Nordic Yards, the manufacturer of technologically sophisticated, innovative special ships and maritime structures, is sending the special Arctic tanker “Nordic AT 19” on its test voyage Yesterday. The ship, commissioned by the Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel, will be handed over by the dockyar
Recently featured in Boat International, Scottish firm A.Mylne & Co can now proudly announce some of the details behind a project we have been discreetly working on since November 2010. Codenamed PF36, this retro styled motor yacht has been designed to take it’s owner around the world in comfort and
Nordic American Tankers Limited today took delivery of the Nordic Breeze,a suezmax newbuilding tanker of 158,000 deadweight tons built at Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. , South Korea. The Nordic Breeze will be employed in the Gemini Suezmax cooperation. One further vessel, the Nordic Zenith, is
On Aug.11th, the 66.6m AHTS-REDFISH 3 ,built by Yuexin Shipbuilding Company for Malaysian owner, has been delivered successfully which is the sixth delivered project this year. The other five vessels are,the sister vessel of REDFISH 3- REDFISH2, 69.9m AHTS BODY TIDY built for Tidewater Company,45m m
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, today announced the completion of the final performance test for a model ship of 190,000 DWT ice-breaking iron ore carriers at Institute for Ocean Technology in Canada. When the actual 190,000 DWT iron ore carrier is built, the iron ore car
Cargotec has won the Best Supplier award 2010 from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shimonoseki shipyard in Japan. It was given to Cargotec’s Offshore business and local Japanese team and, in part, is recognition of the company’s drive to understand future customer needs through the provision of an exten
On August 16, “Zhenhua 13” vessel loaded with six cranes for Busan Newport arrived in Korea, marking the wrap-up of the 38 rail-mounted crane project for Phase 2-3 of Busan Newport undertaken by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Since contracting with Busan Newport in 2004, Zhenhua has und
Incat Crowther announces the launch, trials and delivery of the 24m Catamaran Ferry Fantasea Sunrise. In June, Incat Crowther announced the sale of the vessel to prominent Great Barrier Reef operator Fantasea Cruises. Since that announcement, Brisbane shipyard Aluminium Marine has tailored the vesse
Maersk Line is increasing the size of individual ships from 8,600-TEU to 10,000-TEU by raising the wheelhouse and adding another layer… (Exim) [mappress] Source: Exim, August 24, 2011;
On August 17, a naming ceremony was held at the Geoje Island shipyard of Samsung Heavy Industries , Ltd. in Korea for two LNG vessels being built for joint owners NYK LNG (Atlantic) Ltd. (headquarters: London, UK), a wholly owned subsidiary of NYK; Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) have taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet. The VOS Triton, a 1,400 dwt anchor handling tug support (AHTS) vessel built at the Fujian Shipyard in China, was delivered on 22 August 2011, in China. The vessel will operate out of Singapore and will be ma
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) accepted delivery of a 80 T BP Anchor Handling, Towing & Supply vessel “m.v. SCI Panna” today, 23rd August, 2011. SCI had signed contracts for acquisition of four nos. newbuilding 80 T BP Anchor Handling, Towing & Supply vessels with Bharati Shipyard Lim
The last vessel in the newbuilding program for K Line Offshore AS, the PSV KL Barentsfjord, was delivered from building yard STX OSV Brevik on 28th June 2011. In July 2011 KL Barentsfjord was named in Pollen being the inner harbour of Arendal. The naming ceremony at the docks in the middle of the ci
Danaos Corporation, a leading international owner of containerships, announced that on August 22, 2011, it took delivery of one more newly built containership, the CMA CGM TANCREDI, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 57 containerships aggregating 274,089 TEU. The CMA CGM TANCREDI, built a
