Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (SUNGDONG) has won a contract to build six 82,000 DWT bulk carriers. The contract signed with UK-based Reuben Brothers includes options for additional two vessels. The newbuilds will measure 229.0 metres in length, covering a breadth of 32.3 metres and a de
Austal has hosted the keel-laying ceremony for the fifth vessel (Cape Jervis) of eight 56-metre patrol boats that Austal is designing, building and supporting for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS). Austal was awarded the contract for the design, construction and through-li
Wison Offshore & Marine announced today the award of a binding agreement with Vessel Gasification Solutions (VGS) of New Jersey, USA, for the supply of the industry’s first barge-based floating LNG regasification unit (FRU) to be installed offshore India. The FRU, which will be owned by VGS, will co
Zamakona delivered a new Tuna-Freezer vessel to Echebastar Group, the ‘Izaro’ last Saturday. The newbuild has a length of almost 90 meters and a capacity of 1900 m3 of fish in its 20 freezers with accommodation for 42 crew aboard and a top speed of 18.2 knots. The ceremony was presided over by Mr. K
Kleven has signed a contract with Olympic Shipping for the building of an IMR vessel of MT 6021 design. The contract value is around NOK 400 million (approx. USD 64.7 million), and the vessel will be delivered from Kleven Verft in March 2015. “It is a great pleasure for us to be able to contribute [
The first of two Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers has officially been handed over to British company Sure Wind. A specialist in the German offshore wind market, Sure Wind already has work for the two newbuild FCS 2610 vessels. The first vessel Sure Star will head straight to Esbjerg and will then
Belships ASA will from now on concentrate 100% on the dry bulk market. In accordance with this shift in strategy M/T Belaia will be redelivered to owners at expiry of current c/p to Lauritzen Tankers around March 2014. The owners are closely related to Imabari Shipbuilding and will in return replace
The d’Amico Group has launched four new state of the art “eco-ship” vessels in Ulsan, Korea, designed in collaboration with the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. The four new units will be added to the fleet of tankers belonging to d’Amico Tankers Ltd, 100% owned by d’Amico International Shipping, guaranteeing
Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (SUNGDONG) has won a contract to build six 82,000 DWT bulk carriers. The contract signed with UK-based Reuben Brothers includes options for additional two vessels. The newbuilds will measure 229.0 metres in length, covering a breadth of 32.3 metres and a de
Sharjah based Petrofac is to build the Petrofac JSD 6000 deepwater derrick lay vessel, a customised ULSTEIN SOC 5000 developed by Dutch design company Ulstein Sea of Solutions. The vessel will be constructed at the ZPMC yard in China and be available for construction and installation activities in e
On 20 January, a naming ceremony was held for the new state-of-the-art gas carrier Velikiy Novgorod, ordered by Sovcomflot group of companies (SCF) for transportation of LNG for Gazprom group. The ship will operate under a long-term time-charter agreement with OAO Sovcomflot and will reinforce posit
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) today began building the first of five 19,000 TEU containerships for China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. The shipowner upgraded the original order for five 18,400 TEU containerships to ones capable of delivering 600 more containers. These new ships wil
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA announced today that the commitment letter between its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI) and a group of private lenders that was announced on 14 November 2013 has expired. This commitment had been for a secured term loan of $65 milli
BW LPG has taken delivery of two Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) newbuilds from Hyundai Heavy Industries. All required documentation is fully signed, and delivery is now expected in August and October 2015. In connection with the advancement, BW LPG has secured two additional options, for delivery in
