On Monday 21 November 2011, the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences – ATV – will be hosting a stakeholder meeting at A.P. Møller-Mærsk on the industry’s demands for the naval architecture and marine engineering educations of the future. The Danish Maritime Fund has tasked the ATV, under the guidanc
The building program of Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft is on schedule: only about two months after the launching of the “Seatruck Progress”, today yard no. 747 “Seatruck Power” was named and launched into the waters of the Flensburg fjord. She will be followed by two further identical sister ves
The Russian Ministry of Transport is ordering four new icebreakers worth a total of 79 billion RUB. A contract on the construction of the ve… (79 billion Russian rubles = 2.642155 billion U.S. dollars) (BarentsObserver) Source: BarentsObserver, October 28, 2011
Cunard Line has released details of the planned refit of the company’s flagship Queen Mary 2, in preparation for her eighth birthday in Jan… (CruiseIndustryNews) [mappress] Source: CruiseIndustryNews, October 28, 2011
On Thursday October 27th at Shipyard Koninklijke Niestern Sander in Delfzijl he launching of m.v. Eeborg (yardnumber 843) took place. Christening and namegiving were done by mrs. Aitkul Samakova.This vessel, with regard to her measurements, is the largest built by KNS on the landside of the dikes. A
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard, in a consortium arrangement with PT Scorpa Pranedya, has secured a US$300 million Floating Storage Offloading (FSO) tanker conversion contract from Mobil Cepu Ltd, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, contractor for the Indonesian Oil and Gas Regu
Lockheed Martin,led industry team, held a keel-laying ceremony at Marinette Marine’s shipyard for the future USS Milwaukee, the U.S. Navy’s fifth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The term, lay the keel, in shipbuilding language, means the beginning of a significant undertaking, which is the start of the
On Saturday, October 22, the shipbuilders of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics , completed the largest and most complex ship module movement ever executed at the shipyard. The mid-forebody section of Zumwalt, the lead ship of the DDG-1000 class of guided missile de
16900DWT BC, being built for Polish Steamship Co., by SF shipyard, completed a series of inspection items during the sea trial successfully and smoothly came back to anchor at NO.2 quay at about 2:00 pm on October 20. This vessel is 148.80m in LOA, 140.80m in LPP, 23.60m in molded breath and 12.50m
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that MOL and Osaka Gas International Transport Inc., subsidiary of Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., have agreed on a plan to co-own two newbuilding LNG carriers. The agreement also includes a contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (MHI) to build the new ves
China Shipping Development Company (CSDC) has penned an order to build a 76,000 dwt bulk carrier worth approximately RMB229.3m ($36.1m). The… (Seatrade-Asia) [mappress] Source: Seatrade-Asia, October 27, 2011
China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) is ready to splash $1.13bn to construct 12 containerships of 10,000 teu each at two Chinese shipyards… (Seatrade-Asia) [mappress] Source: Seatrade-Asia, October 27, 2011
Höegh Singapore was successfully named in a traditional and spectacular naming ceremony at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in Xiamen, China on 12th October 2011 Mrs. Nancy Jean DeMuro (wife of Mr Richard DeMuro, Director MP & L Ford Asia, Pacific & Africa) acted as Lady Sponsor. Other guests included
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and Wind Wave Workboats Ltd. announce the two companies have signed a contract for the construction for the ‘Freddie S’, a first of class South Boats 17m Vigilante catamaran. The vessel will be built at South Boats’ new facility in Cowes and will be delivered in Aug
