Uljanik shipyard launched, on Dec 14th, the first of two RO-PAX ferries designed for the transportation of passengers, trucks and other vehicles in the Caspian Sea region, the Berkarar (Yard No. 501). The vessel is being built for “State Service of Maritime and River Transportation“ company from Tur
Knutsen OAS Shipping, the Norwegian shipping company, has placed an order for 2 × 2 7G70ME-GI engines in connection with the building of two 176,300 m3 capacity LNG carriers. The specified engines are also based on MAN Diesel & Turbo’s new, ultra-long-stroke, G-type concept to deliver an even higher
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading provider of innovative products, solutions and services, has today announced that its Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®EC (Electro-Chlorination) Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has been granted International Maritime Organization (IMO) Type Approval. This is in accord
Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen is appointed president in DNV GL Maritime. Ørbeck-Nilssen will take on the role as president from 1 January 2014. He will be member of the Executive Committee and operate out of Hamburg. Tor E. Svensen, CEO DNV GL Maritime, says “I am really pleased to have Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen on
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has delivered to Hercules Offshore, Inc. (Hercules Offshore), their second harsh environment KFELS Super A Class jackup rig. The rig was named Hercules Resilience at a ceremony today after it was officially delivered on 30 November 2013, 45 days ahead of schedule, o
Hyundai Heavy Enters MOU on Development of MOBILE POWERSHIP Polaris Shipping Co., Ltd., Korea Midland Power Co., Ltd., Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., and Siemens Energy Solutions Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding at COEX Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul on December 10, 2013 to develop MO
Spanish shipbuilder Grup Aresa Internacional has delivered two patrol craft and a landing craft in a boost to the offshore capabilities of the Cameroon Navy. The Cameroon Navy has taken delivery of two new 24-meter ARESA 2400 CPV Defender and one new 23-meter ARESA 2300 LD Craft to help the force sa
Singapore-based BW Shipping has exercised an option for a second Liquefied Natural Gas Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (LNG FSRU) with Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea on 29 November 2013. Scheduled for delivery in 2016, this new FSRU adds to the first FSRU ordered in January 2013 an
Afai Southern Shipyard has laid keels for two coastal fast rescue vessels, “NAN HAI JIU 203”and “DONG HAI JIU 203”. Representatives from Guangzhou Maritime Safety Administration, CCS Guangzhou Branch, ship owner and leaders of Afai jointly witnessed the event. The representatives of the four parties
The new vessel will enhance and strengthen the capabilities of the Titan survey fleet increasing the number of operating coastal vessels to five. The new launched and tested Titan Discovery is a 13m long GRP laminates catamaran designed and built by Alicat of Great Yarmouth. It is MCA coded to carry
ICGS Aadesh, the first of twenty Fast Patrol Vessels (FPV) being built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), for the Indian Coast Guard was commissioned into service today at CSL. The contract for the construction of the 20 FPVs was signed on the 20th of October 2010. ICGS Aadesh, the first in the serie
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. (HMD) from South Korea has secured two contracts from which the yard will make USD 607.6 million in total. Namely, Hyundai Mipo has been awarded a contract for the construction of 14 (fourteen) product tankers worth USD 572.6 million. The vessels have been ordered by Britai
Mainboard-listed JES International Holdings Limited, a major private shipbuilding group based in the PRC, announced that the Group has commenced the steel cutting for its first two Platform Support Vessels (“PSV”) at its shipyard located in Jingjiang City, China. The UT 755 LN Platform Support Vesse
On December 4, Dutch shipyard de Hoop started the steel cutting of the 70×15.8 metre Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) for Delta Logistics Limited of Trinidad. This vessel heralds the next generation of De Hoop PSV’s, coming as a further development of De Hoop’s KISS design that was recently built and de
