Oman Shipping Company (OSC) has taken delivery of the Adam LNG, which is described as one of the world’s most advanced fuel efficient LNG carriers. The 162,000 cubic metres capacity vessel was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Ulsan South Korea. The newly-delivered LNG carrier will operate
South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) announced today that it held a naming ceremony for the world’s largest containership, the first of five 19,000 TEU containerships ordered from China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) in May 2013. The containership was named CSCL
Workers at South Korea’s shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries will refuse to work after the regular eight-to-five-hours on Thursday after talks over wage dispute collapsed last Wednesday, Business Insider reports. Kim Hyeong-Gyun , the union spokesman, said that this symbolic overtime walkout
Dry bulk transporter Scorpio Bulkers Inc. revealed plans yesterday to raise USD 150 million through private placement of its shares of common stock. An aggregate of 40,000,000 common shares will be sold at a price of USD 3.75 per share, according to Scorpio. Scorpio said it intends to use the net pr
MSC Armonia, the first out of four MSC Lirica Class ships in the EUR 200 million “Renaissance Programme” launched by Fincantieri and MSC Cruises, has left the Palermo shipyard after little more than 10 weeks since her arrival on 31 August. The modification works on Armonia included the insertion of
The image shows Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) Olympus decorated for her naming ceremony that took place on November 15th. It is the third in the series of Havyard’s 832 design and the eighth vessel to be delivered to Global Offshore Services. On Friday night, an Indian ceremony was held on board, whe
The delivery of some 54 ships of at least 10,000 teu, expected to be deployed in the Asia-North Europe trade between October 2014 and December 2015, will have a huge effect on the landscape of the trade next year. According to Drewry’s analysis, they may help to bring carriers much needed lower slot
The world’s first chemical tanker to use a combination of duplex stainless steel and stainless clad steel in the construction of its cargo tanks was successfully delivered to Oita-based Hiro Naviera S.A. on 15 November 2014 by Usuki Shipyard Co., Ltd, ClassNK said. The application of the duplex stee
Singapore-based BW LPG Limited has taken delivery of BW Aries, the first of eight newly-built Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGCs) from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), South Korea. BW Aries will join 19 other VLGCs in BW LPG’s fleet currently on water. The company now owns and operates a fleet of 36 vess
MAN Diesel & Turbo has secured a contract for the supply of four 9L48/60CR engines for the diesel-mechanical propulsion of two passenger ferries for Chinese shipping companies, Huadong Ferry and Dadong Ferry. The two newbuildings are currently under construction at Huanghai Shipyard in Shangdong, Ch
German carrier Hamburg Süd christened a new container ship pertaining to its “San” class on Thursday, November 13th at the Marina Bay Cruise Center in Singapore. The 111,700 tdw ship was named “San Clemente” by her sponsor Wietske Willemijn Wage, wife of Niels Wage, Vice President of Marketing Freig
Norway’s shipbuilder Kleven has organized the naming ceremony for Rem Eir – Remøy Shipping’s new LNG powered Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) at Mjølstadneset today, Friday, November 14. The company has invited everyone interested to come down from 16.00 till 18.00 when the vessel will be open for all w
South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries (HHI) has won a contract to build two containerships for an undisclosed European client. HHI has not disclosed the ships’ capacity, but the contract amount of KRW 74.93 billion (USD 68m) places the containerships at around 1,900 TEUs. The expected delivery of th
Sweden’s Rederi AB Gotland has signed a contract with GSI Shipyard in China for a new LNG-powered ro-pax ferry with the capacity to carry 1650 passengers. The company says that once delivered in 2017, the new LNG ferry will become the first Swedish-flagged passenger vessel powered by LNG. Rederi AB
