Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) completed and delivered a 72,800 dwt Cargo Carrier SISKIN ARROW on January 21, 2014. This is the 4th vessel of its series which has a cargo hold capacity of more than 86,600 m3. SISKIN ARROW is one of the largest open hatch general cargo carriers in
The rapid growth of Turkish ports and maritime sectors creates interesting opportunities for bilateral co-operation between Turkish and Dutch maritime companies. New product-market combinations in the fields of sustainable shipping, port development and fleet renewal can lead to mutual benefits and
BMT Design & Technology (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, appointed Jason Steward as Business Development Manager. A University of New South Wales graduate in naval architecture, Jason has over 20 years’ expe
EVER LIVELY, the sixteenth in a series of Evergreen Line’s L-type containerships built by Samsung Heavy Industries, was christened by Bronson Hsieh, the Evergreen Group’s Second Vice Group Chairman, at the shipbuilder’s shipyard in Korea yesterday. The official rope-cutting of the new 8,452-TEU vess
Topaz Energy and Marine, today announced the acquisition of two large and modern Anchor Handling Towage and Supply Vessels (AHTSV) at a purchase price in excess of US$ 100 million. The vessels, the Caspian Challenger and the Caspian Endeavour, are sister vessels built by Kleven Maritime in Norway in
USS Makin Island (LHD 8) completed a nine-day scheduled sea trials on Jan. 17, after coming out of a 13-month Phased Maintenance Availability (PMA). During the nine-day underway period, Makin Island crew members tested a number of shipboard systems, including communication circuits, damage control s
The Port of Gulfport found its latest tenant in its own backyard. Almost 18 months before the Port’s ongoing $570 million restoration is complete, port commissioners voted today to lease space to Gulf Coast Shipyard Group, a Mississippi based company. “We’re excited about doing business with Gulf Co
Mojo Maritime signed, on 16 January, a Memorandum of Understanding with Hammonia Reederei GmbH & Co. KG, a major German ship owner and manager, to finance and build the Hi Flo 4, the first ship in a completely new class of offshore construction vessels. As a result, Mojo and Hammonia, along with oth
Lomar has continued its large-scale fleet expansion with the addition of six container ships to its fleet, the declaration of options on its newbuilding orders as well as the placement of new orders for bulk carriers from the COSCO shipyard in China. These latest developments take the company’s flee
Seabourn, an ultra-luxury cruise line, has sign a contract for construction of a new all-suite vessel, continuing the fleet modernization that the company began in 2009 with the launch of Seabourn Odyssey. This award winning new class of ship, which includes the Seabourn Sojourn (2010) and Seabourn
Island Offshore has taken delivery of M/V Island Dawn from the Vard Brevik shipyard in Norway. This is the third platform supply vessel in a series of four Rolls-Royce UT 717 CD designs, delivered from the same yard. On this occasion Managing Director of Island Offshore, Håvard Ulstein said: “It is
NAPA, the leading software house supplying solutions for ship design and operation has signed a cooperation agreement with ABB, the leading power and automation technology group. NAPA and ABB will cooperate to offer the NAPA Loading Computer and the electronic NAPA Logbook. The products will be offe
Sonardyne International Ltd.’s Ranger 2 acoustic positioning technology has been selected by marine navigation systems group, Transas, for use on two new build ice-class multi-purpose salvage vessels (MPSVs) commissioned by the Russian Ministry of Transport. The vessels are currently under construct
PARAT Halvorsen AS has been awarded a new contract with Vard Brevik for their NB 757, a Platform Supply Vessel to Customer Island Offshore with head office in Ulsteinvik, Norway. The 1250kW electric boiler will be delivered as a combined Hot Water & Steam Boiler. PARAT will deliver a complete boiler
