Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a contract with shipowner Fjord Line A/S to install Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) based power and propulsion systems in two cruise ferries being built at the Bergen Group Fosen AS yard in Norway. Each vessel will be equipped with four gas engin
RESOLVE Engineering Group, LLC has announced the launch of two of the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering firm’s latest design and construction support jobs. The American Phoenix, a 616’ x 105’ chemical tanker was built by BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards, Alabama for owner Mid-Ocean Tanker Com
Technip has entered a long-term charter agreement for a new build offshore construction vessel with North Sea Shipping. The charter will be for a period of five or seven years commitment plus a five-year extension option, with a further option to purchase the vessel. The vessel is specially designed
On July 21st 2012, Launching Ceremony of 82.000 DWT Bulk Carrier having Hull No. S061 was held at Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard Co., Ltd. The ceremony was attended by the representatives of Saint Michael Shipping Co., Ltd., Lloyd’s Register and the Yard. After launching, the vessel was pulled over to th
Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) has secured three conversion contracts with an initial combined value of S$103 million. The contracts are from PTSC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (PTSC Asia Pacific), Perenco Group (Perenco) and BC Petroleum Sdn Bhd (BC Petroleum). The contract from PTSC Asia Pacific, wh
The SINOPACIFIC Shipbuilding Group has signed a newbuilding contract of 4 SPP35 platform supply vessels (PSV) and a Letter of Intention of 2 large SPP50 PSVs with SLOK Nigeria Ltd. The six vessels are scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2014. This marks the first time that independently designed
Fjord Line has awarded Bergen Group Fosen a supplementary contract for the two cruise ferries currently under construction. The contract comprises a conversion to single LNG engine systems. The LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) will then be the only fuel source for both vessels already from the first day
Cargotec has recently signed an exclusive marine equipment repair agreement with the major engineering, procurement and construction contracting company, Heavy Engineering Industries & Shipbuilding Co (HEISCO). As a result, Cargotec (ARE) LLC will now station a service engineer and technician at HEI
Navgathi Marine Design & Constructions pvt. Ltd has won a major deal on New shipbuilding supervision with a leading International container liner. Navgathi recently announced the the big deal won “New shipbuilding project management of eight container ships commencing construction in S.Korea”. “Four
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries to supply a complete drilling equipment topside package to a new semi-submersible drilling rig the South Korean yard is building for Seadrill, the rig operator. The contract includes an option to supply one more drilling equipment pa
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping has signed a contract with JSC “Baltiysky Zavod – Shipbuilding” for services to review the technical documentation on icebreaker of new generation of Project 22600. The technical documentation will be reviewed for compliance with the applicable re-quirements of
Petrobras subsidiaries Tupi BV and Guará BV, together with consortium members BG Group, Petrogal Brasil, and Repsol Sinopec Brasil SA, have given the go-ahead for ten contracts totaling US$4.5 billion for the construction of the first six topside modules (processing plant, utilities and living quart
On Monday, July 23 Iran-based SADRA Ship Manufacturing Yard will launch the biggest indigenously built tanker, managing director of the company, Engineer Salman Zarbi told the press. The 113,000 dwt Aframax oil tanker will first cast off for three months long sea trials into the waters of the Persia
Nordic Yards, manufacturer of innovative special ships and major maritime projects for the offshore wind and other industries, has been granted the official status of Authorised Economic Operator Full (AEO F) by the Stralsund Main Customs Office. The yards at Wismar and Warnemünde are therefore the
