A seminar organised as part of the training programme for experts in marine gas transportation systems inspection took place at the Personnel Training Centre of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). At the seminar, lectures on insulation and membrane fitting of type MARKIII and No96 В cargo ta
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) completed and delivered a 56,000 dwt type bulk carrier M.V. “IONIC SMYRNI” (MES Hull No. 1846) at its Tamano Works on 18th April, 2013 to IONIC SMYRNI INC., Marshall Island. This vessel is a handy-max type bulk carrier of 56,000 dwt with a large carg
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced yesterday that it remains committed to construction of its Articulated Tug & Barge (ATB) Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge. As announced on August 3, 2012, GLDD contracted with a shipyard to perform the functional design drawings, detailed design drawings
The Maltese registered Company Bulk Malta Ltd has taken delivery of its newly built Panamax vessel, the 76,500 metric tonnes bulk carrier M/V HAMPTON BRIDGE (S5110). The naming ceremony took place at the South Korean Shipyard of SPP Shipbuilding Co Ltd. The construction completion of M/V HAMPTON BRI
Bergen Group Fosen has notified Fjord Line about a delay in delivery for up to three weeks for first cruise ferry. The reason is that the installation and testing of engines and other technical equipment is assumed to take longer than planned. The adjusted delivery date will cause additional expense
On April 16 in Aberdeen UK, a seaport city on the North Sea, SINOPACIFIC & Deep Sea Supply together held a grand naming ceremony for the first PX105 platform supply vessel (PSV) among 12 ones contracted between the above shipbuilder & ship owner. Madame Dana House named this vessel as “SEA FALCON”.
GE’s Power Conversion business announced it has been awarded new contracts for orders of electric power and propulsion systems on two liquid natural gas (LNG) carriers and an LNG Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU). In total, GE has signed contracts to supply systems for 26 LNG carriers and
Spanish shipyard Zamakona Yards has just been awarded a new contract for the construction of a tuna fishing and freezing vessel for the company Pesquera Miriam SA worth $ 35 million. The ship “LJUBICA”, 89.8 meters in length, is designed for Cintranaval-Defcar S.L. and will have a storage tank capac
Nass Marine Services, a marine division of the Nass Group, has recently handed over a competed project that involved the fabrication of a new deck cargo barge to Ocean Diving & Marine Services that is owned and operated by Mr. Samir Engineer in the Kingdom. The vessel, Ocean 8 was fabricated to incl
Chengxi Shipyard Co.,a subsidiary corporation wholly-owned by China CSSC Holdings Limited, has entered into a contract with Hong Kong-based Wah Kwong Maritime for the construction of eight 64,000 dwt bulk carriers. Under the contract the vessels will be of the Dolphin 64 ship series. The Dolphin 64
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announced that the second rig ordered by its associate Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (“AOD”) from Keppel FELS Limited (“Keppel”) in Singapore, ‘AOD II’, has been successfully delivered to AOD’s wholly owned subsidiary, Asia Offshore Rig 2 Limited. ‘AOD II’ wi
Following the launch of the IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP in February, the first vessel has been sold to Advanced Construction Company, a member of the Al Geithy Group, based in Saudi Arabia. Testing was successful completed at IHC Merwede’s shipyard in Sliedrecht, The Netherlands, in early March and delivery
On April 16, the Finnish Transport Agency signed a contract with Aker Arctic Technology Inc for the design of the new icebreaker for the Finnish Government. Aker Arctic in cooperation with ILS Oy will design the vessel and prepare the technical documents needed to arrange the tender for its construc
In view of the ongoing disastrous situation in the shipping business and also due to missing impulses for action from the recent 8th Maritime Conference in Kiel, a small group of ship-owners from Leer, Germany, appeals for a concerted action to reduce capacity in the market. A jointly executed strat
