Damen Dredging Equipment and Astilleros de Murueta are cooperating at present in the new building of two maintenance trailing suction hopper dredgers and one sand mining hopper. Each party contributes its specific knowledge : MURUETA designs and builds the vessels and Damen Dredging designs and buil
Fednav Limited, the largest international maritime bulk carrier in Canada, yesterday marked the first visit of its latest addition to its fleet to Canada. The Port of Trois-Rivières welcomed the Federal Sable, a bulk carrier of 37,200 tons deadweight (DWT). This new addition will reduce the environm
NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank is participating in the financing of an installation vessel for offshore wind energy farms. Commissioned by the international provider of construction-related services HOCHTIEF, the “VIDAR” is a jack-up vessel being built at the Crist shipyard in Poland and scheduled
COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd has successfully delivered a bulk carrier of 57.000 DWT named “CONTI FLINT” to its European buyer. The delivery documents were signed by and between COSCO Guangdong and the European buyer on Ma
MSC Cruises continues its rapid expansion with the announcement that the company has finalized negotiations with STX France and signed a contract to take over a 140,000 ton cruise ship following the termination of the agreement with the original owner. The new ship is named MSC Preziosa and will bec
Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) launched the 1st of a series three Multipurpose Platform Supply Vessels (MPSVs) for Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte Limited of Singapore on 5th March 2012. The ceremonial Launching was done by Owner’s Representative Mr. P.R. Naware (Executive Director) in the pres
On 10 March 2012, after successful sea trials and finishing of outfitting details, SIGMA Class Frigate, Sultan Moulay Ismail, built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) in Vlissingen, was transferred to the Royal Moroccan Navy. The ship was delivered, on schedule and meeting all the requiremen
Incat Crowther recently launched Xun Long 5, the first of two vessels to be built by AFAI Southern shipyard for Xunlong Shipping Co. The contract to design these two vessels was won in a tight competitive tender process, and Incat Crowther is proud of the support offered to AFAI Southern to assist t
Dubai Maritime City, the world class centre for maritime activity in the Middle East region, announced today that it has signed a Land Lease (Mustaha) agreement for 25 years with ship repair and building entity, Dubai Shipbuilding. The Agreement was signed by Sheikh Juma bin Thani bin Juma Al Maktou
Wilson Sons Limited has, through its subsidiary Wilson, Sons Ultratug Offshore (“WSUT”), signed a contract with Petrobras for the construction and operation of 4 (four) vessels type PSV 4500 (Platform Supply Vessel). This contract is part of the Petrobras Program for the Renovation of the Offshore S
Østensjø Rederi has signed a contract with Sanmar, Turkey for delivery of one RAMparts 2800-E ASD design tug. The tug is of Robert Allan design with dimensions 28×12,6 m, 80 t BP and FiFi 1 class. Sanmar is the same yard that delivered “Vivax” in 2008. The tug will be delivered end 2012. The RAmpart
VEVA, yesterday announced that STX OSV has standardised its engineering and 3D design work on AVEVA Marine and has purchased more than 100 additional software licenses. The technology, which STX OSV has selected over Tribon and a competitive solution, will be implemented globally across ten shipyard
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured a US$385.5 million contract to build a semi-submersible well intervention rig from Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. (Helix), a market leader in subsea well intervention services. Scheduled for delivery in January 2015, the semi-submersible we
Danaos Corporation, a leading international owner of containerships, announced that on March 8, 2012, it took delivery of one more newly built containership, the HYUNDAI TENACITY, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 62 containerships aggregating 325,879 TEU. The HYUNDAI TENACITY, built at
