On September 23, 2011 the board director and president of China Shipping Group Co. (CS) Mr. Xu Li Rong with his party came to CIC to carry on a work investigation. Group vice president and the president of CIC, Mr. Lin Jian Qing accompanied the investigation. The party members from CS attending the
Caribbean Tug LLC, an affiliate of SEACOR Holdings Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has plans to build two state-of-the-art 50-ton-bollard-pull ASD tugs. The 92’x38’16’9”, 4,640-hp tugs will be used for shipdocking and escort at the Hovensa Oil Refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The tugs are sc
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. announces that the keel for the 50,000DWT semi-submersible vessel FINESSE was laid into the dry dock facility in Qidong, China where Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI) in constructing both the FORTE and the FINESSE for Fairstar. Willem Out, Fairstar’s Chief Oper
On September 15, Frontier Lodestar, a new 180,000 DWT class ore carrier built by Koyo Dockyard Co. Ltd. (Mihara city, Hiroshima prefecture), a member of the Imabari Shipbuilding Group, was delivered to NYK. The naming and delivery ceremony was attended by Mr. Ronald Peter Jackson, former chartering
Front Street Shipyard is unveiling initial plans for the Sparkman & Stephens -designed Front Street 118 and Front Street 130 sloops. The yachts have traditional hull lines and trademark S&S sheers, invoking a classic aesthetic from yachting’s golden era. The construction will be of advanced compos
In 2012-2014 Russian government plans to bring RUR 9.8 bln in authorized capital of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation. Substantial part of this sum will be appropriated to increase capital stocks of Severodvinsk shipyards Sevmash and Zvezdochka. As was said in the draft federal law “On Federal Bud
The launch ceremony for the self-elevating heavy-lift jack-up vessel NEPTUNE took place on 23 September 2011 at the IHC Merwede Shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. This jack up vessel is built by IHC Merwede for GeoSea N.V., the offshore marine construction specialist of the DEME Gr
Norway-based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has been contracted by Mitsubishi Heavy Industry on behalf of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) to design and supply extra-long outreach workboat/lifeboat/FRC davits for PGS’s 5th generation Ramform new building seismic vessels. T
Tsuneishi Heavy Industries Inc. on (THICI) Tuesday delivered MV Cape Sampagita, the second largest ship the company built next to MV Tenshu… (SunStar) [mappress] Source: SunStar, September 23, 2011;
Russian Government allocated in the budget for the next three years RUB 20 billion for construction a new generation nuclear-powered… (PortNews) [mappress] Source: PortNews, September 23, 2011;
BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has announced its latest collaboration to deliver naval architecture and engineering expertise to premier Dutch custom yacht builder, Oceanco following completion of the 110m PA107 design. The 110m DP001 project which has been the main focus of work in 2011
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has successfully tested its new low-speed gas engine technology in trials conducted at the company’s facilities in Trieste, Italy. The tests were carried out on September 19 in conjunction with Wärtsilä’s Licensees Conference in Trieste. Wä
This monday Holland Shipyards saw the arrival of the to be windpark accommodation vessels Siluna and Simara, recently acquired by Chevalier Floatels. These vessels, still ferries now, will be completely modified to serve as an accommodation base in offshore windparks. With on board facilities such a
Nordic American Tankers yesterday took delivery of the suezmax vessel that the Company agreed to acquire from an unrelated third party in early September this year. The double hull suezmax vessel built at Samsung Heavy Industries, Korea, has been named Nordic Aurora. Including the delivery of the ne
