Recently, Jinhai Heavy Industry has obtained RMB 1.2 million of special funds from Zhejiang Provincial Department of Finance and Finance Bureau of Zhoushan, for the subsidy of projects named “Design and Innovation of 320,000 DWT VLCC” and “D&R of VLCC Ultra-Large Blocks Construction”. As the industr
On November 23, steel-cutting ceremony for second 51.000 DWT Bulk Carrier （Hull No100116）, which is to be built for Fuzhou Haitong shipping Co., LTD by SF shipyard, was carried out successfully. 57.000 DWT Bulk Carrier is designed for a ocean going，single screw diesel driven single deck singgle-skin
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that it has secured a new contract for the construction of one Research Vessel for the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (“NDLO”). The contract value is approximately NO
At the ceremony held last Saturday, De Hoop Foxhol shipyard launched the 4th KISS supplier, the Caballo Genitor. This vessel built under the yard number 433, is planned to be delivered in February next year. Platform Supply Vessel / Kiss Supplier is an environmental friendly vessel with diesel elect
Keel-laying ceremony of Project 22120 ice-class patrol ship (serial number 051) was held on Nov 25 at JSC Almaz Shipbuilding Firm. Prior to the ceremony there was a briefing attended by Governor of St. Petersburg, members of the city legislative assembly, Director of Northwest Border Guard Dept, Alm
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that contracts for two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) with Island Offshore have been confirmed. The contracts had originally been announced on 30 October 2011, subject to financ
Lately BLRT Marketex and Sure Wind Marine Ltd entered into contract to build four 19,5 m wind farm catamarans. The catamarans are available for projects throughout Europe and built to DNV class and dual UK MCA and German Stability rules to ensure full flexibility. “This is first major contract for B
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has received an order from Singapore-based offshore company, PaxOcean, to design and equip two oil platform supply vessels. The vessels are to be built at PaxOcean Engineering’s ship yard in Zhuhai, China. The £10 million contract includes vessel design
Damen Shipyards and SeaZip Offshore Service will sign a contract at the EWEA conference (14:30 hrs, stand 11020, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,). SeaZiphas ordered two Fast Crew Suppliers of the 2610-type. The first ever FCS 2610 was delivered early 2011 and offers reduced peak accelerations of up to 7
Whampoa is the second in a four tug series of RAmparts 3000’s Cheoy Lee is constructing for Hong Kong United Docyards (HUD). Like the series debutant, Taikoo, Whampoa is named after historic Hong Kong dockyards, and was handed over in mid-November at a ceremony taking place at the Cheoy Lee shipyard
This Friday, Nov. 25, President Dilma Rousseff took part in the delivery ceremony for the Celso Furtado, the first ship built for Petrobras by a Brazilian shipyard in 14 years. The Celso Furtado is one of 49 new vessels to be ordered under the Transpetro Fleet Modernization and Expansion Program (Pr
Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Limited today announced an order for 4 Platform Supply Vessels. The vessels will be built by Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan. The 5,000 DWT vessels will be classed with DP2 capability and have diesel electric propulsion systems. The vessels will be
The first platform supply vessel (PSV) of the PX106 design from ULSTEIN® ever built, was named in a formal ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 24 November. The vessel, CBO Atlântico, is the first in a series of six PSVs with X-BOW® hull line design from ULSTEIN, to be constructed at Estaleiro Alia
By the end of last year, Damen Shipyards Galati together with their traditional partner, Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding from The Netherlands, signed the letter of intention for building a joint logistic support ship, for Royal Netherlands Navy. A few days ago, on 23-rd of November 2011, the contra
