Graig has ordered a series of up to 26 fuel-efficient new generation MARLIN 2000 Blue design container feeders to be built at the major Jin Hai shipyard complex in China. The first two vessels are scheduled for delivery in August and September 2013 with subsequent vessels to be delivered in pairs ev
Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd, an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and an international provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, announced today the cancellation of four shipbuilding contracts for the construction of four bulk carrier vessels of 180,000 dwt e
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed development of a new-generation liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier marking an evolutionary advance from Moss-type(1) LNG carriers. The new vessel-type dubbed “EXTREM” is a type of newly developed “Sayaendo(2)” Series, which features a peapod-sha
Middle East Workboats 2011, the region’s event for workboat operators, builders and equipment suppliers, returns to Abu Dhabi at a time when the maritime industry is rapidly accelerating in countries across the Gulf. Renewed growth across various important maritime and related sectors including harb
AVEVA, a leader in engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries, today announced a new customer win with GUANGXIN Shipbuilding & Heavy Industry Co. Ltd (GSHI) selecting AVEVA MARS, AVEVA’s enterprise resource management system. GSHI, formerly ’GM
Hanjin Yeongdo Dockyard has finally won a bid for the first time in three years. On July 6, the company announced that it won a bid to build two logistic support vessels from Defense Acquisition Program Administration and signed an LOI to build four 4,700TEU container carriers at US 250 million doll
STORNES, a flexible fall pipe vessel built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “CIMC Raffles”) for the Dutch company Van Oord Marine Services BV was successfully delivered in Yantai, China. STORNES is the world’s fifth flexible fall pipe vessel. It features high tech
Brodosplit Shipyard and the Dutch shipping company Jumbo Shipping contracted last week in Rotterdam, the construction of ships for the transportation of haevy cargo (the heavy lift ship), with the option of building two more. Jumbo Shipping is one of the world’s leading shipping company for transpor
ABG Shipyard is looking to enter the platform building segment for oil exploration in offshore areas. It is scouting for partners with… ( BussinesStandard ) [mappress] Source: BussinesStandard , July 11, 2011;
CGGVeritas announced that it has completed a 3D BroadSeis seismic survey for Shell over complex salt structures in deep water offshore Gabon. As a complement to a conventional acquisition project (7,900 km2), the 3D BroadSeis survey was acquired by the CGGVeritas Symphony operating with ten Sercel S
Mr. Murilo Ferreira, the new Chief Executive Officer of Vale, the largest iron ore supplier, attended China’s first 400,000 DWT VLOC naming and launching ceremony. The Ceremony was held at the shipyard of China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited (01101.HK), the builder of this vessel.
Next year will see 1.55MTEU added to the global containership fleet, an expansion of 9.5% and increasing available capacity to 16.8MTEU… (imarest) [mappress] Source: Imarest , July 11, 2011;
Otto Energy Ltd. attach an announcement by the Galoc Production Company (GPC) regarding an upgrade of the mooring and riser system for the FPSO Rubicon Intrepid operating at the Galoc field. The new turret mooring system is designed to substantially increase the reliability and uptime of the FPSO an
In the course of the next six months, we will decide where to build our six new icebreakers, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov… (barentsobserver) [mappress] Source: barentsobserver, July 7, 2011;
