations Manager for Fairstar,
Ireland-based Liebherr Container Cranes has won an order to deliver two additional super post-panamax quayside gantry cranes to Slovenia. Terminal operator Luka Koper will put the new cranes into service alongside two similar Liebherr units at the port of Koper.
The second of two high speed vehicle-passenger catamarans for Hawaii Superferry has been launched at Austal USA – further strengthening the shipyard’s experience in advanced aluminium vessels over 100 metres in length. The achievement comes just months after Austal USA successfully launched its revo
Two 7,250 dwt multi-purpose-vessels are the latest addition to the orderbook of classification society Germanischer Lloyd. The ships will be built at Ananda Shipyard in Bangladesh for German shipowners Komrowski and Herrmann Lohmann Schiffahrt. Germanischer Lloyd Member of the Executive Board Dr Her
Offshore Energy 2008 Offshore Energy 2008 is the Dutch trade fair with a wide spectrum encompassing the offshore and energy market. On November the 27th 2008, Navingo BV in association with Development Company Holland North is organising the trade fair and seminar Offshore Energy 2008, location; The
Olin J. Stephens, who celebrated his 100th birthday on April 13, 2008, died on 13 September. Stephens was unarguably the most influential yacht designer of the 20th Century and his boats were both fast and undeniably good looking. His first success was with Dorade, followed by what many consider to
It may only have been the practice race of the TP52s’ Portugal Trophy, but jostling for position at the start line of the Audi MedCup Circuit was still fierce between the 15 TP52s in Portimao today. I was along for the ride aboard Tau Ceramica Andalucia, owned by Javier Banderas who does the navigat
Oil services support company Bergen Group has been awarded an EPCIC contract by StatoilHydro for process modifications on the Sleipner A Platform. The contract is worth 170 million crowns (US $29.4 million). Bergen says the contract will start immediately and completion offshore is planned to take p
Norwegian drill rig group Seadrill is selling ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rigs West Hercules and West Taurus for $1.7 billion and simultaneously leasing back the units. Seadrill said it agreed the combined sale and leaseback deal with and Ship Finance International Limited, which involves a lea
Company News – September 16, 2008 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD) has announced that it will be presenting at the 7th Annual D A Davidson & Co Engineering and Construction Conference on September 18th, 2008. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 1.50pm (ET)/12:50pm (CT). A li
Dredging Organisations – September 16, 2008 The Environment Commission of the Central Dredging Association (CEC) and the Marine Systems Institute of Tallinn University of Technology (MSI) have announced the detailed programme of their joint international seminar “Dredging and the Environment”. The o
Company News – September 16, 2008 Ellicott Dredge Enterprises and its units Ellicott Dredges, Liquid Waste Technology, IMS, and Mud Cat have opened their new factory in Wisconsin in the US. In just four months, Ellicott doubled the size of its Wisconsin factory to 85,000ft2 (10,000m2). The additiona
