During a ceremonial party last Wednesday 21st of November Damen Shipyards signed the contracts for another 4 vessels. Damen Shipyards invited all the workers, suppliers and customer representatives to celebrate this new order. During the evening, with 1500 spectators, the contracts were signed for t
The opening plenary session of Seatrade Middle East Maritime saw the region’s key players describing the challenging environment the industry faces – but offering some powerful solutions to the audience of industry professionals from 67 different countries. Chaired by Sky News TV anchor Jeremy Thomp
Scandlines has today decided to cancel the contracts with the German shipyard P+S Werften GmbH concerning the construction and delivery of the two new vessels ordered in 2010. Despite Scandlines’ strong commitment it has not been possible to find a solution to the severe technical problems that have
Navantia, Reganosa and Gas Natural Comercializadora have signed a framework agreement to offer a comprehensive service that completes the repair cycle of gas carrier ships to bring them into operation, guaranteeing an even more attractive and competitive product for the operators of the ships, as we
Paramarine software, developed by QinetiQ GRC, has been selected by Rolls-Royce who is broadening its ship design capabilities. Paramarine will be Rolls-Royce’s marine design software tool of choice in support of their newly formed team dedicated to the development of naval ship designs. Rolls-Royce
Nevsky Shipyard has delivered self-propelled dry-cargo vessel of project RSD49 named NEVA-LEADER 1 (deadweight 7150 tons) to North-Western Shipping Company, JSC. Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-SPb, JSC. is responsible for the design of the vessel. Vessels of the series can be operated for transpor
TCC agreed with Sumitomo Corporation as Contractor and Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. as Builder to build one vessel of D/W 76,500 M.T. Type Bulk Carrier at a competitive price. The delivery of the vessel is expected to take place around June 2014. TCC also secured one optional contract for an ident
Stolt Tankers B.V., a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen Limited, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. and China Shipbuilding Trading Co. Ltd, (CSTC), under China Shipbuilding Group Corporation (CSSC), for five plus three options 38,000 deadwe
Ships and offshore units are specialist structures with high requirements for efficiency and availability throughout their entire life cycle. Many of the processes, from draft via production all the way to operation, can be supported by 3D models and computer graphics. How can the actual dimensions
On Thursday 15 November, the delivery of the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XIX, took place at Waalhaven in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The dredger was received by the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) Manager Mr YSR Murthy three weeks ahead of the contractual delivery date. I
On 26th of November 2012, the signing ceremony of the 2+6 33,000 DWT Stainless Steel Chemical Tankers between Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry Stock Co., Ltd. and J.O. Invest was held in Nantong JinShi International Hotel. Mingde is the independent designer of the vessels in question. In consideration
On 23 November, European Joint Armament Cooperation Organisation OCCAR formally signed acceptance documents on behalf of French defence procurement agency DGA following the delivery of FREMM frigate Aquitaine in compliance with all contractual requirements. Aquitaine is the first FREMM multimission
A new container ship design featuring LNG-fuelled propulsion, optimised hull and efficient cargo handling demonstrates that vessels can be both environment-friendly and economic to operate. “The earlier we are consulted during the design of a container ship, the greater the benefits for all concerne
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder, announced today that it has developed an independent liquefied natural gas storage tank model, Lobe-Bundle Tank. Hyundai Heavy’s newly-developed LNG storage tank won Approval in Principle from the Japanese classification society Nippon
