Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia plans to sign a contract on additional patrol ships for Venezuelan Navy. According to Jane’s Defense Weekly, the parties hold active negotiations about additional delivery of two corvettes for exclusive economic zone patrols (POVZEE), and two littoral patrol shi
On Sep. 3, 2011, the keel-laying ceremony of Yuexin’s 58.7m AHTS Vessel YX3157 built for MARTENS MARINE Company was held in No.at 1# dock in Yuexin shipyard. YX3157 is built to ABS Class notation which includes Al “OFFSHORE SUPPORT VESSEL, AH, TOWING VESSEL, FIRE FIGHTING VESSEL CLASS 1”， AMS DPS-1.
DNV has opened a new office in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province. This new development strengthens DNV’s continuous commitment to supporting China’s rapidly developing economy. “The setup of a new office in Jiangyin is in line with our continuous strategy in China– to provide local support to our customers
Russia and France will sign contracts for construction of third and fourth Mistral-class assault landing ships for Russian Navy in the current year, reports RIA Novosti on Sept 7 referring to the statement of defense minister Anatoly Serdiukov. “Most likely, we will finish the negotiations and sign
Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) announced today it is exercising its option for the building of two new self-unloading vessels, bringing to four the number of ships on order in its major fleet-renewal program. The Montreal-based Great Lakes-Seaway carrier has two self-unloading Lakers currently under c
Imtech (technical services provider in Europe and on the global marine market) is observing a substantial increase in the number of marine service and maintenance contracts managed by Imtech. Recently Imtech signed a new global partnership agreement for 350 vessels operated by an international ship
The same Lockport shipbuilding company that was accused in a federal lawsuit last month of falsifying data to win a government contract is n… (houmatoday) [mappress] Source: houmatoday, September 8, 2011
South Korea’s Daewoo Shibuilding & Marine Engineering said on Wednesday that it had won an $1.1 billion deal to build two… Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by David Chance (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, September 7, 2011.
In cooperation with Voith, Dutch Offshore Innovators BV, (DOI) developed together a new concept for economical operations of a wind turbine foundation installation vessel. The so-called TFliner concept is a move towards compact design and simplicity, which drastically reduces construction costs. An
Bourbon Front, the first of four platform supply vessels of the PX105 design from ULSTEIN built at Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., was delivered to Bourbon Offshore Norway at 6 September 2011. The vessel features an overall length of 88.80m, breadth of 19.00m, DWT of 4250T, and maximum speed of 15.5
The most representative maritime event in Asia, Marintec China 2011, will be held from 29 November to 2 December 2011 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) in Pudong, Shanghai, China. It will break the 2009 record in terms of both the size of the exhibition area and the number of exhibit
The new, fifth generation Ramform series seismic vessels of PGS is built at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan. The order for two seismic vessels plus two options which was signed in Oslo earlier this year. When completed in 2013 these vessels will be the most technically advanced seismic vesse
On the 1st of September Per-Jan Brekke joined Havyard Group as Public Relations Manager, and the same day Gisle Vinjevoll Thrane started as Sales Manager for Havyard Global Solutions. Per-Jan Brekke is 48 years old and comes from the position as sports editor at the newspaper Drammen Tidende. Per-Ja
Disney Cruise Line’s new Port Canaveral-bound ship, the Fantasy, reached a major milestone in its construction over the weekend. The final building block of the ship — a 265-ton portion of the ship’s bow — was installed at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. Building on the classic style
