On November 3rd, Shipyard Ferus Smit delivered vessel under the yard-number 395 to Royal Wagenborg. The ship, trading under the name Finnborg, is the fifth in a series of six ice-class 1A, nozzle equipped, 14.600 ton vessels the yard is building for Wagenborg. The first ship of this series is the MV
The Board of Directors of Otto Marine Limited announces that the Company or its nominee has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with Aries AP Limited or its nominee, in respect of the sale of a vessel, Hull 7061 for consideration of US$19 million. The Company expects the Vessel to be completed in
As a part of the company’s industry-leading new vessel building program, Crowley Maritime Corp. christened its largest and fastest articulated tug-barge (ATB), the Legacy/750-1, today in New Orleans. The high-capacity tank barge is able to carry up to 330,000-barrels of petroleum products and the 16
The chairman of Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. said Thursday that he planned to make a proposal to his Board of Directors the following we… (TaiwanNews) [mappress] Source: TaiwanNews, November 3, 2011
Alex Neil today confirmed Clyde-based Ferguson Shipbuilders as the preferred bidder to build world’s first in environmentally friendly ferries – in a deal worth over £20 million (32.03 million U.S. dollars). The Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure & Capital Investment also said that as a result of
Aker DOF Deepwater a joint venture between DOF and Aker Solutions has today taken delivery of Skandi Pacific at STX Vietnam. The vessel is an AHTS of STX AH 08 design and is vessel number five in a series of six vessels from the same yard. Main specification of the vessel is as follows: L.O.A [&hell
Swire Pacific Offshore (“SPO”) took delivery yesterday in Qingdao, Mainland China of the last two of eight new “P” Class Anchor Handling Tug Supply (“AHTS”) vessels, Pacific Python and Pacific Porpoise, built by Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard, marking the successful completion of the major part of an ongo
The Naval Ship Classification Association (NSCA) has elected Lorenz Petersen, Germanischer Lloyd’s Business Segment Manager for Navy Vessels, as Chairman of the Association, at their annual general meeting in Rome. The NSCA is the naval counterpart of the International Association of Classification
At the end of September Damen has signed a contract to start building a Stan Patrol 2606 at Astinave yard in Ecuador. This project is the next step in the successful cooperation between Astinave and Damen. In recent years Damen delivered a Stan Tug 1405, a Stan Tug 1606, two CSD’s 450 and two CSD’s
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc. started the production of second icebreaking supply vessel for Russian shipping company Sovcomflot at the Helsinki Shipyard 2 November 2011. Both vessels will be delivered in April 2013. The main purpose for the vessels is to supply the Arkutun-Dagi oil and gas product
On Oct. 28th morning, the steel cutting ceremony for 82,000 DWT bulk carrier J0110 was held in Dock 1 in Jinhai Shipyard as a subsidiary company of Jinhai Heavy Industry. 82,000DWT bulk carrier is a new optimized and upgraded production on the basis of 79,600DWT bulk carrier in mature ship-type. Com
In March 2012 Sevmash shipyard will start construction of two diesel electric submarines for Russian Navy, said the shipyard’s deputy director general Mikhail Budnichenko in the interview to Korabel newspaper. According to him, “pre-contractual negotiations are in progress, manufacturing preparation
Russian defense-oriented shipyard Sevmash will construct floating transit airfield in Arctic for oilers developing the Prirazlomnoye field on the shelf of Pechora Sea, reported the shipyard’s press service on Nov 1. According to Sevmash’s deputy director general Mikhail Budnichenko, the shipyard alo
Hovertrans Solutions Pte. Ltd. announced that it has successfully completed the construction of a modular heavy lift hovercraft, the first of its kind to be built in Singapore. The hovercraft, commonly referred to as a hoverbarge, is now ready for charter. It is ideal for industries such as oil and
