The newly captured contracts with an estimated value totaling USD 1.05 billion for five liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers have been revealed by Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI) on Sunday, Reuters reports. Namely, the South Korean shipbuilding company has received an order for one unit of 155,000 cubi
Diana Shipping Inc., a shipping company specializing in the ownership and operation of dry bulk vessels, announced that on December 20, 2012 it signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of Agreement to acquire a new-building Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier of 82,131 dwt, built by T
The first of the new 105 meter class of Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel to be commissioned “INS SARYU”, indigenously designed in-house and built by Goa Shipyard Ltd was handed over to the Indian Navy on 21 December 2012. The vessel will help meet the increasing requirement of the Indian Navy for undert
Arctic offshore vessel NB-506 Vitus Bering was delivered at Helsinki Shipyard on Friday 21.12.2012 to the client Sovcomflot, the largest shipping corporation in Russia. The vessel will supply the Arkutun-Dagi oil and gas field in Sakhalin area, in Far East Russia. Vitus Bering is the first vessel of
In connection with maintenance work on the installation vessel SEA JACK in the Keppel Verolme yard in Rotterdam, a serious accident happened this morning to one of A2SEA’s subcontractors. A 43 year-old Danish employee from the Esbjerg-based company Peter Harbo A/S died in a work accident. “We are de
Signet Maritime Corporation continues to expand its diverse fleet by awarding a contract for the construction of two Robert Allan Ltd. designed tugs to Patti Marine Enterprises, Inc. in Pensacola, Florida. This marks the ninth Signet/Robert Allan Ltd. design in 5 years. Construction commenced in Nov
Nordic Yards, leading provider of large-scale maritime projects, has signed a contract for the construction of two ice-breaking rescue and salvage vessels. The client is the Russian Ministry of Transport. Owing to their ice-breaking capabilities, the vessels will operate on the northern polar sea ro
The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited (G E Shipping) has placed an order for 1 new building Medium Range Product Tanker to be built at STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., China. The contract also gives GE Shipping the option to add more ships at a later date. The contracted ship, of about 50,00
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has today announced that their Wärtsilä AQUARIUS® UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has been granted Type Approval in accordance with requirements of the 2004 IMO Convention for the control and management of ships balla
Riverside Marine and Incat Crowther announced, Dec. 21 st, deployment of two new 32m catamarans Riverside Catalina and Riverside Mandalay, supporting the construction and operation of the Curtis Island QCLNG plant in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. These vessels offer reduced fuel burn, and lower
The Iraqi navy and the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command marked the delivery of two 60-meter Offshore Support Vessels (OSV 1/ OSV 2) to the Iraqi navy in a ceremony at the Umm Qasr naval facility, Dec. 20. RiverHawk Fast Sea Frames is the prime contractor for the OSV procurement, with Gulf Islan
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced that four shipbuilding contracts signed by COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd with a Hong Kong ship owner for the construction of four UT771CDL Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) have been made effective on 21 December 2012 at a v
Olympic has yesterday declared an option for delivery of another subsea support and construction vessel at Kleven Maritime. Olympic Shipping stays with local suppliers as the company once more enters into a shipbuilding contract with Kleven for the delivery of one subsea construction vessel of the M
Aker Solutions has won a contract to supply a complete drilling equipment package for a deepwater drillship Jurong Shipyard is building for the Brazilian market. The contract value is undisclosed. On 27 August 2012 Aker Solutions announced a contract to supply six drilling equipment packages to Juro
