M.V.Good Trade the third vessel of six 53,000 DWT Diamond series bulk carriers built by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. (HSL) for M/s Goodearth Maritime Limited, Chennai was delivered , in the august presence of Vice Admiral ANIL CHOPRA, AVSM, Flag Officer Commanding–in–Chief Eastern Naval Command on 17 Feb
On Thursday the 16th of February, Island Offshore took delivery of its newest member of the fleet, the Island Captain. Godmother for the vessel is Mrs. Tonje Tiley from ConocoPhillips. The Island Captains sister vessel, the Island Centurion, was delivered in October 2011. The two vessels make out to
A festive construction-starting ceremony of second serial Project 20380 corvette took place at Amur Shipyard on Feb 17; the ship was christened Gromky and is expected to join Pacific Fleet, city administration of Komsomolsk-on-Amur told Central Navy Portal. The ceremony was attended by Khabarovsk Go
Indonesian listed shipping company, Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line, is going to get two ships this month as part of its effort to boost its fleet, reports The Jakarta Globe. Oentoro Surya, president director of the company, said that the ships would be delivered from China in the next few weeks with the
BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design and engineering consultancy, announces that it has won a contract to supply the design for the construction of eight new 20m Windfarm Support Vessels, including options, to be built by Strategic Marine, the Austr
Danaos Corporation, a leading international owner of containerships, announced that on February 16, 2012, it took delivery of its largest vessel in the fleet , the HYUNDAI TOGETHER, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 60 containerships aggregating 304,249 TEU. The HYUNDAI TOGETHER, built a
Coldharbour Marine Limited, based in Alfreton in the United Kingdom, has secured an order to retrofit its ballast water treatment system on board a VLCC with the expected completion set for late March or early April. The company will be responsible for both delivery and installation of the system. T
Viking Line’s new vessel, with the working name NB 1376, will be called the M/S Viking Grace. The vessel, which begins service in January 2013 on the Turku (Finland) – Åland Islands (Finland) – Stockholm (Sweden) route, will officially receive its name during a christening ceremony that will take pl
On 6 February 2012 the Government of the Russian Federation announced the winners of “The Prize for Achievements in Science and Technology in 2011”. SCF Group records that Mr. Sergey Popravko, Member of the Sovcomflot Executive Board and Senior Executive Vice-President, has been awarded one of these
Wärtsilä, the marine gas solutions provider, said it has been awarded a contract to deliver an integrated propulsion system for two additional LNG offshore support vessels (OSV) to Harvey Gulf International Marine. This order takes Harvey Gulf to a fleet of four LNG OSVs on order, establishing the c
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd (SWS), a full owned subsidiary of China CSSC Holdings Ltd, has secured an order to construct four capesize Bulk Carriers by U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation. The newbuilding vessels come with the price tag of approximately USD 50 million per vessel and the
Exactly 100 years ago, the Danish ship Selandia set an example for international shipping as a pioneer within CO2 reduction. Now MAN Diesel & Turbo is ready for yet another environmental quantum leap. The M/S Selandia marked the beginning of the end of steamships. As the first ocean-going ship, she
JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard has obtained license to perform works associated with nuclear reactors, the yard’s director general Andrei B. Fomichev told Central Navy Portal. According to Fomichev, “now Severnaya Verf is authorized to work with nuclear powerplants. Federal Service for Environmental, T
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard has secured a US$213 million contract to build a Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rig. The Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rig, a proprietary design of PPL Shipyard, represents the latest generation of high-specification jack-up drilling rigs that are c
