According to maritime consultant Alphaliner, deliveries of new containerships have surpassed the 1 million TEU mark since the beginning of 2011, with 154 vessels delivered, and 280,000 TEUs more to come by the end of 2011. Alphaliner said that “Non deliveries due to cancellations, deferrals and slip
On October 26, 4#16900DWT BC (Hull No: SF080104), being built for Polish Steamship Co., was successfully launched. This vessel is the 4th one among 8 sister vessels contracted between Polish Steamship Company and SF shipyard. It will be built strictly according to ABS rules. 16,900DWT Bulk Carrier T
Crowley Maritime Corporation will christen its largest and fastest articulated tug-barge (ATB), the Legacy/750-1. The 16,000-horsepower tug Legacy and barge 750-1, capable of carrying 330,000 barrels of petroleum products, is almost as long (674 feet) as New Orleans’ tallest building (One Shell Squa
Construction will begin early next year on a new 144-car ferry. The Ferries Division of the Washington State Department of Transportation yesterday signed a contract change order with Vigor Industrial and its US Fab shipbuilding division to begin construction. “This has been a momentous week for Was
Attended by numerous guests and representatives from Politics, Navy and Industry, as well as the Blohm + Voss workforce, the laying-down ceremony for the 125-class (F125) frigate took place at building dock 12 at the Hamburg shipyard. The ceremony was organized by the F125 Work Group (ARGE F125), co
The next successfully delivered project confirms the status of the Kerch Shipyard Zaliv as the active participant of the world market of offshore shipbuilding. The vessel “Polarcus Adira” (building number 01293) purposed for seismic shelf research became the seventh built by Zaliv within the coopera
SCOD Presents Deliverance, a DynaWing Solar Hybrid Supertanker that qualifies as the Largest and by far the Greenest Post Panamax Vessel to be built and as such the most Economical form of Crude Oil Transport to and from any part of the Globe. To reduce fuel consumption and GHG emissions by up to 75
Okskaya Shipyard laid keel for 6.900dwt product carrier of project RST27 ordered by Volga-Balt Tanker (a Volga Fleet Tanker subsidiary), UCL… (PortNews) [mappress] Source: PortNews, November 2, 2011
The split hopper dredger“Omvac Diez” has been handed over to its owner Canlemar after successful sea trials. The dredger has been built in Spain to a Spanish design yet has been fitted out with Dutch Damen dredging gear. The vessel has started its productive life already, doing a harbour maintenance
On Oct 21, 2011 state commission accepted the second Project 705B harbor tug RB-10 (serial number 002) built by Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant (affiliate of JSC Zvezdochka). Project 705B was developed by JSC Vympel Design Bureau (Nizhny Novgorod). First ship of this project (serial number 001) harbor t
Aibel, a leading service company that provides engineering, construction, upgrading and maintenance solutions to the the oil, gas sector announced the successful completion of the Guara modules project. The modules departed from Laem Chabang to Brazil on Friday. Managing Director Jim Ryan at Aibel T
Danaos Corporation, a leading international owner of containerships, announced that on October 26, 2011, it took delivery of one more newly built containership, the CMA CGM BIANCA, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 58 containerships aggregating 282,619 TEU. The CMA CGM BIANCA, built at S
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine is being awarded a $14,392,031 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2303) exercising options for DDG 1000-class services and class logistics services. This contract modification provides additional class services associated with the d
On October 25, the signing ceremony for Classification Contract of five 76,000DWT Bulk Carrier with Lloyd’s Register was successfully held in Jinhai Heavy Industry. The CEO of Lloyd’s Register in Greater China Regions Mr. Nick Brown, the Executive Chairman and President of Jinhai Heavy Industry Mr.
