Swedish shipping company Erik Thun A.B. has granted Shipyard Ferus Smit the order for building an LNG powered cargo vessel, with 2 more units on option. The first vessel will be delivered in autumn 2015 from the yard in Westerbroek, Groningen. The Thun shipping company has a strong market position i
DHT Holdings, Inc. said on Friday that, with regards to the letter of intent announced on January 31, 2014, it has entered into firm contracts to construct three VLCCs at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (“HHI”) in South Korea. The contract price is $97.3 million for each vessel, including $2.3 mi
Containership Collides with Chemical Tanker in Singapore Strait The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) received a report that today a collision had occurred between the departing Liberia-flagged containership “Hammonia Thracium” and the Panama-flagged chemical tanker “Zoey” in the Singap
The MPI Workboats fleet continues to expand, with the arrival of MPI Lucinda, MPI Sampson, MPI Napoleon and MPI Snowball. All four windfarm-support vessels will service the windfarm industry in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. MPI Lucinda and MPI Sampson have been built at the South Boats Shipyard on t
MV Gelbray Express and MV Girolando Express have been named in ceremonies held today, Friday 14 February 2014, at Cosco Shipyard in Guangdong, China. Godmothers were Ms Sophie Wang, Managing Director Landmark Global Exports Pty Ltd., who christened Gelbray Express, and Ms Marie Janet Blankers, wife
ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd has secured new shipbuilding contracts worth approximately S$97 million for the construction of six vessels. The vessels comprise: • Two units Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels; and • Four units Anchor Handling Tug/ Multi-Purpose Supply Vessels. The vessels are secured from
Saga Cruises has highlighted Gibraltar’s continuing attractions for cruise owners, returning to Gibdock for repair and maintenance work on one of the ‘grand old ladies’ of the cruise industry, the 24,492grt, 670-passenger capacity Saga Ruby. Delivered by Swan Hunter in 1972 to Norwegian American Lin
Twenty-five new dredging vessels should be built for operation at inland waterways of Russia, said Igor Zlobin, head of IWW department of Federal Marine and River Transport Agency, at the Forum of Dredging Companies organized by media-group PortNews. According to Zlobin, the following equipment is r
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. signed a contract with Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Limited to build and charter four methanol carriers. The new contracts will play an essential part in MOL’s strategy to strengthen long-term business, as well as enabling the company to renew its methanol fleet by replacin
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured contracts to build three high-specification KFELS B Class jackup rigs worth about US$650 million from new customer Fecon International Corp. (Fecon). Backed by experienced industrial en
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has launched “DRIVE GREEN PROJECT” in order to pursue environmental protection and energy savings with the world’s most advanced technologies to be integrated on the 7,500-unit Car Carrier on order with Japan Marine United Corporation as Flag Ship of this proje
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order for lashing bridges for three 18,000 TEU container ships to be built at Waigaoqiao Shipyard in China. The contract includes the design and fabrication of the lashing bridge steel structure of approx. 5400 tons, and an option for three further vessels
Wison Offshore & Marine announced the award of a contract for the delivery of a barge‐based floating LNG regasification unit from a 50/50 joint venture between EXMAR NV (“Exmar”) and Pacific Midstream Holding Corp, a fully owned affiliate of Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (“PRE”). The regasification
Seabulk Tankers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc., has entered into a contract to construct one 185,000 barrel coastal chemical & petroleum Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) unit. The barge will be constructed by DonJon Shipbuilding and the tug will be constructed by BAE Systems
