United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) will spend RUR 1.1 trillion (approx $ 37.4 billion) on construction of civil vessels till 2020, writes Vedomosti on Feb 27 referring to plan of orders for civil ships and marine equipment drawn out by Ministry of Trade and Industry along with USC. According to t
Danaos Corporation , international owner of containerships, announced that on February 28, 2012, it took delivery of one more newly built containership, the CMA CGM MELISANDE, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 61 containerships aggregating 312,779 TEU. The CMA CGM MELISANDE, built at Sha
The Type-Approved BALPURE® ballast water treatment system from Severn Trent De Nora has been selected for use by EMAS on the “Lewek Constellation”, a 22,000-dwt ultra deep water rigid & flexible pipelay / heavy lift / construction vessel DP3. The “Lewek Constellation” is being built in Vung Tau, Vie
The first emission-free “Wadden Sea ferry“ will start service in the European coastal waters in autumn 2013. The concept was developed by Becker Marine Systems in cooperation with renowned partners and will be implemented rapidly. The environment is not just important concerning the topics Manoeuver
In the afternoon of February 28, following the completion of sea trials of “XUNLONG 5”, the new type of vessel“ HAIJU” built by Afai Southern for HAITONG SHIPPING CO.,LTD.ZHUHAI S.E.Z. was launched successfully. The leaders of shipowner, CCS representatives, leaders from Guangzhou maritime departmen
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a second order for a vessel from its award winning Environship range. This gas powered ship will be used to supply feed to fish farms along the Norwegian coast. The vessel has been ordered by Norwegian company Eidsvaag AS and will operate a dema
Markey Machinery announces that it has been awarded an order for a complete suite of winch systems onboard AGOR-27, a new academic research vessel under construction at Dakota Creek Industries, (Anacortes, Washington). Sponsored by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research, this award continues a plan
BG Group today announced it has received initial approval from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) for up to $1.8 billion of long-term finance to fund part of the company’s interests in the pre-salt Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Subject to further approvals and the completion of a final agreemen
IHC Offshore & Marine, part of IHC Merwede, and SapuraCrest have signed two contracts for the design, engineering and construction of two new 550t pipelaying vessels. A third contract has been signed with OSX Construção Naval S.A. Brazil for the design and engineering of a 300t pipelaying vessel, as
Atlantic Maritime Group (Sharjah, UAE) has recently taken delivery of RAmpage 4500 class design Offshore Support tug AOS Power. Designed by Robert Allan Ltd. of Vancouver, Canada and built by GMG Shipbuilding & Heavy Industry Co. Ltd., China, AOS Power is the very first of the 45m RAmpage 4500 class
AET, one of the world’s largest tanker owner-operators and the leading provider of lightering support services in the US Gulf – will take delivery of two additional newbuild lightering support vessels (LSVs) in April and June. This follows the successful trial of the world’s first purpose-built LSV
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. exercised its option to build a second Sunshine-class cruise ship to be delivered in the Spring 2015. The ship will be built by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft on substantially the same terms as the first Sunshine ship. “This confirms our continued confidence in the succ
A $300 million maintenance and repair contract for the Anzac Class Frigates will be negotiated with Naval Ship Management Australia, following their selection as preferred tenderer. Minister for Defence Materiel Senator Kim Carr said the new five-year contract was expected to provide better outcomes
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries, has acquired a $250 million order to construct four chemical tankers for Kuwait, reports France 24. The contract was signed on Tuesday in Kuwait under which it was stated that Hyundai Mipo will deliver the four tankers to the state-run