Huntington Ingalls Industries’ sixth amphibious transport dock, San Diego (LPD 22), successfully completed her U.S. Navy acceptance trial this week. The ship returned to Ingalls Shipbuilding Thursday after a two-day sea trial. “It’s amazing what 25,000 tons of steel can do sailing through the Gulf o
Deltamarin has signed an agreement with Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., part of CSIC Group for the design of four very low fuel consumption Handysize Bulk Carriers to be built for M.T. Maritime Management Group / Strategic Shipping Inc. Deltamarin will take care of the Basic a
On 18th November Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industry Co (JEHI), succesfully launches the newbuilding panamax vessel m/v AP Argosy built for Atlantska Plovidba. The ship is sistership of m/vs Miho Pracat and Zagreb built for Atlantska Plovidba a couple of years ago in the same shipyard. A
Caterpillar yesterday introduced the Cat® C175-16 marine propulsion engine at a size, power and rpm that will drive new, more profitable vessel designs for all segments of the marine industry. The latest in a line of high performance engines designed to meet EPA Marine Tier 3 and IMO Tier II emissio
Foss Maritime Co. of Seattle will build a replacement 20-car state ferry to operate on Lake Roosevelt, a remote location requiring the ferry be built in sections and transported across the state. The Washington State Department of Transportation opened three bids for the project last week and awarde
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announces the launch and commissioning of its 47th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Porth Wen’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 16m and is the third of a five boat order from Turbine Transfers Ltd. for the 16m to be delivered. This vessel compliments the ei
The U.S. Navy laid the keel for its first Zumwalt class destroyer (DDG 1000), Nov. 17, at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. While keel laying was once traditionally the formal recognition of the start of the ship’s construction, today’s advanced modular shipbuilding allows fa
VT Halter Marine, Inc, a subsidiary of VT Systems, Inc, today delivered and christened the first 750 Class Tank Barges built at its Mississippi-based Pascagoula yard. This tank barge, the largest ever built by VT Halter Marine, is the first of three 330,000-barrel barges to be built for Crowley Mari
New transport ship for Russian Navy will be laid down at JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center early in Dec 2011, told a source in defense industry to Central Navy Portal. Project 20180TV will constitute an armament support ship. According to some sources, it will be used to supply the newest Borei-clas
The joint venture formed by Technip (50%) and Odebrecht Oil & Gas (OOG, 50%) has received a letter of award from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the charter and operation, during a fixed period of five years, of two identical flexible pipeline installation vessels for a value of approximate
Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd, ship operator of Handymax, Supermax and Panamax size bulk carriers, on November 17, 2011 takes delivery of the latest addition to its fleet, M/V Desert Victory. Mr. George Filinis and Mr. Markos Charatsis, Atlantic Bulk Carriers’ Senior Captain and Chief Engine
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), a South Korean shipbuilder established in 1973 in South Korea, has awarded a $6 million+ order to Rockwell Automation and its Global Solutions team to provide emergency shutdown, fire and gas safety systems, and engineering services for four new DSME
The Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers Association (SSA) appointed David McGinley, Business Development Director Babcock as President and Lynn Tomkins, UK Operations Director, Sector Skills Council Semta as Vice President. In acknowledging their appointments David said: “I am honoured to have been appoi
Cal Dive International, Inc. announced today that the multiservice vessel Uncle John is currently undergoing an upgrade to the vessel’s dynamic positioning and derrick systems, which will enable the vessel to perform light well intervention work in water depths up to 3,500 feet. The upgrade is part
