Hanjin Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. announced yesterday in its regulatory filing to the Korea Stock Exchange that the company has won an order worth $109.5 million for the construction of two Capesize bulk carriers. The shipbuilder will deliver the bulkers to a Marshall Islands-based company in late 2015
Island Offshore took delivery of the platform supply vessel (PSV) MV Island Duchess from the Vard Brevik yard in Norway on Tuesday, October 22. MV Island Duchess is the second vessel in a series of four PSVs of Rolls-Royce UT 717 CD design to be delivered from Vard Brevik in 2013 and 2014. The vesse
Evergreen Group today held the naming ceremony for the Ever Linking; the second of its L-type vessels to be built by the CSBC Corporation in Taiwan. The ceremony, held at CSBC’s Kaohsiung shipyard, was officiated by Mr. Bronson Hsieh, Second Vice Group Chairman of Evergreen Group and attended by dig
Strainstall Marine, a part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has secured a five-figure order to supply stress monitoring systems for Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) to be fitted aboard a new 405m floating drydock. The floating drydock hull number S708 is owned by Qatar Petroleum, the State-owned o
Recently, COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard and Dalian Maritime University have entered into a contract valued over RMB325 million (USD 53.2 million) for the construction of one 30,000-dwt cargo and training ship, whose design is based on the 30,000-dwt multipurpose heavy-lift vessel series which COSCO (Dalia
RINA’s Hellenic Advisory Committee meeting for 2013 was organized by RINA Hellas and took place on Tuesday the 8th of October 2013 at “TATOΪ Club” in Athens. The Hellenic Advisory Committee Members and distinguished guests were welcomed by Ugo Salerno, RINA Group CEO, George Youroukos of Technomar,
COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard has entered into a contract, valued over USD 180 million, with Dalian Deepwater Developer Ltd. for the construction of one LeTourneau Super 116E jack -up drilling rig. Based on the LeTourneau Super 116E design, the rig will measure 70.09 metres in LOA, 62.8 metres in breadth,
Two innovative corrosion protection coating systems, Ecospeed and Ecoshield were on display at the Hydrex booth at this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference held in Amsterdam. Ecospeed is a glassflake reinforced, hard, non-toxic ship hull coating system which is applied once to ship hull
d’Amico International Shipping S.A., an international marine transportation company, operating in the product tanker market, announced that its operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers Limited (Ireland) has entered in a shipbuilding contract for the purchase of four additional product chemical tanker ve
Construction of Signet Maritime’s seventh ASD tug in less than four years, M/V SIGNET VIGILANT is underway at Signet Shipbuilding & Repair in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The 30 metric ton bollard pull, EPA Tier III, ASD vessel will be the first Castleman Maritime design for Signet with delivery slated
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is one of the fastest growing energy markets worldwide, and global production capacity could be more than double by the end of the decade. Higher natural gas prices and growing efficiencies in the LNG value chain are making it economically attractive to ship LNG over long
Crowley Maritime Corporation has successfully raised gross proceeds of $200 million through the sale of 200,000 shares of Series A Income Preferred Securities. The company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering in connection with its new vessel build program as well as for general corpor
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. has delivered a newbuild offshore support vessel, the M/V HOS RED ROCK (Hull 202), to Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC . The vessel, launched on April 19, 2013, is the second of four designated as the HOSMAX 300 series. Hornbeck’s first vessel, the HOS RED DAWN (Hull
Navis Engineering Oy and Aker Arctic Technology Inc have signed a scientific and technical co-operation agreement covering the joint development of technology for dynamic positioning (DP) systems for icebreakers and ice-class vessels.The agreement was signed in St Petersburg during NEVA 2013 at the
