Directorate of the State Customer for Marine Transport Development Programmes and Nevsky Shipyard, LLC signed, on November 29th 2012, the State Contract for the construction of multipurpose salvage vessel, capacity 4 MW. Nevsky Shipyard, LLC got the right to conclude the given State Contract having
A new shipbuilding contract was signed recently by Greek shipping company Ariston Navigation, part of the family-owned Xylas Group and Chinese state-owned shipbuilding enterprise CSC Jinling Shipyard, according to Shipping Herald maritime portal. The word is that CSC Jinling Shipyardhas secured orde
The naming ceremony of Atlantic Amsterdam jack-up accommodation rig, owned by Atlantic Marine Services, recently took place at Damen’s Scheldepoort Repair & Conversion Yard in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The rig, which arrived in the Netherlands in June, on dry tow from Singapore onboard the Dockwi
Basic Offshore has ordered two Havyard 832 L SE designed platform supply vessels from Havyard Global Solutions through its intermediary Huangpu shipyard. Both ships will be delivered in 2014. The Chinese state-owned shipyard CSSC Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding CO. Ltd. constructs both larger trade t
Jaya Holdings, operators of Singapore’s leading offshore shipbuilding yard, yesterday delivered a new state-of-the-art anchor handling tug supply vessel Jaya Supreme to Canadian buyer, Atlantic Towing Limited. A delivery ceremony at Jaya’s shipyard in Tuas was held this morning, attended by senior e
On 16th Nov. 2012,the 57000DWT Bulk carrier (HT096) built by Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry for Eagle was successfully launched on No.1 slipway of Hantong. The vessel is class approved by LR. vice general manager Mr. Zheng Xishan who, together with the representatives of the ship-owner and the
Shipbuilding production levels have remained at record high levels exceeding 50 million cgt for two consecutive years (2010 -2011), with 2012 forecasted to remain close to 2011 levels. However the orderbook that forms the contracted forward workload has diminished rapidly and tails-off to very low l
An 11th vessel order for DMS Maritime Pty Limited culminated recently with a Rescue Gear Ship 9316, which will be used to support the Royal Australian Navy’s submarine fleet. Damen Shipyards and DMS Maritime signed the contract for the RGS 9316 on November 16 in Sydney, Australia. The vessel will be
Croatian-based shipyard Brodosplit, hosted a keel laying ceremony for the second heavy lift vessel ordered by Jumbo Shipping, a leading Dutch heavy lift company. Construction of this type of vessels is the most complex project ever performed in Croatia. The heavy lift vessels with 152m in length, 27
After a week of sea trials, Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry Co (HTS), on Nov. 20th, completed testing of 57.000 DWT Bulk Carrier (Hull No.:HT095) which was built for Eagle. The vessel met all inspections requirements of the ship owners and the class and was delivered on the same day from the shi
Despite talks of capacity overload and poor market conditions, new ship orders are still coming in. Following in the footsteps of JO Tankers that placed an order of two Stainless Steel Chemical Tankers with Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry last week, an Italian shipping group Grimaldi also decided to a
Western Marine has inaugurated the construction work of two passenger vessels having the carrying capacity of 750 passengers (each ship) through a keel laying ceremony on the 29th of November 2012 in the shipyard premises located in Patiya. This is the first passenger ship of this capacity that will
After Ultrabulk and Golden Ocean Group called off their orders, Jinhai Heavy Industry could face more cancelations. John Fredriksen’s newly established company, Frontline 2012 Ltd, created after splitting of Frontline Ltd, may pull out from a deal on construction of five Very Large Crude Carriers (V
DCNS and PIRIOU have entered into exclusive negotiations to set up a joint venture specialising in maritime security ships built to civilian shipbuilding standards. The project is part of both companiesʼ growth strategies and will expand their accessible markets. DCNS and PIRIOU aim to leverage thei
