John Fredriksen, the world’s 72nd-richest person according to Forbes magazine, has bought new vessels for approximately $610 million. There are also clear indications that he might place new orders in the upcoming period. Six oil-product tankers were ordered from STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. for
The keel laying ceremony for design 368 took place yesterday at De Vries Shipyard. Malcolm McKeon of Dubois Naval Architects began the weld on the 46m motoryacht now in build at Feadship. Design 368 is a 46m motoryacht that displays the latest thinking in cutting-edge motor yacht design at Dubois. N
Jensen Maritime Consultants, a Crowley Maritime company, has been chosen to design one of the world’s largest freezer longliner fishing vessels for Alaska fishing company Alaskan Leader Fisheries LLC. The vessel, Northern Leader, will be constructed by J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacom
COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has delivered a bulk carrier of 57.000 DWT, “FLAG MERSINIDI”, to its European buyer. The delivery documents were signed by and between COSCO Guangdong and the buyer on 10 February 2012. The bu
From the first Alicat appearing at Seaworks 2010, Alicat Workboats have gone from strength to strength with boat number 9 nearing completion and boat 14 going into production. The state of the art luxury crew transfer vessel produced by Alicat Workboats are now working around the UK Coast and are we
JSC Yantar Shipyard (affiliate of United Shipbuilding Corporation) on Feb 9 started mooring trials of research ship Seliger built under Russian Defense Ministry’s order, reports the shipyard’s press service. Quality of construction, assembling and calibration of equipment will be checked during the
Crowley Maritime Corporation announced today that Roger King has joined the company’s safety and learning group as senior corporate safety director. King will work out of the company’s Jacksonville, Fla. headquarters and report to Suz Michel, vice president, safety and learning. In his role, King wi
Herma Shipping and Transport Corporation successfully delivered the M/T Makisig as a double hull vessel. Originally built as a single hull vessel, the M/T Makisig was retrofitted by the Herma Shipyard Inc. in Mariveles, Bataan. It is the second vessel to be retrofitted by Herma Shipyard and four mor
A Korea-based company STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. has secured orders reaching 682.2 billion won ($608 million) for constructing six tankers and two LNG carriers from Europe, reports Reuters. The name of the ship operators remains unknown however it has been revealed that the LNG carrier con
Alfa Laval, a major equipment supplier to the marine industry, has signed a contract with Spliethoff, a leading player in the transport market. It covers the retrofit of a multiple inlet PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning system on board one of Spliethoff’s vessels which operates mainly in the North Europ
Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting products and services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry, announces the successful launch of the Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Brave Tern, the first wind farm installation vessel of its size to be built in t
The U.S. Coast Guard took delivery of its first fast response cutter, the Bernard C. Webber, Friday in Miami.Webber is the first of 58 planned Sentinel Class patrol boats replacing the Coast Guard’s venerable but aging Island Class patrol boat fleet. “Consistent with the Sentinel Class name, the cut
Algoma Central Corporation, the owner of Canada’s largest domestic fleet of vessels operating on the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Waterway, is planning to invest $500 million in order to renew its aging fleet. New vessels will feature easier gliding through water and directing more water to the propel
Australian shipbuilder Strategic Marine has started 2012 strongly, signing contracts to build eight 20 metre offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels (including options) for the European market. The company will also be establishing a Service Network in Europe to support the vessels it will be suppl
