Bergen Group said in a release today that it has decided to accelerate the process of reducing the Group’s future involvement in the shipbuilding business in favor of a more dedicated focus on offshore related activities. As a part of this process, Bergen Group has entered into an agreement of selli
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. delivered the M/V Bravante VI (Hull 156 ) on Friday February 28, 2014 to Boldini S.A., BRAVANTE GROUP of Brazil. The BRAVANTE V (Hull 155), the first in the series, was delivered three months earlier and is currently on charter in Brazil. The BRAVANTE VI is the secon
Lomar has declared a further three options to build new container vessels at Chinese shipyards. The company now has over 20 firm newbuilding orders for container ships and bulk carriers within its fleet of over 60 vessels. The company has declared its final two options in a total order for six 1,100
United European Car Carriers (UECC), a company jointly owned by NYK and Wallenius Lines, has signed a contract to construct two dual-fuel LNG Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs). The contract has been signed with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and the vessels will be constructed at the shipbuilder’s joi
The icebreaking rescue vessel Baltika left on sea trial on Thursday morning 6 March 2014. The trial will last for a couple of days. The sea trial is part of the test use of the ship, which is done to assure the functionality of the vessel systems. Baltika is the first ship ever to break […]
The Board of Directors of JES International Holdings Limited through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Jiangsu New East Marine Engineering Co. Ltd, has signed an option for the construction of further 4 Newcastlemax bulk carriers. The value of the vessels signed under the option is approximately US$212
Aqua-Guard has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards of Gorinchem, The Netherlands for the supply of two large URO 300Z1 offshore oil skimming systems. Damen Shipyards are currently building two Oil Spill Response Vessels (OSRV’s class 1050) for the end customer GeoNavegação of Rio de Janeiro, Bras
The Dutch offshore contractor Seaway Heavy Lifting has ordered Amarcon’s OCTOPUS-Onboard decision support technology for her monohull crane vessel Stanislav Yudin. This order is the second OCTOPUS-Onboard installation for Seaway Heavy Lifting. In 2011 the Oleg Strashnov was equipped with Amarcon’s m
Cemre Shipyard launched a new ship built for Norwegian Havyard Group based on the order of Icelandic oil service company Fafnir Offshore on 1 March 2014. The vessel, Polarsyssel, is a state-of-the-art platform supply vessel (PSV) of Havyard 832L L WE design, specially built for operations under extr
Taizhou CATIC recently held a naming ceremony for three 51,000 dwt bulk carriers, which were built jointly with Kouan Shipyard. This was the first triple naming ceremony in the company’s history. General Manager of Taizhou CATIC Mr. Cai Aiguo said on the occasion: “Kouan Shipyard always adhered to o
Drydocks World, the leading provider of maritime and offshore services to the shipping, oil, gas and energy sectors, completed and delivered Eagle Louisiana, the second of two Modular Capture Vessels (MCV) for the U.S. The first MCV, Eagle Texas, sailed away from Drydocks World’s yard in August last
Austal Limited (Austal) has been awarded a contract for post-delivery support on USS Jackson (Littoral Combat Ship 6). The U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a $7,120,153 modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for post-delivery support for LCS 6. Under the contract, Austal USA
Paragon Shipping Inc., a global shipping transportation company specializing in drybulk cargoes, has signed shipbuilding contracts for three eco-design Kamsarmax drybulk carriers. These eco-design Kamsarmax newbuildings have a carrying capacity of 81,800 dwt each, and will be built at Jiangsu Yangzi
Uni-Asia Holdings’ subsidiary Regina Bulkship S.A. (Regina Bulkship) has entered into an agreement with Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd to acquire a 37,000 dwt newbuilding handy bulk carrier worth US$25 million. The vessel is scheduled for the delivery around first quarter of 2015. Subsequently, Regin
