The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) commissioned a new buoy tender vessel “Panduan” today. The vessel will support MPA in the maintenance of navigational and mooring buoys in Singapore’s waters. Panduan, which means “guidance” in Malay, will replace the current vessel (also called Pan
Jiangsu Rainbow Heavy Industries (RHI) from China has entered into a contract for the construction of two platform supply vessels (PSVs) with a Norwegian provider of offshore support vessels, according to SinoShip News. Golden Energy Offshore Group will pay each vessel $28.5m. The two PSVs of Ulstei
The United States Department of Defense has announced that Austal USA LLC., Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $14 million modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise options for class service efforts for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. The company will provide e
Epic Gas Ltd. announced today that, following the Company’s recent order of two 11,000cbm vessels from Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation in Japan, it has added two more similar-sized newbuilds to its expanding fleet. These two 11,000cbm vessels will be long term bareboat chartered in from Kumiai Senpaku
Afai Southern Shipyard (Panyu Guangzhou) held a launching ceremony for Damen’s high-speed ferry 4010 on December 23rd 2013. This vessel adopts the design of a catamaran, featuring full aluminum structure, with the overall length of 39.9m, beam of 10.7m and draft of 2.55m. With the launch of the high
COSCO Group held a ceremony in Ocean Plaza for the signing of a shipbuilding contract with China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) for four VLCCs on December 25, 2013. The ceremony was attended by Chairman Ma Zehua, President Li Yunpeng, Chief Financial Officer Sun Yueying, and Executive Vice
Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (ZPMC) recently delivered a 3,000t shallow water pipe-laying ship to a Malaysian customer. ZPMC has successfully applied standardized shipbuilding technologies to the ship, adjusted to the specific needs of the customer. The main measures of this vessel are
His Excellency Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Drydocks World & Maritime World, held discussions on co-operation with Mr. Ravi K. Mehrotra CBE, Executive Chairman of Foresight Limited and Executive Chairman and Co-Chairman – Europe India Chamber of Commerce, Belgium, and in the presence of Mr. Ali B
The King County Ferry District announced recently a contract has been signed with Bellingham-based All American Marine to design and build two new water taxis to replace its pair of 25 year-old leased vessels. The new catamarans will replace the Rachel Marie and Melissa Ann – vessels that have been
KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. (“K” Line) announced that it has decided to order four (4) additional new next generation car carrier vessels on top of its recent identical 4-vessel shipbuilding contracts placed with Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co. Ltd and Japan Marine United Corporation. In total, each com
Top Ship, a shipping company from Greece, has entered into a contract to buy a medium- range tanker, currently under construction at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea. It has been reported that the company will allocate $37m for this 50,000-dwt eco-type vessel, which will be paid upon delivery in
The video captures construction of Washington’s newest Olympic Class ferry, 144-car Tokitae, from the start of construction through summer 2013. Vigor Industrial began construction of the Tokitae in March 2012 at the company’s Seattle shipyard. Vigor fabricated major modules and assembled them, alon
Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji) QSC has provided financing for two Nakilat shipyard joint ventures, Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) and Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) for $120m and US $40m respectively. Signing for the financing worth a total of $160m was held at Nakilat’s head
The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government has awarded Damen Shipyards a contract for a second state-of-the-art, 80 m Ice Class ferry, just a few weeks after placing an order for its first vessel, which will serve the Fogo Island-Change Islands. This second order is for an identical vessel
