Following extensive clear-up and inspection, the Remontowa yard in Gdansk, Poland, together with Scandlines’ on-site team has started repairs of the Scandlines ferry M/V Prinsesse Benedikte, which was damaged while outdocking on Wednesday 11 March 2015, Scandlines said in a release. The ferry was co
Maersk Line Orders Seven Containerships Maersk Line signed a new building order today with COSCO Shipyard Co., Ltd in Zhoushan China for seven 3,600 TEU container vessels…. Read more Fincantieri: Designing the Drillship of the Future Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri is introducing a new ultra-deep dr
Hamburg Süd christened its third container vessel pertaining to the new “San” class on Thursday at the Cuenca del Plata terminal in Montevideo, Uruguay. The new ship class in the Hamburg Süd fleet has a nominal container slot capacity of around 9,000 TEU and with 1,370 reefer slots for refrigerated
Cruise liner conglomerate Carnival Corporation has inked two strategic memorandums of agreement that will add a total of nine new cruise ships to the company’s fleet over a four-year period from 2019 – 2022. Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A and German shipbuilder Meyer Werft will each build new
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has received an order for construction of two pure car/truck carriers (PCTC). The order has been placed by an undisclosed European shipowner, the shipyard said in a filing to Korea Stock Exchange. The value of the deal for the two ships is KRW 172.6bn (
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has taken delivery of the coal carrier Hakutaka at its compatriot shipbuilder Mizushima Shipyard of Sanoyas Shipbuilding Corporation. The vessel, which was jointly developed by Sanoyas Shipyard and MOL, is a state-of-the-art coal carrier with its w
Finnish Engineer Association and the Finnish Seamen Union revealed plans to enter into strike on Thursday 2nd of April at 14:00. The action is being taken as a sign of support to the strike of the union members working on Finnish ice-breakers. Crews of the Finnish icebreakers have been negotiating t
The infographic presents you with containership growth starting from 1968 forecasting the next generation of super-sized container shipping giants yet to come in 2018. As is shown in the image, from 1530 TEU to 19.000+ TEU, container-carrying capacity has increased by approximately 1.200% from 1968.
Maersk Line signed a new building order today with COSCO Shipyard Co., Ltd in Zhoushan China for seven 3,600 TEU container vessels. The vessels will have a length of 200 m, width of 35.2m, and a 10m draft. COSCO Shipyard and Maersk Line said that they agreed to keep the price confidential. The order
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri is introducing a new ultra-deep drillship design at OMC Technical conference today, named the Proxima. The drillship features a maximum drilling depth of 50,000ft in 12,000ft of water. Differing from traditional drilling towers, its new drilling system is composed of
Dutch-based Damen Shipyards Group has become the latest member of the World Ocean Council (WOC). Damen is the first European shipbuilder to join the WOC, the international business leadership alliance on ocean sustainability, science and stewardship. “Vessels are a common and fundamental aspect of a
South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has revealed plans to integrate overlapping roles and responsibilities across HHI and its shipbuilding affiliates, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries. The move comes within the conglomerate’s drive to realign the bu
The 16 MW icebreaker, being built for the Russian Ministry of Transport, was launched at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard on March 25th, 2015. Before floating the vessel, she was given the name Murmansk by breaking of a champagne bottle on the bow of the vessel. The vessel belongs to the series of three ne
Rolls-Royce has secured a deal to supply six of its new B33:45 mediumspeed diesel generator sets to China’s Fuijan Mawei shipyard for configuration aboard the world’s first seabed mining vessel. The pioneering vessel, designed by Singapore’s SeaTech Solutions for Dubai-based owner Marine Assets Corp
