Chinese shipbuilders’ order backlog dropped significantly this year from the end of last year due mainly to prolonged global economic… (Bernama) [mappress] Source: Bernama, October 24, 2011
Wanlong Heavy building company is a fast developed ship building company located in China Zhejiang Taizhou city. On October 15, its new built DWT55000 cargo ship was successfully launched by Eversafe launch team with 53 pieces marine air bags. The cargo ship named “yong ning 3″ means eternal peace.
Chinese yard China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has recently signed an order for two jack-up rigs with Singapore-listed Falcon Energy Group (FEG) . The order includes options for two repeat rigs. The rigs are of the GustoMSC CJ46-X100-D design, capable of drilling in a water depth of about 375 ft
The launching of Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD 500) took place at Al Jadaf Dockyard, Dubai on Sunday October 16, 2011.The ceremony was conducted in the presence of Mr. Anil Daniel Abraham (CEO) and Mr. M.J. Thomas (CFO) of APT Global Marine Services LLC and Mr.Walter van Wijk, Mr.Danny Nijssen and Mr.
At 10:00 am of October 19, The DFF4212 aluminum fast ferry cooperatively built by Afai Southern and Damen Group laid keel. Damen representative, BV representative and company’s leaders were present in the keel laying ceremony. Since the official construction of this project has been started on Augus
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announces that COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., Ltd. (being a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd), has delivered its converted FPSO, “Radiant Jewel”, to a Japanese ship-owner. The delivery docume
Less than two years after construction began, the Gowind offshore patrol vessel L’Adroit, an innovative maritime safety & security platform, has been made available to the French Navy. Built by DCNS under a self-funded programme, the ship incorporates a number of major technological innovations and
Shipyard “Severnaya Verf” delivered today, October 21st, an offshore platform supply vessel built to Norwegian company Solvik Hull… (PortNews) [mappress] Source: PortNews, October 21, 2011
A&P TYNE is part of a newly-launched North East “Super Group” formed to tell global business just how deep the region’s talent pool is in the growth area of renewable energy. The influential band of companies – united under the name Energi Coast – aim to demonstrate the region’s ability to service t
AVEVA, a leader in engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries, announced it will hold a technical user seminar for all AVEVA Marine and Tribon customers. This regional event is open to companies in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, and will
The Naming ceremony of CX0408 – ‘SHANG DIAN XIANG AN 8’ has been successfully carried out at Chengxi Shipyard, Jiangyin China on the 20th of October 2o11.This was the last of four 45,000dwt bulk-carriers for the same owner at the shipyard. Although, this project took place at two different sites (Ch
The Board of Directors of Attica Group announced the delivery of the new-built Ro-Pax vessel Blue Star Delos which was built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd, of Korea. Blue Star Delos is the first of two vessels ordered in June 2009 and has overall length 145.50 meters, a speed
The U.S. Navy announced the launch of the first Egyptian Navy Fast Missile Craft (FMC) from VT Halter Marine’s Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard, Oct. 20, marking a key milestone in the ship’s construction process. The primary mission of the FMC is to conduct independent and joint operations, primarily ag
The signing ceremony of the shipbuilding contract for “The World First Pure LNG Propulsion Multipurpose Vessel” was held in Shanghai on the afternoon of October 18th. Tsuji has signed the related contracts with Norlines and Rolls-royce. Norlines, with the support from the Norwegian’s Authorities dev
