The Port of London Authority (PLA) has placed a £6 million(approx USD 9.6 mln) order for a Mooring Maintenance Vessel (MMV), with MPI Services (UK) Limited, trading as Manor Marine. The contract for the MMV is the PLA’s largest single investment in over 20 years. The vessel will replace the PLA’s tw
OceanSaver has secured a contract to supply two Mark II ballast water treatment systems for two chemical tankers owned by CMM, a Greek-owned tanker company. The vessels will be constructed in South Korea at one of the major South Korean shipyards. The agreement with CMM represents OceanSaver’s first
Clipper, one of the world’s leading cargo carriers, took delivery of VLCC ‘Sea Splendor’ from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd, China on Friday March 30th 2012. ‘Sea Splendor’ is flying Hongkong flag. The vessel is the last VLCC out of four ordered vessels. ‘Sea Splendor’ is employed on a long t
Keppel AmFELS LLC, a US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has won a contract from Mexico’s Perforadora Central SA de CV (Perforadora Central) to build a repeat jackup rig worth US$205 million. Slated for delivery in 1Q 2014, this latest high specification unit wil
Hamburg Süd celebrated the christening of the container ship “Santa Teresa” at the Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam (Netherlands). Sponsor of the “Santa Teresa” was Dr Angela Stieglitz, BASF SE. The “Santa Teresa” is the seventh newbuilding of a series of ten identical container vessels which feature a
Damen Shipyards is the new operator of French shiprepair yard Sobrena. The yard will be renamed Damen Shiprepair Brest and will continue to serve the maritime and offshore industries with shiprepair and conversion services. The yard has three drydocks (up to 420 x 80 m) and will be available for rep
“Stavanger Fjord” – a ropax ferry is almost ready! On Thursday, the 8th of April at 12 PM, the vessel will be launched from the B1 slipway at Gdansk Shipyard. Just like at the ceremonies of steel cutting and keel laying, guests from Norway – Fjord Line ship owner and Bergen Group Fosen (for whom [&h
Eckelmann Group and TUI Cruises have signed a declaration of intent to provide power supply that will conserve energy and reduce emissions during lay times of ships of the TUI Cruises fleet in Hamburg. The scheme provides for electric power to be generated on board a floating power station, or so-ca
Kleven Maritime delivered the LNG powered offshore supply vessel Viking Prince to Eidesvik Offshore on 30 March. ‘It is a great pleasure to deliver this advanced, environmentally friendly vessel to a ship owner that has a proven track record of taking every aspect of their environmental foot print v
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has secured a £50 million order to design and equip two advanced offshore anchor handling vessels for Norwegian ship owner Farstad Shipping. The UT 731 CD vessels are designed and equipped to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow rigs to location and also se
On March 30th 2012, Hull 470 was launched at Brodosplit Shipyard in Split, Croatia. The launched ship is HANDY BULK carrier type, with a capacity of 51.900 tons and was contracted for domestic shipping company Jadroplov. The contracted ship is being built under Common structural rules, brought by IA
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc., announced that the Navios Centaurus, a new building Kamsarmax vessel of 81,472 dwt, was delivered today from a South Korean shipyard to Navios Holdings’ owned fleet. The vessel is chartered-out for 2 years at a net rate of $12,825 per day. It is anticipated that the Na
With the taking over of the recent new building, the traditional shipping company Jüngerhans from Haren (Ems) has terminated for the time being their programme of new buildings. With this container cargo ship built at the Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, the new flagship of the fleet
Cochin Shipyard delivered a Platform Supply Vessel “Brage Trader” to M/s Brage Supplier K S, Norway on March 20th 2012. This is the fourth of a series of the high technology offshore vessel that have been constructed and delivered by CSL this financial year. The Protocol documents of the ship were s
