New Lifeboat Release and Retrieval Systems (LRRS) are being installed on the vessels of National Gas Shipping Company (NGSCO) of Abu Dhabi, well in advance of new IMO regulations coming into force this year. The combination of the innovative Nadiro Drop-in-Ball™ technology and VIKING UAE’s certified
IMO audit teams will shortly be established to verify construction rules for bulk carriers and oil tankers of classification societies which act as recognized organizations (ROs), following the receipt of requests for verification by the 31 December 2013 deadline. A new SOLAS regulation II-1/3-10 on
China COSCO Holdings inked deals with two Chinese shipyards to take over four 64,000 deadweight ton bulk vessels and five 308,000 dwt very large crude carriers (VLCC) in a bid to advance its vast fleet. In five years, this is China COSCO’s first purchase of new vessels. On 30th December, bulk vessel
Pella shipyard has completed sea trials of the multifunction complex port service vessel ‘Umba’ (project 03180) which was built for the RN Northern Fleet. One of the innovative SKPO-1000 design solutions of the project No 03180 is usage of separated washing cargo tanks that allow to transfer differe
On Tuesday December 31, 2013 the P-61 left the BrasFels shipyard in the Angra dos Reis bay (RJ) where the unit was built and assembled. The unit will make a technical stop for diesel and water near Ilha Grande and continue on until its final location, the Papa-Terra field in the Campos Basin. The jo
Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry has begun construction of a 31,200 DWT Equinox Class Gearless Bulk Carrier (hull no.MD152-GB-04) for Algoma. Algoma ordered in total eight new bulk carriers from the shipbuilder, four of which are self-unloading vessels. The keel laying ceremony for the vessel was held
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) divers recently completed the first full underwater waterjet seal and evaluation on a littoral combat ship (LCS), USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), the Navy announced, Jan. 2. LCS class ships are unique to the U.S. Navy becau
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS NMF GmbH in Hamburg, Germany,entered into an agreement for delivery of two 85 tonne lattice boom offshore cranes to Azerbaijan, with a total value of NOK 55 million (approx. $8.9 million). This contract again confirms that TTS NMF has gained a foothold i
The second Fast Patrol Vessel ICGS ‘ABHEEK’, built by Cochin Shipyard for the Indian Coast Guard, has been commissioned. The contract for the construction of the 20 Fast Patrol Vessels (FPV) for the Indian Coast Guard was signed on the 20th October 2010. These vessels can achieve a speed of 33 knots
3GA Marine, a growing naval architecture and marine engineering firm has announced the opening of their new office located in View Royal, a suburb of Victoria, BC. Company founder and president David Stocks is a naval architect with over 40 years’ experience leading teams of experts in maritime and
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) announced on Monday that the company has won $305.8 million order to construct a frigate for the Korean Navy. The deal with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration entails producing and delivering the warship to the South Korean Navy by 2017, th
Algoma Central Corporation announced that it has received payments totalling $41.7 million from two Chinese banks on refund guarantees related to the cancellation of three ocean tanker shipbuilding contracts which occurred in 2010. “We are extremely pleased to announce the collection of these outsta
Ferus Smit shipyard in Leer (Germany) recently launched the ice-classed multipurpose vessel m.v. Reggeborg. The vessel, with a cargo capacity of 23.000 tons, measuring nearly 170 meters in length and 20,40 meters in width, is the largest vessel Wagenborg ever owned. This is also the largest vessel e
MOL Comfort Suffers Damage During Trip to Jeddah Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. informed that the MOL-operated containership MOL Comfort suffered a crack amidships and ingressed water in the hold while under way from Singapore to Jeddah on the Indian Ocean on June 17, 2013 due to inclement weather. State
