Naming ceremonies for two vessels “Densa Seal” and “Densa Cheetah” were held at Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard on 24 July, 2013 with the attendance of the representatives of the owner, ABS class, and the yard. “Densa Seal” and “Densa Cheetah” (Hull Nos. S075 and S076) are the fifth and sixth bulk carrier
Emirates Classification (Tasneef) will start providing classification services to merchant vessels using the country’s ports under a landmark partnership agreement signed with the Dubai Drydocks. The new service will allow ship owners to obtain national classification which in turn will enable them
Reducing costs for offshore wind generated electricity is one of the major challenges in the European energy market. The novelty about the jointly developed concept for reducing costs during installation, from the Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungs- GmbH & Co. KG and Wärtsilä is, that the tasks for tr
Farstad Shipping ASA announced that the it has been awarded a ten charter contracts from various customers. The contracts are as follows: AHTS Far Sky (1991, ME 303 II, 13,382 BHP) and AHTS Far Grip (1993, UT 722, 14,388 BHP) have been awarded contracts by ENI Australia Ltd. for a fixed period of 5
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Keppel FELS and Keppel Verolme, has secured upgrade and repair contracts totaling about S$100million (approx. USD 78.8 million) from repeat customers. Keppel FELS in Singapore will be undertaking the upgrade and modifi
JES International Holdings Limited has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with a US based private investment firm for a credit facility of up to a maximum aggregate of US$20 million with the option of the company to request an additional facility of up to a maximum aggregate of US$20 million. The
MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order to supply the main gensets for a multi-layer vessel newbuilding, recently commenced by Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven AG for British client, Ceona. The Ceona Amazon will be equipped with 2 × 9L32/44CR + 4 × 8L32/44CR main gensets, providing a total output of 28 MW. Each
Recently the official keel-laying of the cruise ship Quantum of the Seas was celebrated at MEYER WERFT in Papenburg by putting a 430-ts block in place in the yard’s covered building dock. Harri Kulovaara, Executive Vice President Maritime of Royal Caribbean International, put down the lucky penny in
Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd has secured a contract for the construction of a fast 70 metre crew support vessel for operations in the Caspian Sea oil industry in Azerbaijan. The contract was signed on Thursday, 1st August, in Baku Azerbaijan by Incat Chairman Robert Clifford and representatives of Caspian
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. today announced that it has agreed to acquire a 155,900 cubic meter (cbm) liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier newbuilding from Awilco LNG ASA (Awilco), a Norwegian-based owner and operator of LNG carriers. The vessel, which is currently under construction by Daewoo Shipbuild
The Offshore Patrol Vessel UVL10, currently being built for the Finnish Border Guard at STX Finland Oy’s Rauma shipyard, was named Turva at a festive naming and launching ceremony on Friday 2 August. Minister of the Interior Päivi Räsänen acted as godmother for the ship, wishing the vessel and its c
Huntington Ingalls Industries’, Ingalls Shipbuilding authenticated the keel of the company’s 11th amphibious transport dock ship, Portland (LPD 27). U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Amos, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps and principal speaker for the ceremony, noted the first-in-class USS San Antonio
PETRONAS has announced that as part of its strategy to optimise the value of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) business, it has decided to directly procure newbuild LNG ships to meet its LNG transportation requirements. The move will allow PETRONAS to have direct access to LNG shipping capacity at the
Keppel FELS has delivered a KFELS B Class jackup rig, to Constructora y Perforadora LATINA (CP LATINA), a private Mexican company in the energy sector. The rig was named LA SANTA MARIA at a ceremony in Keppel FELS today. Delivered on time and with a perfect safety record, it will be chartered to PEM
