The keel laying of the world’s first LNG Hybrid Barge took place at a ceremony held at the ”SAM Shipbuilding & Machinery“ shipyard in Komárno, Slovakia in the second week of the new year. In the presence of representatives of the shipyard, AIDA Cruises, Becker Marine Systems and Hybrid Port Energy (
Bocimar recently expanded its fleet with five newbuilding Capesize units that will all be built by Imabari (Japan). It concerns four 206.000 dwt units: two fully-owned scheduled for delivery in the first and second quarters of 2016 and two ships taken on time charter for a period of ten years schedu
Karstensen Shipyard recently won an order for an 87.8 m Purser / Trawler to be built for the fishing company Ruth Ltd. The newbuild, bearing the Yard No. 429, is a result of an extensive and close cooperation between owners and the yard. Like the other vessels, currently under construction at the sh
Kleven has signed a contract with Rem Offshore for the building of a PSV specially designed to operate in challenging arctic conditions. The type VS 485 MK III ARCTIC design includes a number of features for ice prevention and de-icing, and hull and propulsion systems will have ICE-1B class. “We hig
Royal Dutch Boskalis named its OSD-designed multi-functional vessels the NDURANCE and the NDEAVOR last week at the Keppel shipyard in Singapore, Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) said via social media platforms. The vessels, 99-meter long and 30-meter wide each, have been built at Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy
GTT membrane technology has been selected by STX France to fit out PEGASIS (Power Efficient GAS Innovative Ship), the new environmental ferry propelled with LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas), ordered by Brittany Ferries. This innovative vessel will use GTT Mark III insulation system and will be built in S
Vigor Fab was recently awarded a contract by Tidewater Barge Lines of Vancouver, Wash, to construct three new tugboats. Construction of the first tug will start on Jan. 24, 2014, with the keel laying at Vigor’s facility in Portland. While Tidewater has rebuilt and repowered several of the vessels in
Cable and pipe seal provider Roxtec has delivered cable transits for the 488-meter long hull of Shell’s Prelude FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) facility that is under construction at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in Geoje, South Korea. Once complete, it will be the largest floating facilit
Gulf Coast Shipyard Group, Inc., a manufacturer of a variety of ocean-going and inland marine vessels for commercial and military markets as well as the Trinity Yachts brand, has announced its expansion by signing a three-year lease with one-year options with the Port of Gulfport. Specifically, Gulf
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard will build the new icebreaker for the Finnish Transport Agency. The Finnish Transport Agency informed about the results of the tendering process on the 22nd of January 2014. The Finnish Transport Agency procures a new icebreaker to renew the aging fleet of state-owned icebr
DGzRS has signed a contract with Tamsen Maritim for a new and optimised rescue boat to be built in 2014. Like all SAR units of DGzRS, this type of boat will be built from aluminum. It is characterized by excellent seaworthiness. The boat has good sea-going qualities and can withstand heavy blows if
A project milestone was achieved yesterday of the final heavy lift on the Golden Eagle Living Quarters module, currently under construction on Sembmarine SLP’s Lowestoft Yard. The single lift of the 70 tonne Cantilevered Helideck was positioned adjacent to the top deck of the six storey offshore str
The City of Rauma and STX Finland Oy have signed an agreement by which the City purchases the Rauma Shipyard’s lands, buildings, structures and movable property from STX Finland Oy at the total price of EUR 18.1 million. In connection with the acquisition, the parties also made a two-year co-operati
The first four vessels to use DNV GL’s rules for low flashpoint fuels will be a series of 50,000 dwt tankers ordered by the owners Marinvest and Westfal-Larsen. The vessels are the very first to be fuelled by methanol – a fuel that significantly reduces local air emissions. These product carriers wh
