On 2 November 2013 the 146,600-gt cruise ship Norwegian GETAWAY, whose construction has taken merely 12 months, will float out of MEYER WERFT’s covered building dock II. Over the last few weeks the shipyard has been busy conducting extensive tests and machinery trials. The float-out of the ship, whi
Western Bulk’s Shipholding division has agreed to enter into one additional Japanese lease time charter contract with extension and purchase options. The vessel is a 63,000 dwt new I-Star design from Imabari and has been developed with input from Western Bulk. This is the third vessel of this new de
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea and Cosco Shipyard in China have selected KONGSBERG’s “Full Picture” solution with extensive Dynamic Positioning (DP), Automation, Navigation, Hydroacoustic positioning and riser management solutions for a total of nine advan
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) announced that it has received on Tuesday, October 29 a new vessel specialized in general cargo with a size of 26,000 DWT. The ship was named Bahri Jazan and it was built by Hyundai MIPO in South Korea. This is the fourth vessel delivered from th
Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (‘Davie’) named yesterday the 717th ship launched at its facility, an advanced multipurpose subsea construction vessel. The cutting-edge ‘Cecon Pride’ has been built at Davie for export to Norwegian Oilfield Services company, Cecon. At 130 meters long, the Cecon Pride has
On Saturday 19th October, Rosetti Marino in Ravenna, Italy delivered Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) “HIGHLAND KNIGHT” to Gulf Offshore North Sea Ltd. headquartered in Aberdeen. This PSV was built in Rosetti Marino’s San Vitale Shipyard and it is the first of the two sister ships which were ordered in
On the 23rd of October, 2013 the ‘Sea Hotel’ was named by sponsor lady Mrs. Marieke Regoor. This Name giving Ceremony took place at the Dubai Festival City Marina in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Seacontractors and Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld look back on a festive event of this new Shoalbuster t
On October 26th, the 10000 TEU containership under construction by China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (CICJS) for China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd. smoothly entered into the erection stage in the Dock No 3 of China Shipping Jiangsu shipbuilding base. With this development, CICJS took
TRIYARDS Holdings Limited, an offshore vessel fabrication and engineering solutions provider to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, has secured two contracts worth an additional US$59 million, including its 10th Self-Elevating Unit (SEU) order, consolidating its position as a leading fabricator of SEUs
Three children from Northside Primary School in Workington have attended a naming ceremony for a new Alicat vessel which is due to be deployed for operations at E.ON’s Robin Rigg offshore wind farm. Sally Shenton, Robin Rigg’s former site manager, officially named the Solway Challenger and local Min
China’s Jiangsu Hantong has signed shipbuilding contracts for five 82, 000 dwt bulk carriers with Japanese Shipowner Nisshin, a repeat customer of the shipyard. The vessels will be built in New Hantong with expected completion and delivery scheduled for around 30th November, 2016. Jiangsu Hantong Sh
Qatar: Nakilat Damen Shipyards Signs Newbuild Orders Qatar’s premier marine company Nakilat has secured vessel building and operations contracts for the Port of Ras Laffan via its joint ventures, shipbuilder Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) and towage operator Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller (NSW). AI
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division christened, Oct. 26, the National Security Cutter (NSC) Hamilton (WMSL 753) in front of nearly 1,000 guests. Hamilton is the fourth NSC Ingalls has built for the U.S. Coast Guard. The ship is named in honor of Alexander Hamilton, who is cr
Elgin Brown & Hamer (EBH) Namibia today celebrates a watershed event in the company’s history with the inauguration of its third Panamax floating dock. The 195 metre floating dock, which represents the largest infrastructural investment that EBH Namibia has made to date, will increase the company’s
