At 10:36 of December 27, Technology Center of Afai Southern was established officially. The middle and upper level leaders of Afai Southern, Ship-owner representatives of under-construction shipbuilding projects were present at the ceremony. Our General Manager, Mr. Wu Mingyi, and Vice General Manag
On the morning of Dec. 29th, 2011, CIMC Raffles delivered a Jack-up drilling rig the MASTER DRILLER to the Reignwood International Investment (Group) Company Limited. The basic design of MASTER DRILLER is supplied by the Friede&Goldman of the U.S.A., while CIMC Raffles independently finished all the
Delivery ceremony of S-500, a 6,600tdw type RORO cargo ship ordered by Europe-based Shiplux VII S.A. took place at Kyokuyo Shipyard on November 17. It is first Kyokuyo built RORO cargo boat since 1995. It is a modern transporter optimized for the today’s logistics services in Europe. Underneath her
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that it has ordered a new cape-size bulker that will adopt element technologies of the next-generation ISHIN-III vessel program to achieve high fuel efficiency. Universal Shipbuilding Corporation will construct the new ship, slated for completion in late 201
Maersk Line, the global containerized division of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group is considering an option to order another 10 Triple-E ships from South Korean manufacturer Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., before the end of February 2012, as it has already placed orders for 20 such ships
The company Volga Fleet Tanker, part of UCL Holding, recently signed an agreement with OAO Gazprombank to attract long-term financing of $ 138 million in funds that will be used for construction of 10 tankers of RST 27 project at the production facilities of JSC Oka shipyard. Tankers product carrier
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is striving toward approximately $11 billion in new orders next year, Reuters reports. Nam Sang-tae, Chief Executive Officer, stated that the company is intending to invest 500 billion won ($434.71 million) in facilities and new hires in 2012. H
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation announcea that its subsidiary, COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., Ltd. has secured one contract to convert one Large Crude Carrier Tanker, MT “Sunrise Jewel”, to a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for a Japanese ship-owner. The FPSO for t
JSC RCDB Stapel has developed and handed over to the customer the next project of a non-self propelled suction dredger of capacity of 4,000 cbm/h. The dredger is designed for dredging, land reclamation, mining and removal of sediments. The vessel is a dismountable structure consisting of fastened to
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI), Japan is to sign a technological collaboration agreement with L&T Shipbuilding Limited (LTSB) – the shipbuilding arm of Larsen & Toubro conglomerate – to provide a broad range of technological support for the construction of commercial vessels. The agreement,
Western Marine Shipyard, the country’s leading shipbuilding company, has launched another pair of ocean-going vessels for exporting to Germany. The launching of these two vessels — EMSWATER & EMSFLOW—were carried out on 23rd & 25th Dec 2011 respectively. The two with the total capacity of 10.400 DW
Over the years Macduff Ship Design Ltd has accumulated a wealth of experience in the design of marine craft from small open fish farm work boats up to large self propelled backhoe dredger units, from classically styled motor yachts to the most modern of deep water stern trawlers. In December 2011, M
On Dec.20, SF shipyard held the Naming and Delivery ceremony on its dock No. 3. The last one of four 57.000 DWT Bulk Carriers built for Germany Ship owner “CONTI” was successfully named and delivered. 57.000 DWT Bulk Carrier is designed for a ocean going，single screw diesel driven single deck singgl
Chellship is expected to take delivery of three new vessels in 2012. These are the Kamsarmax vessel Darya Kirthi of 80,500 DWT being built at STX Korea and the handy size vessels Darya Ganga and Darya Jamuna being built at HMD Korea. The construction of the vessels is proceeding smoothly with the Ke
