Holland Shipyards has commenced conversion work on two ships owned by Chevalier Floatels, The Motorship informs. Chevalier Floatels assigned Holland Shipyards last year to undertake the necessary work on former passenger ferries, built in 2007, to convert them into accommodation vessels for staff ac
Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewable energy industries, announces that, further to its announcement of 3 December 2012, James Moffat has now taken up his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Grou
Croatian shipbuilder 3. MAJ delivered tanker ’SAO DOMINGOS SAVIO’ to the Swedish company WISBY TANKERS on 1 March 2013. The tanker, designed to carry concrete, oil and chemicals, is 133 meters long and 23 meters wide. The newbuild features the loading capacity of 15,000 DWT and is propelled by the 3
The first Triple-E class vessel was launched at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo Shipyard on February 27, 2013. The vessel will be named Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller after the late shipping magnate and currently, it is the world’s largest vessel. In February 2011, Maersk ordered 10 of these
Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has classed the first passenger ferry built in Bangladesh for a Danish owner and operation in Danish waters. The 147-passenger Isefjord was built by Western Marine Shipyard Limited in Chittagong, Bangladesh and delivered to Danish operator
The Navy’s first mobile landing platform ship, USNS Montford Point (T-MLP 1), was christened at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, March 2. The first of three MLPs being built for MSC by NASSCO, Montford Point will join MSC’s Maritime Prepositioning Force as a seagoing pier in the ev
Geo Shipyard Inc, New Iberia, La, recently delivered the R/V “APALACHEE”, a 64x21x9’, aluminum catamaran for Florida State University Coastal Marine Laboratory, St Teresa, Florida. Designed by Fyffe Yachts with NC lofting by Eli Ring, VP of Advance Fabricating, both of Kemah, Texas, the 48 passenger
On 20 February at the STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd yard a keel laying ceremony took place for LNG carrier Pskov, ordered by Sovcomflot for operations under a long-term agreement with Gazprom Global LNG. Pskov is the second vessel being built for Sovcomflot at the STX shipyard and is due to be
Fairmount Tug Delivers Emma Maersk to Repair Yard in Palermo, Sicily Super tug Fairmount Alpine has delivered the container vessel Emma Maersk, one of the largest container carriers of its kind, at Fincantieri’s repair yard in Palermo, Sicily. Blue Star Line’s Chairman Unveils Design Plans for Titan
Responding to client feedback and recommendation, Neptune have installed a new 10 Tonne x 8.0m “A“ Frame on the MV Neptune, enhancing her geotechnical capabilities by making provision for the safe deployment and recovery of most CPT and Vibrocore equipment. The new “A“ Frame will also be suitable fo
Tarua 302 has been recently delivered by Italthai Marine Limited of Samut Prakarn Thailand to her owners, the Port Authority of Thailand. This is the second RAmparts 2800 Class tug built for the Port Authority of Thailand to this widely accepted design from Robert Allan Ltd., Naval Architects of Van
An important milestone was reached at the keel laying of hull number 2548 at Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea on 27 February 2013. The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) being built will be used as a floating LNG import terminal in Indonesia. The term of the contract with Perusah
WorleyParsons announced the successful completion of the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Bergen Group Rosenberg AS on 28 February 2013. Previously, on 21th February, WorleyParsons has announced an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Bergen Group Rosenberg AS (“Rosenberg”) for a cash cons
Axis Offshore celebrated with Cosco a steel cutting, held according to the construction schedule on 28th February 2013, for the first semi-submersible accommodation unit. The Axis Offshore site team manager, Mr. Magnus Olsson, congratulated the yard project manager, Mr. Wang Jianqiang, on the planne
