Vroon Shipping announced that a double namegiving ceremony for MT Iver Bright and MT Iver Brilliant took place on Tuesday 22 May 2012, at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Ulsan, South Korea. The Iver Bright was named by Mrs Metos Delgado-van de Bospoort, wife of Mr Frans van de Bospoort, Managing Director
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announced today the acceptance of its 61st offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Offshore West Hinder’ by Offshore Wind Services BV at Seawork 2012, where the vessel is currently on display. Her sister ship ‘Offshore Wandelaar’ has passaged to a contract in Denm
Goodchild Marine Services Limited announced the handover of its newest breed of vessel, ORC 171, duly named Estuary Elan to the new owners Estuary Services Limited whilst at the Seawork Boatshow in Southampton. Commenting the occasion Alan Goodchild said: “We are delighted to handover the first of o
During the Seawork Awards Dinner on 22 May, Kommer Damen was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Arnout Damen, COO of Damen Shipyards Group, accepted, on behalf of Kommer Damen, Seawork’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from Caroline Dinenage, local MP for Gosport, Stubbington, Lee-on-
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has secured a contract to supply water jets for four new wind farm support vessels to be built by South Boats for offshore company MPI. The 19 metre long catamarans will be used to transfer people and cargo to the growing number of offshore wind farms a
A huge section of hull for HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, the first of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers being built for the UK Royal Navy, has left BAE Systems’ Portsmouth facility to embark on a four day journey to the east coast of Scotland. Employees watched as the large sea-going barge carrying
Damen Shipyards has launched the first of its newly designed Stan Pontoons (SPos) 12032. The SPo 12032 is the longest pontoon ever built by Damen and part of a series of 34 pontoons currently being built. In addition, Damen Pontoons & Barges has started building a second new design: the Damen Crane
Safmarine Chachai, a new 4500 teu, Safmarine-branded WAFMAX containership, was delivered to Safmarine on Monday 21 May, 2012. The Safmarine Chachai – which features Safmarine’s distinctive bright white hull – joins her sister-ships, the Safmarine Chilka and Safmarine Chambal, in the A.P Moller-Maers
A new, state-of-the-art ship given to Qatar University will transform marine research in the Gulf region. The model research facility Janan — named after the island located in the western part of the Qatari peninsula – was donated to the University by H.H. the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bi
The Cahaya Baru, a 20m Catamaran Ferry that will operate in the Cocos Keeling Islands was successfully launched. Another product of the partnership between Richardson Devine Marine and Incat Crowther, the vessel was commissioned by the Commonwealth Government of Australia. The vessel is flagged by t
Honeywell announced last month that Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (STX) will use Honeywell’s Integrated Automation Systems (IAS) in five vessels commissioned by ship owners in Norway, Russia and the United States. The projects are valued at more than
With seven LNG carriers drydocked at the facility, Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) is one of the leading shipyards for LNG repairs, leveraging on Qatar’s position as top LNG exporter. As part of the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard, N-KOM has successfully completed marine, offshore and
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced that subsidiaries of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd have made the following deliveries:- 1. COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd has delivered two bulk carriers of 57000 DWT, “Wuxing 5” and “APJ SHIRIN”,
China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited, a large heavy industries group in China, two days ago delivered the third 380.000 DWT VLOC to Vale S.A. (Vale). Vale is always an important strategic partner of China Rongsheng Heavy Industries. With more VLOCs being delivered, it clearly demo
