The Indian Coast Guard Ship Rani Abbakka, the 1st of a series of five Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) built at M/s HSL, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam by Minister of State for Defence Dr. MM Pallam Raju today in the presence of Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief (East), Vice A
The Gigilinis Shipping Group’s tug S/T SPARTAN completed another towage of a N/B Hull from Yalova, Turkey to Leirvik, Norway. The voyage, which lasted just over 30 days, proved to be especially challenging due to very bad weather conditions encountered along the way. Nevertheless, the crew of S/T SP
On the morning of 27th December 2011, the ceremony for the naming and delivery of the vessel “ZHONGHAI RONGHUA” was hold in Dalian. She is the first vessel of the 8 series 300,000 DWT VLOC ordered by China Shipping (Group) Company (abbreviated as CSG) with dual classification of CCS & DNV, being bui
Solemn keel-laying ceremony of Project 21820 landing boat (serial number 701) took place at Yaroslavl Shipyard on Jan 18. The contract for construction of such boats was tied between JSC Yaroslavl Shipyard and Russian Defense Ministry on June 23, 2011. Developing organization is the Alekseyev Hydrof
Fukuyama Tsuneishi Shipyard of Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. has launched today, on January 20th, a 82.000 DWT KAMSARMAX type bulk carrier for the NYK Bulkship (ATLANTIC) NV. This ship is a KAMSARMAX bulk carrier, developed by the shipyard, as one of its major products alongside the TESS series. The na
Recently, Doosan Engine won a record order from the Danish company A.P. Moller Maersk, the world’s largest marine shipper. The W323 billion (approx USD 284.2 million) contract is for the delivery of 120 engines (40 main and 80 auxiliary) to be installed in twenty ultra-large containerships built by
On the 18th January 2012, the newly built AHTS Brage Viking arrived directly from the yard in Spain, to do some quick release and winch-testing at the Bollard Pull outside Flekkefjord. She arrived in Flekkefjord early in the morning on the 18th January, and they started testing around 5:00 PM. They
ST Engineering today announced that the Group has secured new contracts for the Electronics and Marine sectors worth about $350m in 4Q2011. These wins include a LRT communications contract in Taiwan, and several naval contracts and commercial shiprepair and conversion contracts. ST Electronics and S
Arklow Marine completed construction of the first 20-meter Wind Farm Service Vessel “Gardian 8″. New Vessel is undergoing sea trials in Arklow. “Gardian 8″ has been commissioned to service the offshore renewable industry in the U.K. Official launch of the vessel will be on Tuesday 24th January, 2012
Yesterday General Dynamics NASSCO hosted a keel laying ceremony for the first Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) ship at the company’s shipyard in San Diego. Mrs. Pat Mills was the honoree for the ceremony. She is the wife of U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General Richard P. Mills, Deputy Commandant for Co
First serial air cavity landing boat Denis Davydov (Project 21820 Dugon) will be laid down at Yaroslavl Shipyard on Jan 18, reported RIA Novosti on Tuesday referring to a spokesman for Russian Navy. Lead boat of the project named Ataman Platov was laid down in Feb 2006 and has been serving in Caspia
Recently, Euronav, one of the world’s leading independent tanker companies, reached an agreement to restructure its current orderbook. As a result, two Suezmax owned in JV by Euronav and its partner JM Maritime and one VLCC, (TBN Alsace) will be delivered in the first quarter of 2012, a Suezmax will
Ulstein Verft delivered M/V Blue Fighter, the first of two medium-sized platform supply vessels (PSV) of the new PX121 design from ULSTEIN® to Blue Ship Invest, on 19 January 2012. “The two vessels were ordered based on market trends showing a future increase in demand for this type of PSV. We have
The hull assembly of icebreaking supply vessel NB-506 has started with the Keel Laying Ceremony held at Helsinki Shipyard 19 January 2012. The Russian Shipping Company Sovcomflot ordered two icebreaking supply vessels from Arctech a year ago. The vessels will be delivered in April 2013 and they will
