Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd (DSME) announced today in its regulatory filing that the company has secured an order worth KRW 470.3 billion (approx. USD 422. 3 million) for the construction of three container carriers. The order came from an unnamed Asian ship owner. The company al
Rolls-Royce announced yesterday that the largest capacity Syncrolift® shiplift to be built in Vietnam is now officially open for service. The Syncrolift has been installed as a key element of a major new shipbuilding and ship repair development at New Song Thu shipyard. Rolls-Royce designed and supp
At a European conference in Zagreb, held right after Croatia acceded to the European Union, Croatia expressed a positive view on the future development of the maritime sector. According to Croatia’s shipbuilders association, the future lies in structural restructuring, orientation to smaller specifi
Jiangsu Zheijang Shipyard delivered the second multifunctional anchor handling supply vessel named SEALINK 179 to Malaysian SEALINK company on August 28, 2013. To meet the requirements of classification notation from HAB, ENVIRO and ORO, the vessel is featured by a total power rating of 9120kw, prop
Damen Shipyards Galati has handed over the second Platform Supply Vessel in a series order heralding a new era in offshore construction for Damen Shipyards Group. World Peridot, built to Damen’s innovative PSV 3300 design, has been delivered to World Wide Supply as part of the Norwegian owner’s late
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) and Nordic Yards Wismar GMBH have signed an agreement on classification under construction and survey for compliance with the applicable statutory requirements of two MPSV 06 NY multipurpose icebreaking salvage vessels. The ships of 7 MW each to be construc
The Korean Register – an IACS member classification society – is leading a project to build and operate the world’s first green-ship equipment certification centre in Gunsan, Jeonbuk, Korea which is due to open in February 2014. Work is already underway and the new 300 billion won (US$269 million) f
Creon, the Aim-listed resource and resource infrastructure focused investment company announced that, Jiangsu Yangzijiang Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd. (YZJOE), is ready to “strike steel” on the construction of its 350ft Le Tourneau “super enhanced 116e” design self-elevating Mobile Offshore Jack-up
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has received a significant order to supply the propulsion solutions for six new offshore pipe laying vessels being built by IHC Merwede, a global leader in delivering efficient vessels and equipment. Three of the ships are to b
Evergreen Group recently held the naming ceremony for its first L-type vessel built by CSBC Corporation in Taiwan, the Ever Living. The ceremony held at CSBC’s Kaohsiung shipyard was officiated by Mr. S.S. Lin, First Vice Group Chairman of Evergreen Group. The official rope-cutting of the new 8,508-
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding and Offshore Co., Ltd. (SWS Offshore) held on August 8 the Classification Contract Signing Ceremony of 2+2 PSVs, being built for Pacific Radiance, that indicated that the cooperation between SWS Offshore and DNV officially started. The new Regional President of DNV,
The future USS Coronado (LCS 4) successfully concluded acceptance trials after completing a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV), the Navy announced Aug. 28. Acceptance trials are the last significant milestone before delivery of
Meyer Werft of Papenburg, Germany has selected Metso DNA for the Integrated Alarm, Monitoring & Control System (IAMCS) to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd’s new generation of cruise ships referred to as “Project Sunshine”. The contract is for three vessels of 167.000 GRT with a capacity for 4180 passenge
The engineering and technology group SENER attends as an exhibitor the DSEI exhibition, the world’s largest defense and security event, which is held from September 10 to 13 at the ExCeL convention center in London. SENER’s Engineering and Construction division will present at the exhibition new dev
