MTU has been chosen by the Korean Coast Guard (KCG) to provide propulsion and onboard power for a new class of vessels in its ever expanding and modernizing fleet. The new 5000-ton displacement patrol vessel will be powered by four MTU 20V 1163 M94 engines in a Combined Diesel and Diesel (CODAD) pro
Martek Marine has delivered the most sophisticated emissions monitoring systems ever built for marine use to Daewoo for the world’s largest Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU). The 173,400m3 vessel, which can also function as an LNG carrier, is due for delivery in May 2014 when it will b
The board of directors in Westcon Group has appointed Arne Birkeland as the new Group CEO. He has held the position as deputy group CEO in Westcon Group since September 2012. He previously held executive positions in Aker Kværner and Wärtsilä. He immediately steps up as Group CEO in Westcon. “Westco
When it arrives in service next year, the biggest vessel in the RGP fleet will be named ‘Sir Adrian Johns’. His Excellency the Governor has already been presented with a copy of its name plaque, despite the fact that the vessel is still under construction in Croatia. His Excellency was presented wit
His Excellency Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Drydocks World & Maritime World, the international leading service provider to the maritime and oil & gas sectors, visited Jadaf shipyard, one of the oldest such yards in the region addressing the repair and maintenance of small to mid-size vessels. The
The Brazilian shipowning company Oceana Offshore will be building two platform supply vessels (PSV) with an option for two additional vessels based on the PX105 design from ULSTEIN. The vessels will be built at the new yard, Oceana Shipyard in Itajai, Brazil, and are scheduled for delivery in April
The Board of Directors of Vard Holdings Limited announced that pursuant to the rationalization of operations in Romania, Vard Piping SRL’s pipe fabrication business was integrated in the Tulcea Shipyard and its engineering division was transferred to Vard Engineering Constanta SRL, a newly incorpora
DCNS shipyard in Saint-Nazaire recently held a launching ceremony for Russia’s first Mistral-class helicopter carrier named Vladivostok. The vessel will receive its additional Russian systems at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg, and then be handed over to Russia’s Pacific Fleet in Novem
A contract for construction of ten 2400TEU container vessels was successfully signed between Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering and Renjian Group on October 14th in Shanghai Shangri-La hotel. These vessels, to be used for domestic shipping business, will cost approx. $328 million. The vessels will be 18
Navios Maritime Partners L.P. an owner and operator of dry cargo vessels, announced yesterday that the Navios Harmony, a 2006-built panamax vessel of 82,790 dwt, was delivered to Navios Partners’ owned fleet on October 11, 2013. The Navios Harmony has been chartered out to a high quality counterpart
Rolls-Royce has won an order to provide an integrated design and equipment package for two offshore supply vessels to be built at COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd in China for the Singapore based Chellsea Group, an ambitious and quality conscious player in the offshore oilfield services industry.
Transocean Ltd. has been awarded a five-year contract for a newbuild dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillship by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Shipyard delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2016. After customer acceptance, the contract is expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2016, c
CTruk scored a hat-trick with the delivery of its 12th 20T multi-purpose catamaran, CWind Challenger. As well as being the first of these popular offshore wind support vessels to be designed, built and classed to Bureau Veritas (BV) rules, the 18.5m multi-role workboat is also the first Category 1 v
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has signed a contract with KNUD E. HANSEN A/S for the design of a 500 GT SOLAS passenger vessel for Tokelau, a non-self governing territory of New Zealand consisting of 3 coral atolls (Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo). The vessel, which is the only m
