On April 30, NYK concluded a time-charter contract for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier with LNG Marine Transport Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Power Company Incorporated. NYK also concluded a contract with MI LNG Company Limited for the construction of the LNG carrier (gros
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Jupiter, a newbuilding MR2 product tanker of 49,999 dwt, was delivered yesterday from a South Korean shipyard. The company said that Nave Jupiter has been chartered-out for two years to a high q
Cruide oil tanker company DHT Holdings, Inc. announced that it has acquired a very large crude carrier (VLCC) built in 2004 at Daewoo for USD 49.0 million. The vessel will be delivered during the second quarter of 2014 and will be named DHT Condor. The company said that it will finance the acquisiti
South Korean shipbuilding giant Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has secured an order for the construction of two 84,000-ton liquefied natural gas carriers, worth a total of $160 million, Yonhap cited Daewoo as saying. Daewoo did not want to reveal the name of the company that ordered the ve
To meet stringent offshore vessel standards, only materials and processes that have been fully approved by Det Norske Veritas AS (DNV) and Bureau Veritas (BV) are used in the production of CTruk’s multi-purpose composite marine craft. This includes Scott Bader’s Crystic Crestomer® 1152PA urethane ac
Dalby Offshore Services Ltd. has launched and commissioned its latest offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Dalby Wharfe’. The vessel is the first of a two boat order that includes the ‘Dalby Swale’ to be delivered to Dalby Offshore Services Ltd. at the forthcoming Seawork exhibition at Southamp
Approximately 100 000 people are attending the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston this week. Included are 80 Norwegian companies. “USA is an increasingly important area of growth, and we see the importance of being present,” comments Ulstein’s CEO, Gunvor Ulstein. Several Ulstein design
International classification society Bureau Veritas has completed a series of consequence assessments with all the major shipyards in Korea, China and Japan to help them speed up the implementation of the IACS Harmonised Common Structural Rules. The assessments of current yard designs were made usin
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter James (WMSL 754) on Saturday. James is the company’s fifth NSC and is expected to deliver in 2015. “Our learning curve continues to improve in this program, and the hot production line
The platform supply vessel ‘Sea Springer’ was recently delivered from Zhejiang, and ship owner Seatankers/Deep Sea Supply has now received the eight of their twelve vessels of the PX105 design. In Ulstein’s latest magazine, Ulstein Today, the Captain on one of the sister vessels, ‘Sea Falcon’, prais
The keel-laying ceremony for VOS Paradise took place on Wednesday 30 April at Cosco Guangdong Shipyard in China, shipping company Vroon said. VOS Paradise is the second of six PX121-type PSVs being built at the shipyard. The vessels will be delivered to Vroon in 2015/2016 and are intended for operat
Norwegian Electric Systems (NES), a supplier of complete diesel electric system, including the QUEST® system, has won a contract for Fafnir Offshore`s new vessel. Under the contract, NES will supply the hybrid battery diesel electric propulsion system for hull no. 126, a HD833 WE ICE platform supply
Secunda Canada LP, which is 50% owned by Siem Offshore, has entered into an agreement with Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd and ExxonMobil Canada Properties for the charter of one offshore support vessel, referred to as an AHTS vessel, for a 5-year firm contract, with a total of 15-ye
The G6 liner alliance is planning to outdo P3, its main rival, by ordering even larger container ships than Maersk’s Triple – E which can carry 18,000 teu, Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) said in its Weekly Market Review for Week 17. According to TradeWinds, G6 are considering up to 20 vess
