The regional maritime industry is facing a demand surge for multi-purpose vessels on the back of dramatic growth being witnessed by the offshore sector. According to statistics revealed recently, 2013 is set to see massive expansion for the region’s oil & gas industry, with regional players going on
Navig8 Product Tankers Inc announced that it has signed shipbuilding contracts for the construction of four additional ECO LR2 tankers to be built at Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. The four new ECO LR2 tankers have been ordered by use of existing newbuilding options with Sungdo
UAE-based Tristar Transport Company has reached an agreement and placed a firm order for 6 New MR Product /Chemical Tankers with Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. The vessels are expected to be delivered in 2016 and will be built to the latest specifications with an improved hull form design
MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order to supply two MAN B&W 7S90ME-GI dual-fuel engines that will power Matson Navigation’s two 3,600 TEU container ships. The deal includes an option for three further vessels. The engines are the largest dual-fuel engines ever ordered in terms of power output with eac
Swiss-based Allseas has decided to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel. The new vessel, larger than Pieter Schelte, can remove all platform topsides in the North Sea which are beyond the capability of Pieter Schelte. Besides decommissioning, the vessel is desi
JO Tankers has confirmed that the company placed its largest ever order for eight 33.000 dwt stainless-steel chemical tankers at China’s New Times Shipbuilding, with deliveries scheduled for 2016 and 2017. The deal, estimated to be worth around $320 million, consists of firm and optional contracts.
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announced on Thursday that it has entered into agreements for the purchase of four Ultramax dry bulk vessels of 64,000 DWT currently under construction as well as for six Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels of 82,000 DWT as listed below: Yard DWT Delivery 1 Chengxi 64,000 Q1-15 2 Chengxi
The float-out of Mein Schiff 3, an environmentally friendly cruise ship being built for TUI Cruises, was performed at STX Turku Shipyard on Friday 8 November 2013. “We are very pleased to float out this superb cruise ship according to schedule. After this float-out, the work will continue very inten
“Specialized in the Impossible!” is the theme of the lustrum symposium of the maritime study association S.G. “William Froude” of Delft University of Technology that will be held on Friday February 21th 2014 in WTC-De Beurs in Rotterdam. At the symposium, well-known speakers from the maritime indust
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division recently christened Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the first ship of the next-generation class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. “There is perhaps no more visible or powerful representation of America’s military strength than the
During a special contract signing ceremony at Europort 2013 on Thursday, 7th November 2013, Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam, part of Damen Shipyards Group signed the contract to build an additional Seismic Research Support Vessel for Rederij Groen. This latest contract follows last month’s order of tw
Russia: Construction of World’s Largest Icebreaker Progresses Baltiysky Zavod, a subsidiary of United Shipbuilding Corporation, yesterday held a keel laying ceremony for the new generation nuclear icebreaker of Project 22220. When finished, the icebreaker LK-60 will be the largest and most powerful
MODEC and TOYO Offshore Production Systems Pte. Ltd. (MTOPS), a Singapore joint company created by TOYO and MODEC, Inc., has been awarded a letter of intent from MODEC to install topsides units for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) system. This FPSO, named FPSO Cidade de Caraguata
Where once it was ferries that gave Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft its international reputation for excellence, now it is ultra-modern special ships. Today the shipbuilders of Flensburg successfully launched the first of two offshore seismic vessels for the WesternGeco concern. The ship was Hull
