Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) completed and delivered a 72,800 dwt type Open Hatch Jib Crane General Cargo Carrier M.V. “PETREL ARROW” (MES Hull No. 1838) at its Chiba Works to Gearbulk Shipowning Limited, Bermuda on July 25, 2013. This is the 3rd vessel of its series which has a
Yesterday LNG vessel Hull Number 2556 was delivered by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and named ‘Yenisei River’ at a ceremony at the HHI shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. GM&T group will time charter ‘Yenisei River’ from Greek LNG tanker operator Dynagas for several years and will use her to support i
At the end of June, De Telegraaf, the largest newspaper in the Netherlands, concluded its Top 100 competition for Dutch ‘green’ companies. The winners, out of 25 nominees, were Moonen Packaging, Conscious Hotels and Damen Shipyards Group. The top-three greenest companies in the Netherlands were sele
Nanjing East Star Shipbuilding Co., based in China, on Monday hosted a naming ceremony for VOS Fabulous and VOS Fairness, the first two units in a series of six new classed 50m Emergency Response Rescue Vessels (ERRVs), ordered by Vroon Offshore Services in May 2012. VOS Fabulous was christened by M
GasLog Ltd. announced the delivery of the fully owned LNG carrier GasLog Skagen, from Samsung Heavy Industries. The vessel was delivered on budget and ahead of schedule. Immediately on delivery the vessel commenced a medium-term charter to Methane Services Ltd. (BG Group). The vessel is a 155,000 cu
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, a shipbuilding company from Japan has received an order to build two Kamsarmax dry bulk carriers for India based shipping company Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd (G E Shipping). There vessels will be built at the yard’s facility in Philippiines. The contracted ship
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading marine engine manufacturer, announced today that its electrolysis-based ballast water treatment system, HiBallast, was accepted as Alternative Management System (AMS) by the United States Coast Guard. This comes
Amarcon, a member of the ABB group, announced that it has received an order for two OCTOPUS-Onboard motion monitoring systems for Heavy freight cargo vessels KOREX SPB no.1 & 2 from CJ Korea Express. CJ Korea Express is a result of the merger between Korea Express and CJ GLS. With a head-office in S
Joint Support Ship ‘HNLMS Karel Doorman’ departed Galati, Romania, on July 22nd, and headed to the last stage of construction execution in the Netherlands. It is expected that the vessel will reach Vlissingen in 3 weeks. It has been two and a half years since the keel was laid and the works on the v
The plate-cutting ceremony was held yesterday at the Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) shipyard for the latest generation ferry that Fincantieri is building for Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ), a Canadian company that operates in maritime passenger transport. The ferry, which is scheduled for
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced yesterday it has delivered the final aft peripheral vertical launch system (PVLS) assemblies to the U.S. Navy for the Zumwalt-class destroyer Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001). The two units for the PVLS were delivered a week early. “Ou
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of Korea, one of the world’s leading shipbuilding companies, has recognised Wärtsilä’s contribution as a provider of high quality solutions and support by giving Wärtsilä its ‘Excellent Partner 2013’ award. A number of different suppliers to SHI were considered for the
Navigator Gas reported that it has entered into agreements to construct one 21,000 cubic meter semi-refrigerated ethylene gas carrier and two 22,000 cubic meter semirefrigerated gas carriers for a combined price of approximately $138 million. In addition the company has options to construct a furthe
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announced yesterday that it has reached agreements with three yards in China to construct a minimum of 11 and up to 14 newbuilding vessels designed for the carriage of dry bulk commodities. Bulker Newbuildings The Company has reached agreements with ChengXi Shipyard CO. Ltd., Da
