Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has signed a five year maintenance agreement with Finnish ship owner, Viking Line. The agreement, which became effective from March 1, is for maintaining and servicing the recently launched ‘Viking Grace’, the largest passenger
Pallas Group AB announced yesterday that the company has extended the Letter of Intent, signed with Turkish Akdeniz Shipyard in July 2012, for the construction of cargo ship capable to transport LNG (liquefied natural gas) and methanol. Developed by Pallas Shipping, the new ship’s design concept mee
Last week, in the presence of Parliamentary State Secretary Mr. Enak Ferlemann, German Fassmer’s Berne Yard held a naming ceremony for the new buoy laying vessel SCHILLIG. The vessel, built for the Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Wilhelmshaven (Wilhelmshaven Waterways and Shipping), was named by Ms. Ulr
Nakilat, Qatar’s premier marine company, and its ship repair and shipbuilding joint ventures, N-KOM and NDSQ, received teaching staff from CNA-Q at their shipyard facilities last week to help promote marine industry careers to young Qatari Nationals. The day-long event held on Monday March 4th enabl
Bergen Group Fosen has signed a contract with NFDS Offshore 1 AS for outfitting and commissioning of a new and modern anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS). NFDS Offshore 1 AS is a subsidiary of Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskap AS, a company where BOA Offshore holds the majority share. The co
The latest addition to the Brazilian Navy’s fleet departed the UK in the snow on March 11 for her new home in Rio de Janeiro where she will strengthen Brazil’s maritime security. APA is the second of three Amazonas Class Ocean Patrol Vessels being delivered to the Brazilian Navy by BAE Systems. Her
On March 8, HHIC’s Subic Shipyard signed a LOI to build eight 5,400TEU container ships with a European client. In fact, its recent success in bidding continues. According to the Korean shipbuilder, the newly contracted ships are highly fuel-efficient. In terms of capacity, they are same with the one
Edda Accommodation, operated by Østensjø Rederi, has placed an order for a new mono hull accommodation vessel plus one optional vessel at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. By placing this order Edda Accommodation is expanding the commercial and technical success of its existing accommodation vessel
LR classed Alexandros and Aristotelis are the first of five new 5,000 teu super-efficient new ships, all to be delivered from HHI Gunsan by June 2013, that sees Capital expand its operations into the container sector Capital Shipmanagement has marked the delivery of their new container ships, Alexan
The Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics Services Enterprise (ESLSE), the only company involved in sea freight activity in the country, recently received a pair of newbuild vessels, named “Assosa’’ and “Bahir Dar’’, from a Chinese shipbuilder, according to Ethiopian news portal Addis Fortune. The two vess
Malaysia-based international company, Bumi Armada Berhad announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bumi Armada Offshore Contractor Limited has acquired and taken delivery of a MPSV (multipurpose platform support vessel) from Condor Shipco Limited for USD15.8 million. The DP2 diesel electric vessel
Chemical and product tanker specialist Ardmore Shipping has named the two newest vessels to join its fleet, the Ardmore Seavaliant and the Ardmore Seaventure. The naming ceremonies for the two newbuild vessels took place at SPP Shipbuilding in South Korea, prior to the Ardmore Seavaliant being immed
Heerema Marine Contractors’ new Deepwater Construction Vessel Aegir, one of the largest deepwater construction vessels in the world, is expected to arrive in Rotterdam today for final outfitting. She began her long journey from Daewoo’s Korean shipyard in January this year and, upon arrival to the N
Seacat Services, a leading offshore wind farm vessel transfer operator, will, by the end of 2013, have invested over £15 million in manufacturing and jobs on the Isle of Wight. This entire investment has been achieved in less than two years and represents a significant cash injection into the local
