ABS President and Chief Executive Officer Christopher J. Wiernicki has warned that a move into ship design by some class societies creates a fundamental conflict of interest with their role as independent providers of safety approval and certification. Wiernicki used his keynote address at the Houst
On November 14th 2011 Arcadia Yachts, a team composed of many professionals, launched its latest creation the Arcadia 115′ yacht. The style for Arcadia 115′ is simple, less showy, determined by punctual functional requirements but, at the same time, impressing for innovative contents. rcadia 115′ –
Dr. Sigrid Hubert-Reichling christened one of the most modern non-nuclear submarines in the world today at the shipyard of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, under the name of “U 35”. She is the wife of the Lord Mayor of Zweibrücken, the town that has
In the past months Saltwater Engineering designed and engineered two new generation chase vessels for Rederij Groen. In addition to the technical aspects Saltwater also managed the tender process, which was concluded at the Europoort exhibition by awarding the build of both vessels to Maaskant Shipy
Star Bulk Carriers Corp., a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of drybulk cargoes, today announced that it has taken delivery of the Star Polaris, a 179,546 dwt Capesize newbuilding. The Star Polaris is the second vessel delivered to the Company from HHIC-Phil Inc., a subsidiary
Island Offshore, a provider of high quality solutions for the offshore oil industry based on a fleet of advanced high quality service and subsea service vessels, recently secured a 7 year contract from Schlumberger. The contract is for two of its recently christened vessels, Island Centurion and Isl
Javelin International has received an order for new offshore wind support vessel from Braveheart Shipping. The vessel is going to be built at KD Workboats’ facility in Urk, the Netherlands. The testing of Javelin was done by the Marin Institute in Wageningen. The vessel is optimized for stability in
The solemn launching ceremony of hydrographic ship Viktor Faleyev was held on Nov 12 at Vostochnaya Verf shipyard (Vladivostok); the ship is meant for Pacific Fleet (PF), reports RIA Novosti. The new ship named after known PF scientist Viktor Faleyev was launched on 155-th anniversary of PF Hydrogra
Halton Marine will deliver, the first M.A.R.V.E.L. system for a major cruise ship, in 2012. Halton M.A.R.V.E.L. is the first truly intelligent, responsive, and completely flexible demand-controlled ventilation (DCV) system specifically designed for Halton hoods. Compared to traditional hoods, the Ha
On 15th November 2011, Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard (HVS) officially celebrated Naming ceremony for Hull No. S042- the 56,000 DWT Bulk Carrier -, which is formally named “Arkadia” by Sponsor, Mrs. Leena Ruohonen. Attending the ceremony, there were not only HVS BOD, representatives of Ship Owners, Class
Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in Northumberland, recently announced the delivery of ‘Dalby Esk’ the second of the new ‘Wave Master ‘class of wind farm support vessels, to Dalby Offshore Renewables. The new vessel has a multi-purpose capability for survey and dive support as
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited announced that it has taken delivery of the Genco Spirit, a 34,432 dwt Handysize newbuilding. The Genco Spirit is the final vessel to be delivered to the Company under Genco’s agreement previously announced on June 9, 2010 to acquire five Handysize vessels from compa
The KSB Group will deliver cryogenic butterfly valves for 20 liquefied gas tankers by the end of 2012. Each of the ships will be supplied with about 80 of these expensive special valves that are technically demanding to manufacture. Norwegian, Greek and Russian shipping companies are the contractors
On 4th November, Hull No. 3609, which is a drillship ordered by Brazil based Odebrecht Oil & Gas was named ‘ODN I’ at quay D by Mrs. Vitoria Lins, spouse of Newton Lins Filho, Delba’s Shareholder. At the same time Hull No. 3610 was named ‘ODN II’ by Mrs. Virginia Ramos, spouse of Roberto […]
