United Shipbuilding Corporation ( USC ) and Russian Defense Ministry have 9 large contracts to sign under State Defense Order 2011, reported RIA Novosti on Sept 1 referring to the company’s official representative. Aug 31 was a deadline set by Prime Minister Putin to tie contracts between defense mi
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has announced that Technip and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding have completed the first stage of its first Offshore Pipelay vessel in Dalian, China and the vessel is now being moved to STX Europe’s yard in Florø, Norway for completion. The CEO of STX commented: “As one of the
BBC Chartering took delivery of its new heavy lift vessel BBC Amber, built at Jinagzhou Shipyard, China. This 14.360 dwat heavy lifter currently marks the top of the BBC’s “new wave” fleet renewal and expansion program, offering lifting capacity up to 800mt (2x 400mt). Svend Andersen, Managing Direc
Clipper has taken delivery of the newbuilding Clipper Galaxy. The vessel is the second in a series of three 9,500 dwt multi-purpose vessels ordered from Yangfan Shipyard, China. The delivery of the vessel is in line with Clipper Projects’ strategic goal to renew the fleet. On her maiden voyage Clipp
Launching ceremony of Project 12200 Sobol 2nd rank patrol boat (hull number 213) was held on Sept 1 at JSC Almaz Marine Plant. It is the third vessel of this project launched in 2011. The ceremony was conducted routinely because it was 14th Sobol-class boat built by Almaz shipyard. Despite the stand
Clipper has taken delivery of the newbuilding vessel Clipper Newark. She is the second in a series of four 17,000 dwt multi-purpose vessels ordered from Tongfang Shipyard in China. The delivery of Clipper Newark is in line with Clipper Projects’ strategic goal to renew the fleet. Clipper Newark is c
At 12:00am on 31th August 2011, a launching ceremony of 32M ASD TUG YX3132 which applies the design of ROBERT ALLAN LTD, was held in Yuexin Shipyard. The vessel measures 32m in length with a moulded breath of 5.36m and a moulded draft of 7.2m. Maximum draught is 5.81m. It can carry 205 m 3 […
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the third National Security Cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard. A shipboard ceremony officially transferred ownership of Stratton (WMSL 752) from Ingalls to the Coast Guard. “Today we deliver another gre
Ulstein Sea of Solutions is nominated for the Dutch HME Maritime Innovation Award 2011 for their SOC 5000 vessel design. The SOC 5000 is a self propelled heavy lift crane vessel design, measuring 180,9 m by 46.4 m with a lifting capacity of 5.000 metric tons. Based on this design two customized vers
The newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Spruance (DDG 111), sailed away from the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine Sept. 1 on its maiden voyage to her commissioning site in Key West, Fla. before heading to her eventual homeport of San Diego, Calif. This milesto
Yesterday, the operation for loading two DCV47 supply vessels onboard the heavy-lift carrier HHL Hamburg successfully completed… (Portnews) [mappress] Source: Portnews, September 2, 2011;
Voyages of Discovery has announced the addition of mv Voyager to the Voyages of Discovery fleet, expanding the brand’s product offering and giving customers more flexibility and choice of itineraries to worldwide destinations. Formerly the Alexander von Humboldt, All Leisure Group has invested signi
COSCO Corporation Limited, COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd has delivered a bulk carrier of 92500DWT, “Scotian Express” to its European buyer, Vroon B.V. The delivery documents were signed by and between COSCO Dalian and the buyer on
The Keel laying ceremony of two Platform Supply Vessels (BY85 & BY 86), being built by CSL for SCI, was conducted at a simple function, today. The Keel of BY 85 laid down by Shri V Radhakrishnan, Director (Technical) and the keel of BY 86 was laid by Shri Ravikumar Roddam, Director (Finance) in the
