Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) from Ulsan, South Korea, has signed contract worth circa $186.6 million for the construction of five chemical tankers. The vessels were ordered by an unnamed ship owner from Europe. Hyundai Mipo revealed in a regulatory filing to the Korea Stock Exchange that all the vess
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order worth USD 77 million for optimised cargo handling systems for five A-14-series and five A-18-series container vessels from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd in South Korea.The 14,000 TEU and 18,000 TEU ships are built for the United Arab Shipping Comp
The European Commission has opened formal antitrust proceedings against several container liner shipping companies to investigate whether they engaged in concerted practices, in breach of EU antitrust rules. Container liner shipping is the transport of containers by ship at a fixed time schedule on
Alewijnse Marine Systems, the well-known systems integrator, has been awarded the contract for the full electrical fit out of Damen’s new cable layer, now under construction for international contractor Van Oord for delivery at the end of 2014. The 120m vessel is intended for the installation of ele
Prosafe has completed firm turnkey contracts for the engineering, procurement and construction of two semi-submersible accommodation vessels, plus four units optional, with COSCO (Qidong) Offshore Co., The vessels will be the most advanced and flexible units for worldwide operations excluding Norway
In July of this year PIC (Paint-Inspector.Com) was contracted by Heerema Marine Contractors in the Netherlands to provide the Paint Superintendents for their project H851. H851 is one of the biggest barges around the world and is used to transport big items, such as topsides, part of rigs or any oth
Global Maritime introduced a new and important service line, Marine Casualty Investigation. Building on our existing comprehensive business offering, Marine Casualty Investigation (MCI) acts on behalf of hull & machinery underwriters, P&I clubs, owners, ship managers, drilling rig owners and lawyers
Damen Shiprepair Brest (France) received her seventh LNG booking for the drydocking, maintenance and repair of the LNG carrier ‘Bachir Chihani’. The Hyproc Shipping owned and managed vessel will arrive at November 25th. Jos Goris, managing director of Damen Shiprepair Brest, says: “We are very pleas
The hull of Havyard Ship Technology’s newbuild number 117, a Havyard 587 wellboat for the shipping company Fosnavaag Shipping, has arrived at the shipyard in Leirvik and is facing a hectic period of outfitting and testing. In August 2012, Havyard agreed a contract with Fosnavaag Shipping for the con
On 15 th November, The China Navigation Company confirmed an order for four additional 39,000dwt B.Delta37 handysize bulk carriers to be built at Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Ouhua), Zhoushan, China. This latest order brings the total number of Deltamarin designed vessels ordered by CNCo t
Ferus Smit has won an order to build six vessels of its brand-new ECOBOX design for Symphony Shipping. The design of ECOBOX is characterized by its flexibility of loading combined with very economical and ecological performance. The design comprises: A very large single hold of completely box shaped
Owner and operator of the world’s largest fleet of LNG tankers, Navigator Holdings Ltd. (Navigator) has raised $228 million after its initial public offering of 12,000,000 shares of its common stock priced at $19 per share. The offering was announced yesterday and Navigator expected to receive net p
Osiris Projects launched new coastal survey vessel MV Proteus designed to provide an excellent working platform for coastal survey operations. MV Proteus can work up to 60 miles from a safe haven under MCA Category 2 and has a maximum speed of 24 knots. The vessel benefits from a shallow draft of ju
Rolls-Royce has signed contracts to deliver an extensive package of ship equipment for ten anchor handling offshore vessels to the Malaysian ship builder Nam Cheong. The contract includes an option for equipment for additional future vessels. The Rolls-Royce scope of delivery includes both deck mach
