Deep Sea Supply today announced that it has taken delivery of the newbuilding AHTS vessel “Sea Stoat” from ABG Shipyard, India. “Sea Stoat” is the 9th AHTS vessel delivered from ABG and concludes the series of newbuilding AHTS vessels from ABG to Deep Sea Supply. The Deep Sea Supply fleet now consis
Today Fjord1 will have a naming ceremony for MF Boknafjord, the world’s largest gas ferry. The new eco-friendly ferry, delivered by Fiskerstrand BLRT AS, will serve the Arsvågen-Mortavika route on the Boknafjord in Rogaland County, in addition to making sure the Halhjem-Sandvikvåg route in Hordaland
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced that it has won a £15 million order, to provide the design, integrated power and propulsion systems and deck equipment for two offshore service vessels for ship owner Island Offshore. The contract includes an option for an additional fou
IHC Merwede has announced that it has recently secured orders for advanced vessels and equipment in its core markets of dredging and offshore to the value of €200million. The latest agreements confirmed by IHC Merwede include: a new pipelaying vessel for Subsea 7; a trailing suction hopper dredger f
The 8th of December saw the laying down of keels of two TG04M project shallow-draught icebreaking tugs by ZNT YARD JSC for a FSUE “Rosmoport” Azov basin branch. A new tug is oriented for towing and canting operations or transfer of pilots, members of government and supervisory committees. During roa
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has signed a Bridge Loan Facility Agreement with Bank of China. The facility provides financing of the third installment of the construction of the FORTE in accordance with the Terms of Payment in the Shipbuilding Contract. The Bridge Loan Facility will be repaid
Graig announces the successful launch of the second of its 35,000 dwt bulk-carriers being built at Jiang Dong Shipyard, China. The vessel is named the ‘GRAIG ROTTERDAM’ and is the sister vessel of the m/v ‘GRAIG CARDIFF’ which was launched in September 2011. Both vessels, which are jointly owned by
Brodosplit shipyard has just delivered a passenger – cargo vessel under the hull No. 468. Hull 468 is a passenger, vehicles, trucks and hazardous cargo vehicles vessel. This was the end of building for one of the most sophisticated and most expensive projects in the history of Split shipyard. Accord
LNG as ship fuel is already a proven alternative for short sea shipping, but what about the primary engine of global trade – the boxship? To investigate and develop solutions for large LNG fuelled container vessels classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and IHI Marine United Inc. (IHIMU) sig
UNITED FAITH GROUP announces that on December 06th, 2011, the New-building contract of two 50,000 DWT Semi-Submersible Multi-purpose Vessels went into effect. Both of the vessels are scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2013. The contract was signed earlier this year on July 01st between UNITED F
China Oilfield Services Limited announced its newly purchased high-power Tug/Supply utility vessel “HYSY683” was successfully delivered to Tang Gu from Singapore recently. Purchased from Singapore, HYSY683 has an overall length of 73.6 meters, an overall width of 16.4 meters, an overall depth of 8 m
Safe Bulkers, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a shipbuilding contract for the construction of one Japanese-built, drybulk Panamax-class vessel at an attractive price, with an expected delivery date in the first half of 2014. Including this acquisition, the Company has contracted to acq
Three high-speed patrol boats built by Strategic Marine for the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have been successfully delivered to the Indonesian Police Department. The patrol boats, built at Strategic Marine’s Singapore shipyards, have been specifically designed for maritime conditions in Indonesi
At 9: 00 am on dec 1st, 6#16900DWT BC , being built for Polish Steamship Co., was successfully launched. It is 148.80m in LOA, 140.80m in LPP, 23.60m in moulded breath and 12.5m in moulded depth. The vessel to be a single screw motor ship with B type freeboard,fitted with one controlled pitch left-h
