Keel Laying ceremony of the fourth of the New Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), being built by Goa Shipyard Ltd. for the Indian Coast Guard, was held at GSL on 9th Jan 2014. It is noteworthy that the contract for the construction of six OPVs for the Indian Coast Guard was signed on 9th May [&hel
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has secured an order worth KRW 621 billion ($583.24 million) for the construction of five container ships, announced the company in an exchange filing yesterday. The order came from an unnamed European ship owner. The company also said that the vessels are planned to b
China Merchants Industry Holdings has entered into shipbuilding agreements with Mermaid Maritime Public Company’s subsidiaries for an aggregate sum of USD 436million. The agreements relate to the design and construction of two self-erected drilling tenders and one multi-purpose subsea dive support &
TOS is going to conduct the first ship delivery for a client based in Paraguay. The GF Humaita has been purchased by a client in Singapore and will be delivered to Uruguay, Montevideo. The tug left Singapore in the beginning of December 2013. Last weekend the tug had a stop-over for bunkering in Cap
Offshore Wind Services B.V. will make public the contract signed with Damen Shipyards, Gorinchem. With the contract signed end-December 2013, the construction of the new vessel began immediately and is set to be delivered in October this year. The official ceremony is taking place today. OWS has spe
Navios Maritime Partners L.P. an owner and operator of dry cargo vessels, announced today that the Navios La Paix, a newbuilding ultra-handymax vessel of 61,485 dwt, was delivered to Navios Partners’ owned fleet on January 7, 2014. The Navios La Paix has been chartered out to a quality counterparty
TRIYARDS Holdings Limited, an offshore vessel fabrication and engineering solutions provider to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, secured two new orders in vessel construction and outfitting for two cruise liners, demonstrating the group’s versatility in the Marine industry. The total contract value o
PIRIOU and DCNS have together won the contract for the supply of three multi-mission ocean-going vessels, with an option for a fourth, and the associated maintenance services. This contract, awarded by French defence procurement agency DGA, with PIRIOU as lead contractor, is part of the B2M multi-mi
The Damen Double Hull Oil Tanker 8000 ‘Kestrel Fisher’ was delivered end 2013 to Dutch managers De Opfeart Beheer. In a two-tanker deal, the Kestrel Fisher’s sister vessel ‘King Fisher’ was delivered in June 2013. Both have been built by Damen Shipyards Bergum. The oil (product) tankers’ names are a
Leading classification society ClassNK has released a new version of its PrimeShip-HULL (HCSR) ship design support software that is fully compliant with the new IACS Common Structural Rules (harmonized CSR) for oil tankers and bulk carriers. The new ship design support software is the first in the w
A groundswell of momentum is building in the US around the use of LNG as ship fuel as owners, ports and regulators, have realised the benefits of this emerging technology. “It used to be said that LNG was a chicken or egg problem,” says Paal Johansen, who leads DNV GL’s maritime business in the Amer
COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has delivered a bulk carrier of 57000DWT, “GUOTOU 107”, to its Asian buyer. The delivery documents were signed by and between COSCO Dalian and the buyer recently. The bulk carrier measures 189.99 mete
On 6 January 2014, the ULSTEIN designed platform supply vessel ‘Sea Spear’ was delivered from Zhejiang Shipyard, Ningbo, to the Seatankers Group. The PX105 designed vessels are considered as large PSVs. This design is one of the most attractive PSV designs from ULSTEIN due to the combination of flex
International oil and gas services specialist HS Ocean Group (HSOG) has been awarded a multi-million dollar refurbishment and upgrade of a high-specification jack-up drilling rig at its facility at Labidco Port, La Brea in Trinidad. HSOG’s La Brea facility in Trinidad is ideally placed to capture wo
