The contract for a new double-ended ferry that will operate on the Upper Arrow Lake in British Columbia, Canada, has been awarded to Waterbridge Steel Inc. As of 2014, the new vessel is to replace two ferries built in the 1960′s which are equipped with Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP). The vessels’
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that Tidewater Inc. (“Tidewater”) has acquired contracts for three Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) under construction at STX OSV in Norway. STX OSV had originally se
Cochin Shipyard yesterday launched two ships, BY 91 and BY 92, both Platform Supply vessels for M/s PSV Holdings Inc, Cyprus. These ships were launched by Mr John Arne Johnsen, Project Manager Deep Sea Supply and Mr Baby Thomas, Executive Director, Cochin Shipyard Ltd respectively. Both these vessel
On Thursday 10 January 2013, STX Finland Oy’s Turku shipyard delivered a next-generation cruise ferry to Viking Line ABP. Building of the environmentally friendly M/S Viking Grace started at the STX Turku shipyard in September 2011 and the ship was floated out in August 2012. The ship provided some
Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte. Ltd. (GGOS), a Singapore incorporated subsidiary of Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited has taken delivery of a Platform/ROV Support Vessel, GREATSHIP RAGINI, from Colombo Dockyard P
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced that COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has delivered a bulk carrier of 57000DWT, “KLIMA”, to its European buyer. The delivery documents were signed by a
Afai Southern received, January 6th 2013, the bid-winning notice about construction project of coastal fast rescue vessels (7-10) for Rescue & Salvage Bureau of Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China, and was confirmed as bid winner. In 2005-2006, Afai Southern accomplished the cons
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) launched the first Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) being built for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on 09th January 2013. The vessel bearing the yard Hull No. BY 501 was launched by Smt. Jayasree Muralidharan, in the presence of Vice Admiral M P Muralidharan, AVSM, NM, Director Ge
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced plans to install a ballast water treatment system on a very large crude oil carrier (VLCC) currently in service. This will be the first such onboard system installed by any Japanese shipowner on an existing VLCC. The company chose the JFE Ballast Ace develop
The new P-63 Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel featuring Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines, the first such ship to utilize gas engines to produce more than 100 MWe of power, has successfully completed all the required full 100% load tests. The tests were carried out at the Cosco
SKF Group announced they have signed an agreement to acquire German-based ship components provider Blohm + Voss Industries (BVI) from Star Capital Partners. SKF will pay EUR 80 Mln for 100% of the equity of BVI and assumes net loans/cash of EUR 18 Mln . The transaction is subject to relevant regulat
Golden Union, a Greek company specialized in sea transportation of dry cargo, has placed an order for an eco-friendly bulk carrier with COSCO, Shipping Herald reports. With this order Golden Union becomes a part of the “Clean Sky” initiative which is launched in 2011 within Greek – Chinese maritime
Eisa shipyard has successfully delivered its biggest vessel ever, an 80.100 DWT bulk carrier named Log-In Tambaqui to Log-In Logistica of Brazil. The vessel is the first out of two 80.100 DWT bulk carriers ordered by Log-In invests, with the second one scheduled for delivery at the end of 2013. Log-
2013 marks the start of a period of rapid growth in the windfarm construction vessel market and it coincides with new operational demands that require careful consideration, particularly in the design of jack-up systems. DNV highlights the need for owners and yards to consider both class and flag st
