The Board of Directors of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Ltd announced that following the new orders announced on 26th April 2013, the Group has secured additional shipbuilding contracts for fifteen vessels with an aggregate contract value of US$414 million. The new contracts secured comprise of six units
Ceona has finalised its agreement with Lloyd Werft for the construction of a new high-capacity vessel, the Ceona Amazon, at a signing ceremony in Bremerhaven. Members of the Ceona management team, led by CEO Steve Preston and Chairman John Smith, were joined by a representative from majority shareho
OAO Yamal LNG announced today the completion of the tender for the construction of ARC7 ice-class tankers for the shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG). After considering proposals submitted by seven world-leading shipyards, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering was named the winner of the tend
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., of Panama City, Florida to supply an integrated solution for a new multipurpose support vessel (MPSV) for Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC (HGIM) of New Orleans. This offshore vessel is the first in a series of three MP
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with the Brazilian shipyard Aliança S/A Industria Naval e Empresa de Navegacao, a subsidiary of Fischer Group, and Brazilian shipowner Asgaard Navegação S.A for the design and delivery of equipment to two offshore vessels for Asgaard. The contract value is about £11
China International Marine Containers (CIMC) has entered into a $595m worth shipbuilding contract with Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC) for the construction of seven 8,800 TEU containerships. After the delivery, scheduled for 2015 and 2016, the vessels will be placed on long term charter contracts with Me
Abis Shipping held a naming ceremony for its 15th vessel, the MS ABIS Dundee, at the port of Harlingen at 16:30 yesterday (July 3). The MS ABIS Dundee was christened by Cynthia Dijkstra-van den Broek, wife of Mr Jan Dijkstra, the director of Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma. It is the third ship from a se
Scandlines and STX Finland Oy yesterday signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for building two new ferries for the route Rostock (Germany) – Gedser (Denmark) for delivery in spring 2015. The project will bring some 1,000 man-years of work for STX Finland and its subcontracting network. The ferries will be
Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm, Jensen Maritime, announced the delivery of the Hawaii, the first of two 120’ x 35’ x 19’ Jensen-designed ABS machinery class ocean-going tugboats, to Hyak Maritime, a marine equipment and vessel owner based in Dover, Delaware. The Hawaii
A naming ceremony was held at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. shipyard in South Korea for the first two vessels in a new series of LPG carriers (liquefied petroleum gas) ordered by Sovcomflot Group, to operate on long-term contracts with the petrochemical holding company SIBUR. The carriers will
More than a quarter of the global production of natural gas in 2011 – or nearly 331 billion cubic meters – was liquefied and shipped throughout the world in ocean-going tankers. In preparation for transport, the gas is cleaned, liquefied at minus 162 degrees Celsius, and then loaded onto tankers tha
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced start of an onshore demonstration test of a new prototype sailing rig that has great potential for reducing CO2 emissions from vessels. Tests of the “Power Assist Sail” began at the Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) Oita Works last mont
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) announced that PV Drilling Overseas (PVDO) is acquiring from the company a KFELS B Class jackup rig for approximately US$210 million. Scheduled for delivery in 1Q 2015, the high specification rig will be the 19th KFELS B Class rig on order at Keppel, with 45 already
Yesterday, on 2nd July, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) delivered the first Triple-E vessel, the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller to Maersk Line. Management from DSME and Maersk sign the official documents for ownership of the vessel. The Danish and the Korean flags are hoisted along with the
