Craig Group celebrates completion of £35million investment programme with launch of Grampian Defiance The last in the series of new D class Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRVs), commissioned by Craig Group in a £35million investment programme, has been launched. The Grampian Defiance, the l
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Sperry Marine business unit is supplying advanced integrated bridge systems (IBS) for the new class of patrol boats being built for the Swedish Coast Guard. The IBS for the new Swedish patrol boats is based on Northrop Grumman’s advanced VisionMaster FT™ technology, wh
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division reached a construction milestone by lowering the final keel section of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) into place. Local media were invited to NNS to watch as the 680-metr
Leading towage and salvage specialist Multraship is to take delivery of a new design of ASD 3212 tug from the Galati, Romania yard of the Damen Shipyards Group. The new ASD 3212 Multratug 19 has been built to a completely new design specification developed after a period of intensive research. Multr
Seajacks has taken delivery of Seajacks Zaratan, a state-of-the-art jack-up vessel purpose built for the offshore wind industry. The jack-up vessel was built by Lamprell Energy at their Hamriyah facility and increases Seajacks’ fleet to three self-propelled vessels. The contract for the construction
Few days ago, Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard launched VF Tanker-3 of project RST27 for the VF Tanker LLC. The shipyard and V.F. Tanker inked construction contract for 5 tankers in June 2011 with an option for five more signed in October. The lead ship of project RST27 was launched on February 17th. Proje
IHC Merwede has recently opened a new yard facility in Broussard, Louisiana, USA. The yard at 206 Cummings Road will operate under the name of Hydro-Ram, Inc. With this expansion IHC Merwede now has a regional office in North America. Hydro-Ram, Inc., consisting of IHC Hydrohammer®, IHC Handling Sys
Teras Genesis, was a speculative build project, constructed, for maximum cost effectiveness, at the tail end of a series of four Bahraini flagged sister vessels built for Zamil Operations. Construction of the 2,600 tonne vessel is to ABS class with the notation +A1(E) + AMS, FIFI 1 Towing and Anchor
In May 2012, the two 23m DOT tugs commissioned by Poet, Singapore, completed their trials. The tugs, designed by the Macduff Ship Design, are the largest so far specifically designed around the Mampaey DOT system. The Mampaey Dynamic Oval Towing (DOT) system is a 360 degree all around towing system.
Naming ceremony of the 180.200 DWT Bulk Carrier M.V. CAPE LILY was successfully conducted on 18th of May at Imabari Shipbuilding’s Saijo Shipyard. The vessel, ordered by Kumiai Navigation (Pte) Ltd. for Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, comes as the company’s 2,000th ship. Mr. Asakura, President of Kawasak
Drydocks World, the established international player in ship repair, conversion, new building and offshore construction, announced that Shell’s pioneering Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility – the world’s first – was initiated with a Steel Cutting ceremony of its Turret, the world
Last Saturday, a new multi-purpose support vessel Helen Burnie was launched at Macduff Shipyards on the Isle of Mull. The vessel, worth GBP 2 million is specially designed by Inverlussa Marine Services for renewable energy, dive support, survey and civil projects. It has the ability to carry up to 1
Visitors could see the christening of the Damen High Speed Support Vessel 2610, Marineco Dignity, on the second day of the Seawork International 2012 exhibition in Southampton. The ceremony was performed by Pauline Millar, the godmother of the vessel. The 26.3 metre long and 10.4 metre broad Marinec
Buckie Shipyard announced confirmation of a two vessel order for Mainprize Offshore Ltd of Scarborough. Following the recent successful delivery of the South Cat ‘Dalby Derwent’ built in Buckie, Bob Mainprize was keen to return to the yard for a larger vessel. The 24 metre Offshore Support Vessels w
