The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced, Jan. 28th, that two shipbuilding contracts signed by COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd with Vroon for the construction of two PX121 Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) have been made effective on 28 January 2013 at a value of ap
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Bellatrix, a new building MR2 product tanker vessel of 49,999 dwt, was delivered on Thursday, January 24, 2012, from a South Korean shipyard. Nave Bellatrix has been chartered out to a high qual
On January 26, 2013, the maiden voyage ceremony for mainland China’s first luxury cruise ship “Henna” was held at Sanya Phoenix Island International Port, with the theme of “Movement of the Sea, Sailing of the Heart”. Leaders of the China National Tourism Administration, Hainan Tourism Bureau, HNA G
UM BULK AS, Grimstad has signed an agreement with Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, Japan to buy 2 bulk carriers of TESS-58 type. The vessels will be delivered in 2014 and 2015 from Tsuneishi Heavy Industries, Cebu in the Philippines and represent next generation bulk carriers with eco-design and mor
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation Limited announced that COSCO Dalian Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has delivered two bulk carriers of 82000DWT, “ECOPRIDE G.O.” and “UNION MARINER”, respectively to its European buyers. The deliver
Dungeness-based new venture, Technical Marine Support Ltd, has taken delivery of its first vessel, a design-enhanced CTruk 20T MPC. Destined to start work this week on the Lincs offshore wind farm as part of CWind’s growing charter fleet, Endeavour sports this popular support vessel’s latest design
The 71.300 GT cruise ship AIDAstella, MEYER WERFT latest newbuild, left the building dock I on Friday January 25th 2013. Later that day the ship was shifted into the shipard’s harbor and berthed at the outfitting quay. In the following days at the outfitting pier the last working activities, tests a
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has signed an agreement with SPP Machine Tech Co., Ltd., a marine machinery manufacturer in Korea, under which MHI is to license production and marketing of marine deck cranes. With this initiative, MHI aims at accelerating market penetration of MHI technology
Huntington Ingalls Industries celebrated significant progress on Jan. 26th, as the 555-metric ton island was lowered onto the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. The island will serve as the command center for flight dec
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is delivering its first rig of 2013 to Vision Drilling Pte Ltd (Vision Drilling), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cyprus based Dynamic Offshore Drilling Limited (Dynamic Offshore Drilling). The KFELS B Class jackup rig, Dynamic Vision, will be Vision Drilling’s first s
Ostensjo Rederi has recently taken delivery of a newbuild tug from Sanmar Yard in Istanbul, Turkey. The tug is a robust vessel with an engine of 6.000 BHP and a bollard pull of 80 tons. The vessel, named “Lomax”, is equipped with towing winch both forward and aft. She is first and foremost built for
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and operation of dry bulk vessels, today announced that the Company, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, took delivery of the m/v “Myrto”, a 82,131 dwt newly built Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier that the Company entered
Atlantic Offshore has ordered a new ERRV vessel, based upon a new contract with Shell. Including this newbuilding, Atlantic Offshore has invested NOK 2.5 billion into its fleet modernization programme. New contracts with Shell Norway, Shell UK and ADTI UK amount to approx. NOK 500 million, of which
STX Dalian, the Chinese unit of South Korean STX Group, has signed a $187 mln deal to build four 181,000 DWT dry bulk carriers for Frontline. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2015. As Seatrade reports, the contract comes with an option to construct four similar type vessel
