Rickmers-Linie has decided to charter in to its fleet the 19,100dwt Pacific Winter, which is a sister ship of Baltic Winter, originally chartered in by Rickmers in December 2011. Rickmers will also extend the existing charter on Baltic Winter. With her 800 tonne lift capacity, the 2011-built Baltic
Havyard Ship Technology in Leirvik, Sogn is the only Norwegian shipyard to be ISO certified. The company has for many years worked towards developing a production, project and quality control system in order to strengthen the quality of end products. And in March it was confirmed; Havyard Ship Techn
Naming Ceremony for the first 31,200 DWT Great Lakes Gearless Bulk Carrier, built by Nantong Mingde for the Algoma Central Corporation, was successfully carried out at the Pier No.3 on April 7th. On the ceremony, Godmother Miss Rasa Rudnitsky named the vessel “Algoma Equinox”. Mr. Ji Fenghua, Board
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. announced today that Total E&P UK Limited has acknowledged, by letter, that the PROSPECTOR 1 shipyard delivery date will be delayed (reference to the announcement made on 14 February 2013) and has formally communicated that they do not currently intend to exercise t
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded a major contract to design a series of four multi-purpose platform support vessels (MPSVs) for Armada Offshore MPSV Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bumi Armada Berhad, a Malaysian-based international offs
With an estimated crowd of more than 5,000, USS Arlington (LPD 24) was officially commissioned on Saturday. Built by Huntington-Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., Arlington’s keel was laid on May 26, 2008, and she was christened on March 26, 2011. With a projected service life of 40 y
Oman Shipping Company (OSC) took delivery of its fourth Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) “VALE SHINAS” in China on 30th March 2013, which will be used in the transportation of iron ore from Brazil to Sohar, Oman. With this vessel Oman Shipping Company has completed delivery of all the 4 VLOCs which wer
Svenja Installs First Subsea Platform to Support Costa Concordia Refloating Early this morning, the work started on Giglio Island to install platform no. 1, the biggest subsea base which, with the other 5 subsea platforms, will provide a safe supporting structure for the Costa Concordia wreck after
With energy and minerals being increasingly discovered in Arctic regions, and the retreat of sea ice encouraging the greater use of both the Northern Sea Route and the North West Passage, there is a new demand for icebreakers and ice-strengthened tonnage capable of working in these demanding regions
Class society ClassNK has announced the release of a new version of its PrimeShip-HULL (HCSR) ship design support software. In addition to a variety of new features, the new version incorporates the new second draft of the IACS Harmonized Common Structural Rules, or H-CSR, for bulk carriers and oil
KBR today announced that it was selected by Subsea 7 to perform the topsides design for the Chevron Lianzi development project in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola. KBR will provide laser scanning of the entire Benguela Belize Lobito Tomboco topsides,
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s medium-speed propulsion packages have gained another foothold in Middle Eastern offshore operations. After successfully completed sea trials, Abu Dhabi-based Adyard has earlier delivered the ‘Topaz Dignity’ – which is now followed by the ‘Topaz Triumph’ AHTS. Topaz Energy and Ma
Following the meeting between Mr. Li Zhengjian, Deputy General Manager of China Shipping Industry Co., Ltd. (CIC), and Mr. Demetrios Koukoulas, the General Manager of Dry/Bulkers, Cardiff Marine Inc., a progress on the further development of cooperation on ship repair has been achieved. This year, C
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. announced that on March 29, 2013, O’Hara Corporation of Rockland, Maine signed a contract to construct and deliver one 194’ (59.13m) DNV Classed Freezer Stern Trawler Fishing Vessel. This new contract will be constructed from their ST ‐ 115 design furnished by Skipst
