Following last week’s announcement that Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland had been named as the preferred bidder for the contract to build the world’s first two sea going Roll On Roll Off vehicle and passenger diesel electric hybrid ferries, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) and
YN 247 will feature a full-beam master stateroom and owner’s study on the main deck. Eight guests will enjoy first class accommodation in four cabins, with dedicated quarters for the captain and four crew members. There will be a special garage for the tender in the lazarette, which will be located
MV Ginny Louise will be in UK waters in early December. She will be touring the UK’s East Coast in December starting in Southampton and stopping at Ramsgate, Sheerness, Brightlingsea, Harwich, Felixstowe, Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth, Wells-next-the-Sea and Grimsby. MV Eden Rose due in the UK in Januar
Hamworthy has secured a contract for the supply of regasification technology on board what are understood to be the world’s first newbuild Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs). Two 170,000m3 storage capacity vessels, owned by Hoegh LNG, are being built at the world’s largest shipbuilder
Graig announced that on the 9th November Graig China Limited was awarded a nine 76,000 dwt newbuilding Supervision Contract with CMG Shipping Limited in China. Those nine Panamax newbuildings are all contracted by Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Co Ltd, but will be built at its sub-contracted shi
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced that its subsidiary, COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., Ltd. has delivered a new build 30,000 DWT multipurpose heavy lift carrier, the KRASZEWSKI, to its buyer. The delivery documents were signed by and between COSCO Dalian and the
Through its subsidiary TTS Marine GmbH in Bremen, TTS Group ASA has signed contracts worth approximately 205m NOK. The contracts are subject to owner’s approval. The delivery concern electric-driven winch systems for 20 container carriers at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd in South
Raytheon, Integrated Defense Systems, Tewksbury, Mass., is being awarded a $20,701,792 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-5126) exercising options for engineering, production, and integration services in support of DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer program for fiscal 2012. Funds
The M/V Orange was delivered to Higman Barge Lines, of Houston, Texas, yesterday. The 78’x34’ vessel left Hope Services Shipyard’s facility en route to Channelview, Texas, where it will pick up its first tow. The 78’x34’ vessel is the fourth vessel in this class size that Hope Services has built for
Caspian Flotilla (CF) will receive two new ships till the end of 2011, says Russian defense ministry’s press release. The question is Project 11661K Gepard corvette Dagestan and Project 21630 Buyan small-size gun ship Volgodonsk. Both warships were developed by Zelenodolsk Design Bureau and built by
The Vaagland Batbyggeri shipyard in Norway has entered into a contract to build a new purse seiner for Norwegian fishing company Fiskebas AS… (WorldFishing) [mappress] Source: WorldFishing, November 11, 2011; Image: Rolls-Royce
The Navy will christen and launch dry cargo/ammunition ship the USNS Medgar Evers, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, during a 9 a.m. PST ceremony at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. The ship is named to honor civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will deliver t
Recently, the Marketing Director of Yuexin Shipbuilding, Mr. Eric Lim ,signed a contract of two 77 m DP2 Offshore Support/ Oil Recovery Vessels. The vessel measures 77.8m in length with a molded breadth of 17.6m, a molded depth of 7.8m and the maximum draft is 6.4m. With 3600T dead weight, the vesse
Grandweld Shipyards has commemorated the delivery of the second of three 41M crew boats in a special ceremony held at Grandweld facility in Dubai Maritime City. This marks Grandweld’s seventh delivery in 2011. Global Queen, an advanced version of the 41m crew boat, is the 18th of its type to be buil
