GL Maritime Software has recently received its first order from a client in China for its hull integrity management software GL HullManager. Shanghai Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd (“Shanghai COSCO”) will install the system on seven vessels of its containership fleet. “Leveraging GL HullManager, we expect
Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Propulsion, signed important new contracts worth 40 mill NOK. – Several of the contracts are breakthrough contracts and opens new and exciting market opportunities, says CEO Scana Industrier ASA, Rolf Roverud. Scana Propulsion has signed a contra
Based in two North East England locations, A&P North East is a company with ship repair and conversion yards on the rivers Tyne and Tees. Part of the A&P Group which also includes A&P Falmouth where ship repair and conversion services have been taking place for more than 150 years, the modern North
SARC and MasterShip Software have joined forces and will be present together at the SMM 2012 exhibition in Hamburg. Now, SARC (design and stability software) and MasterShip (modeling and production software) closely cooperate. This leads to a smooth workflow from concept design to construction model
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (“Navios Acquisition”), an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Atria, a new building MR2 product tanker vessel of 50,000 dwt, was delivered yesterday from a South Korean shipyard. Nave Atria has been chartered out to a high quality co
A plan has been organized by State Oceanic Administration (SOA), China, Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA) and the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) to build an advanced new icebreaking research vessel to meet the increased need of polar scientific research. The new vessel will
Ensco plc took delivery of the seventh and final rig in the ENSCO 8500 Series® on 30 July at the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore, where all the rigs in the series have been built. The rig is contracted to Anadarko for work in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico starting in December. “The construction and [&he
Odfjell has today signed a ship building contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard., Ltd for construction of four chemical tankers of 46,000 DWT design draft with 22 coated cargo tanks. The new ships will have an eco-friendly design with less fuel consumption. Deliveries are scheduled between January and
Nordic Yards, manufacturer of innovative special ships and major maritime projects, including for the offshore industry, completed the alterations to the Arctic container ship “Talnakh” as scheduled on July 27, 2012. The Russian mining concern Norilsk Nickel had commissioned the shipyard group to ca
Fincantieri, one of the world’s leading shipbuilders, has been awarded a contract to build a latest generation ferry by Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ), a Canadian company that operates in maritime passenger transport. The contract, awarded following a public tender in which major competitor
A new coal carrier of Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), dubbed Soyo, outfitted with the innovative air-lubrication system is about to hit the waters, Sea Trade Asia writes. The air-lubrication system effectively reduces the frictional resistance between a vessel’s bottom and the seawater by means of bubble
On July 26, the head MP boat of the MPB14 Project, works number 402 (“Lebedin”), was handed over to the FSUE “Rosmorport” Arkhangelsk Branch. This boat is the second of six MP boats of the MPB14 Project, constructed on the FSUE’s request by Moskovskiy Sudostroitelniy i Sudoremontniy Zavod, P.C. The
On 27 July 2012, Fugro formally took delivery of a new-build vessel, M/V Fugro Equator; the third of Fugro’s FSSV series of dedicated survey vessels. Designed to Fugro specifications and fitted with the latest survey equipment these are the most advanced vessels of their type. The vessel will be uti
Incat Crowther announce the launch of the 34m Catamaran Passenger Ferry, Ava Pearl. Built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in Massachusetts, USA, Ava Pearl has been delivered to Rhode Island Fast Ferry, where it will contribute to an expansion of operations. As a long-time operator of Incat Crowther f
