On the afternoon of August 12, the signing and listing ceremony of the alliance of Yiu Lian Dockyards Ltd and Wartsila Marine Business observed the grand opening on Mazhou Island, Mr. Guido Pfister, the vice president of Wartsila Repair Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. as well as Mr. Cheng Xueqi, the ge
The Staten Island Ferry will receive $2,340,000 in federal funding for a pilot program for conversion from diesel fuel to liquefied natural… [mappress] Source: silive, August 18, 2011;
BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards announced its first contract to build a new ship from scratch at its Mobile River facility… (al) [mappress] Source: al, August 19, 2011
Yesterday the Feadship Royal Van Lent shipyard launched the stunning fifth F45 superyacht, named Helix. She is the first yacht in the series with the Nautical interior theme, which features a modern mix of light fabric covered walls in mahogany wooden frames and a high contrast in carefully selected
To serve the Asian customers even better, Kongsberg Maritime today opened a new factory in Zhenjiang, China. Both representatives from KONGSBERG and the Chinese authorities were present during the opening of the 25.000 square meters factory. “The opening of this large and modern factory is an import
AVEVA, a leader in engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries, today announced it has joined the OpenHCM (Hull Conditioning Monitoring) Consortium, an initiative to increase ship safety though transparent electronic processing of assessment dat
In August 2011, Macduff received an order from the Russian Leningrad shipyard “Pella” to produce a concept design for a new 46m autoliner. The design will be based on previous autoliner designs produced by the company but incorporating the latest trends in hull design. This order represents the firs
With a $30-billion national shipyard contract decision coming in September, CBC News has learned that if needed, any Irving shipyard… (cbc) [mappress] Source: cbc, August 18, 2011;
On August 10th 2011, MV “SENDA J” was taken over from the shipyard and charter employment was commenced under the charter name MV “INDUSTRIAL FAITH”. Herm Jüngerhans traveled to China in order to accept the delivery and receive the necessary documents and certificates. He praised the high quality of
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won an order to design and equip two UT 735 SE offshore supply vessels for Brasil Supply. The order is worth £15 million to Rolls-Royce. The contract includes vessel design and an integrated Rolls-Royce equipment system including propulsion, deck ma
TROMS CAPELLA has arrived to Norway after a successful transit from GOA and is being prepared for new missions in the North Sea. Troms Offshore Management AS received their latest vessel from the shipyard in Cochin, India. The ship, a platform supply vessel (PSV),will this autumn start operating in
Miclyn Express Offshore (“MIO”) announces the purchase of three new Offshore Support Vessels (“OSV’s”). A Seismic Support Vessel (“SSV”) has been purchased against a 3 year firm contract in Indonesia commencing in August 2011 and including 5 x 1 year extension options. Two newly built Multi Purpose
A glut of oil tankers competing for Middle East crude has expanded as demand for the vessels has slowed. There are 23 per cent more very… (eximin) [mappress] Source: eximin, August 18, 2011.
SinOceanic III AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of SinOceanic Shipping ASA(“SinOceanic”) has entered into Memorandum of Agreement to purchase one VLCS of 13,100 TEU container capacity from Mediterranean Shipping Company SA, Geneva (“MSC”). The vessel will be constructed and delivered by Hyundai Heavy I
