Ardmore Shipping Corporation yesterday announced that it has executed contracts for the construction of four 25,000 Dwt IMO 2 eco-design product & chemical tankers ordered from Fukuoka Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Japan for a total price of approximately $118,000,000. As part of the contracts, Ardmore has
Höegh LNG has signed a contract with an Asia based national oil company to conduct pre-FEED engineering work for an offshore floating LNG facility (FLNG) with 2 million tonnes per annum production capacity. The work will be finalised in the first quarter of 2014. Provided that the conclusion of the
Vard Holdings Limited (VARD), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of one Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) for Farstad Shipping (Farstad). The value of the contra
Technip announced on its official Facebook page that it has christened a brand new support vessel at the Detroit Yard, in Southern Brazil on August 21, 2013. The vessel was given a name LH Lábaro. Final delivery to Technip’s local teams is scheduled for this month. Technip, August 21, 2013
Repair work to the MV Blue Puttees was successfully completed over the weekend and the vessel departed Halifax returning to North Sydney later that day. It is anticipated that the vessel will resume service between North Sydney and Port aux Basques Tuesday evening (August 20). With the return of the
MAN Diesel & Turbo has won the order from Meyer Werft to supply ten V48/60 type engines with diesel-electric propulsion systems for two new cruise vessels operated by US-based cruise liner company Norwegian Cruise Line. The ships will be built at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, northern Germany. Norwegian
On the morning of August 5, the steel cutting ceremony of conversion project for container ships “CONDOR” and “CORSAR” was grandly held in Hull Workshop of Xinrong Shipyard. The vessels of the “CONDOR” and “CORSAR”, with the construction periods of 36 days and 33 days, is to enter the yard in about
Four 64.000 dwt bulkers and two 39,000 dwt bulkers will be constructed by Yangfan Group, based on the order placed by Italian owner D’Amico Societa di Navigazione, SinoShip news portal reports. Namely, the two smaller bulk carriers (39,000 dwt) will be built according to Deltamarine design. The deli
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard from Ulsan, South Korea, has secured a contract for four Product Carriers (PCs) worth $ 132, 8 million. The vessels were ordered by an undisclosed European ship owner. Hyundai Mipo revealed in a regulatory filing to the Korea Stock Exchange that it will deliver the vessels by J
Wärtsilä, is to supply the main propulsion generating sets for a new, environmentally sound, double ended ferry. The ship, which is the first gas fuelled ferry for a domestic route in Denmark, will operate between Jutland and the island of Samsø and will carry passengers, cars and trucks. The vessel
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has delivered the CHARLES DAVID JR, the seventh Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. The announcement was made by Bollinger executive vice president of new construction, Chris Bollinger, “We are very pleased to announce another successful on-time and
Shipowner and operator, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (SPO) celebrated the latest addition to its existing D Class fleet with the launch and naming of Pacific Duchess. The ceremony was held in the late evening of 20 August 2013, Tuesday at Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine) ship
Gone are the days when, in an industry such as shipping, men are working on the docks while women are tapping away on typewriters in administrative offices. While it is still true that in Namibia, women generally tend to be over-represented in clerical, service and administrative occupations, the ge
Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services company, Bumi Armada Berhad (Bumi Armada) announced that it took delivery of the first of four PSVs (platform supply vessels) from Sentinel Offshore (L) Ltd on 31 July 2013 at the Xiamen Shipyard in China. The contract for the four PSVs which i
