Navig8 Chemical Tankers Inc announced that it has signed shipbuilding contracts for the construction of additional six 37,000 dwt IMO2 eco-design chemical tankers to be built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD). The six new ECO 37,000 dwt IMO 2 chemical tankers have been ordered by use of existing newbui
The 488-metre-long-hull of Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has been floated out of the dry dock at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) yard in Geoje, South Korea, where the facility is currently under construction. Once complete, Prelude FLNG will be the largest floatin
DNV GL has become the world’s leading ship and offshore classification society, with a 24 per cent market share of the world’s classed ships and mobile offshore units measured in gross tonnage. The group combines two major innovation clusters and will continue to invest five per cent of its annual r
Rolls-Royce announced today that it has won an order to provide design and integrated equipment packages for two UT 771 WP platform supply vessels to be built by Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group Co. Ltd (SINOPACIFIC), one of the leading shipbuilders in China. The contract incorporates MTU-engines as p
Awilco LNG ASA announced that the “WilPride”, the Company’s second 156,000 cbm Tri Fuel Diesel Electric powered newbuilding, was delivered from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., (DSME) of South Korea on 28 November. The vessel was delivered on budget and on time. The vessel was sub
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply the extended engineering scope for the initial, basic, and production designs for a series of two Container RoRo vessels to be built for US based owner, Crowley Maritime Corporation. The vessels will be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), and are
Caterpillar Marine announced MaK™ engines have been selected to power an Østensjø Rederi newbuild set for delivery in spring 2016, to be constructed by Kleven Shipyard in Norway. The newbuild, a large offshore construction vessel, is being specifically designed and built for the Greater North Sea co
DNV GL and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have introduced the Green Dolphin 575 concept design for a handymax bulk carrier. This second design builds on the success of the handysize Green Dolphin 38 for which around 80 orders have been placed with the major share to DNV G
The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government has awarded Damen Shipyards Group an order for a state-of-the-art, 80 m Ice Class ferry, which will operate on the Fogo Island-Change Islands service. Scheduled for delivery in September 2015, the 14-knot ro-ro ferry will be able to carry up to 200
Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions (WTS) has secured multiple orders to supply its Maritime Protection Inert Gas Generator (IGG) systems for installation on vessels under construction for operations offshore China. The Maritime Protection systems will be installed on three FPSOs for oil major China Nati
A consortium comprising Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.(“K” Line), and the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has announced an agreement with New Delhi–based Petronet LNG Limited (PLL) for a long-term time charter of a new liquefied
Vroon announced that, during a “Sino-Dutch dinner” held in Beijing on 15 November, the company signed an intention agreement with the ABN AMRO Bank and the Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM), for the financing of some vessels currently under construction in China for Vroon. The trade dinner was att
DHT Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has reached an agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (“HHI”) in South Korea for the construction of two very large crude carriers (“VLCCs”) with a contract price of $92.7 million each, including certain additions and upgrades to the standard spe
His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, attended yesterday the first UAE flag-raising ceremony on a merchant ship. The ceremony was held on the occasion of the first commercial ship classification in the UAE by TASNEEF (Emirates Aut
