The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) today from General Dynamics at their Bath Iron Works shipyard. Michael Murphy is the last DDG 51-class ship to deliver until the class restart ships begin delivering in fiscal year 2016. DDG 112 successfully completed combined sup
Next Thursday, Fresena, 18 meters pilot boat will be delivered to LOTSENVERSETZBOOTE TECHNISCHE FACHSTELLE NORDWEST pilots and leave Lorient for the port of Emden in northern Germany. After FRYA delivered in May 2011, this unit is the second in a series of 4 vessels for German pilots. Marc Bernard,
Paragon Shipping Inc., announced today that it has taken delivery of the M/V Prosperous Seas, a 37,293 dwt Handysize vessel, from the Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co in China. The vessel has been chartered out to Cargill International S.A. for a period of 23 to 26 months at a gross daily rate of $12,
As reported by the Asian Shipper, on May 1st, APL Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines, received the 10,700-TEU APL SOUTHAMPTON vessel. This is the first vessel out of a six-ship order, which will be carried out by Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineer
SCOD Presents the US Coast Guard Sea Eagle, the Ultra Green Homeland Security vessel that’s tough on the bad guys, but kind to the Ecology. The first Coast Guard Cutter to provide extensive surveillance, on, above and below the ocean. The E Class Search and Rescue Sea Eagle with Helipad and underwat
To benefit from the current strong demand for high specification drilling units Seadrill announced that it has entered into a turnkey construction contract with Hyundai Samho Shipyard for the construction of a new harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig. The new rig will be a sister rig of t
On May 3, Meyer Werft delivered a new 71 300 GT cruise ship AIDAmar to the shipping company AIDA Cruises. The solemn delivery ceremony took place in the Port of Emden. AIDAmar is the sixth ship built for AIDA Cruises by Meyer Werft’s Papenburg shipyard and it is designed for the German market. This
The first Becker Intelligent Monitoring System (BIMS) was recently installed on the new Car Carrier MV Titania of Wilh. Wilhelmsen. BIMS is an innovative development to enhance capabilities of high-performance manoeuvring. The new system is monitoring current forces and torque on the rudder while pr
On May 3, 2012, Austal held a keel-laying ceremony for the third Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), one of nine Austal-designed 103-metre US Navy Joint High Speed Vessels under contract with the US Navy. Austal invited Representative Jo Bonner to authenticate the keel. He was assisted by Jeff Cellon wh
Vroon Offshore Services announce that they have taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet. The VOS Thalassa, a 1,400 dwt anchor handling tug support (AHTS) vessel built at the Fujian SouthEast Shipyard in China, was delivered yesterday, 2 May 2012, from the Shipyard. VOS Thalassa will
Given the strength in global demand for tugs and offshore commercial vessels, Cheoy Lee shipyard had embarked on several speculative build projects over the past 18 months. Two 58 metre Anchor Handling Tugs (with differing configurations and drive systems), two Z-Tech 7000 tugs, and one 31m ASD tug.
Engineers have developed a new method of propelling a ship or displacement vessel while saving at least 75% of energy consumed by current propeller-based systems, yet maintaining the same performance. The Gamma Propulsion System (TGPS) is easy to build and simple to retro fit to existing ships. Test
On 27 March 2012 SCF Group (Sovcomflot)- Russia’s largest shipowner, and oil and chemical holding SIBUR – a national leader in oil and chemical industry, signed a long-term charter agreement for two gas tankers to perform regular year-round transportation of SIBUR liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). SIBU
Construction starts on the SylWin alpha offshore transformer platform at Nordic Yards, manufacturer of innovative special ships and major maritime projects for the offshore wind and other industries. Today, on the date announced at the contract signing in February this year, the first steel blank cu
