Government plans to fully equip two new multi-billion pound aircraft carriers have been hailed as “excellent news” for the shipbuilding… (heraldscotland) [mappress] Source: heraldscotland, July 21, 2011;
The Jinggangshan dock landing ship, which is the largest warship in the Chinese Navy, was officially launched in Shanghai, Monday’s… (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, July 20, 2011;
French DCNS and Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS), said that they have received a contract to build patrol vessels worth RM10 billion… (freemalaysiatoday) [mappress] Source: freemalaysiatoday, July 20, 2011;
Oman Shipping Company (OSC) yesterday celebrated at Okpo city in South Korea the launch of a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), Seeb… (omanobserver) [mappress] Source: omanobserver, July 19, 2011;
Bahamian shipowners Campbell Shipping Ltd. signed an order with Tsuji Heavy Industries (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. located at Zhang Jia Gang, China for two 37,000 dwt double-hull log fitted bulk carriers, with an option for two more. These ships, which will be classed by ABS and fly the Bahamas flag, will b
Yesterday Riva Trigoso shipyard celebrated the launch of the frigate “Carlo Bergamini”, the first of a series of Fremm vessels – Multi Mission European Frigates, ordered from Fincantieri by the Italian Navy within the framework of an Italo-French program of cooperation. Godmother to the ship was Mrs
Keppel Shipyard Ltd’s (Keppel Shipyard) conversion of the FPSO Aseng is on track to complete. The FPSO will be operated by Aseng Production Company Ltd, a joint venture by SBM Offshore and Compania Nacional de Petroleo de Guinea Ecuatorial (GEPetrol), the national oil company of Equatorial Guinea. C
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and Turbine Transfer Ltd. announce the two companies have signed a contract for the construction of seven offshore wind farm support catamarans. Five of the craft will be built at South Boats’ new facility in Cowes and two will be sub-contracted to Buckie Ship Yard.
South Korea’s major shipbuilder STX Offshore & Shipbuilding announced it held a launching ceremony for a 400,000-ton Very Large Ore… (NewsMK) [mappress] Source: NewsMK, July 15, 2011;
SBM Offshore announces it has received a letter from BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd confirming full project sanction for the supply of an internal turret mooring system for the Quad 204 FPSO project. The contract consists of engineering, procurement and construction of an internal turret moori
On behalf of its co-venturers BP announced an agreement to progress a major re-development of the Schiehallion and Loyal oil fields to the west of the Shetland Islands. Schiehallion and Loyal have produced nearly 400 million barrels of oil since production started in 1998 and an estimated 450 millio
Wärtsilä has recently been awarded a series of orders to supply propulsion solutions for dredger vessels to be built in China and the Netherlands. Since dredging applications are typically very demanding, the high reliability of the Wärtsilä solutions was a key element in the award of all three proj
The Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Nasico) under the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) on July 12 inked… (vovnews) [mappress] Source: Vovnews, July 13, 2011;
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced the exterior and basic design of the hybrid car carrier aiming at zero emissions while berthed had been determined. As a “project that develops systems to reduce CO2 emissions from ocean-going vessels,” the vessel earned us a subsidy from Japan’s Ministry of
