Blue Star Line Chairman Clive Palmer has announced due to worldwide interest in the Titanic II project he has applied to register the trademark ‘Palmer Pictures’ with a view to making a major motion picture and documentary about the ship’s maiden voyage. On April 30, 2012, Mr Palmer announced to the
Float-On and Transport of Costa Concordia Onboard Dockwise Vanguard Following the successful parbuckling of Costa Concordia, and in anticipation of the pending refloat, Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., provides some basic information on how the float-on will be
Marineco UK has placed another order for two more FCS 2610 Twin Axe vessels to serve its offshore wind activities. The Scottish company was the first customer for the pioneering Damen Twin Axe vessel, which has become the industry standard since its introduction just over two years ago. Marineco’s t
Some 44% of the world ship shape FPSO fleet have hulls that are above 30 years of age. All of these are conversions from Oil Tankers that had an initial design life of 25 years. Continued operation of these vessels will bring increasing challenges to maintain hull integrity as fatigue life and corro
Leading workboat operator Acta Marine is further expanding their fleet with a new MPW with DP-1 and more than 35 Tons bollard pull. The vessel, which will be named “Coastal Chariot”, is a sister vessel of Acta Marine’s existing DP-1 MPW “Coastal Challenger”. The MPW has the following main characteri
On October 17 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), unveiled the development of an electro-assist MET turbocharger, saving approximately 30% electric power consumption compared to existing auxiliary blow
Strainstall Marine, a part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has recently secured an order to supply their StressAlert Hull Stress Monitoring system (HSMS) to Hyundai Heavy Industries for their new 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) carrier. The container carrier is owned by China Shipping Contai
At the Offshore WIND Installation & Maintenance conference on Wednesday, Peter Robert, Business Development Manager at Damen Shipyards Group, whetted the appetite of the delegates for more information about a new offshore wind vessel able to provide in field accommodation and work space for engineer
The bulk carriers “LEOPOLD LD”, “LA BRIANTAIS” and “LA GUIMORAIS” were named today at the Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. yard in China. The naming ceremony took place in the presence of numerous guests, including representatives of ERAMET and PRONY ENERGIES future charterers o
For the past weeks, among the relevant jobs performed at Zamakona Yards in Canary Islands, there was the docking of the Pacific Wyvern. Pacific Wyvern is 68.9 m long AHTS Vessel that operates on the western coast of Africa. The vessel belongs to Singapore-based company Swire Pacific, that it is one
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited refered to its announcement on 22 July 2010 in relation to the turn-key EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract worth more than US$500 million secured by the Company’s subsidiary, COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard with Dalian Dee
Chengxi Shipyard, few day ago, held a launching ceremony for CNCO’s third 39,500 DWT B.Delta37 bulk carrier. Mr. Wang Yongliang, President of Chengxi Shipyard and Mr. Tim Blackburn, Managing Director of CNCO together with Ms. Camilla Swire started the launching process. At the ceremony, Mr. Wang Yon
On 11 th October, The China Navigation Company (“CNCo”) 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 b
COSCO Corporation (Singapore) has released three announcements regarding the contracts awarded to its shipbuilding subsidiary. The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation announced that the second contract awarded to COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard for the conversion of one semi-completed hull to high end
