The offers for the purchase of Peene Shipyard are expected to arrive by the end of November. The Swedish coast guard has concluded a new agreement with the insolvency administrator of P+S WERFTEN, Berthold Brinkmann. This means that both coast guard ships ordered from the Peene shipyard can now be c
The Polar Research Institute of China and MARIC, on October 22nd, signed a detailed design contract of new-building polar scientific research icebreaking vessel project in Beijing. The new-building scientific research icebreaking vessel with bow and stern of bidirectional icebreaking capability and
Arnout Damen, COO of Damen Shipyards Group, officially opened a new office in Norwegian Stavanger on 16 November 2012. When asked why Dutch headquartered Damen Shipyards sets up an advanced base in Stavanger, its new Sales Manager Remko Hottentot said: “It is the European Oil & Gas capital and the p
BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announces that three new Windfarm Support Vessels built to a BMT design have been launched over a period of ten days from three different shipyards, two in Europe
Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has delivered King Gregory, a 52,000-dwt tanker, to Consolidated Marine Management (CMM), the shipping branch of the Latsis Group. King Gregory, HMD’s hull No. 2345 delivered earlier this month, is the first of two medium-range (MR), IMO II & III-class oil/chemica
The naming ceremony of No.3 & No.4 35,500 DWT SUL Bulk Carriers built by Chengxi shipyard Co., Ltd for Canada Steamship Lines, was held at the Hengshan floating dock on Nov. 16, 2012. The successful naming of No.3 and No.4 35,500 DWT self unloading vessel indicates the new building has entered a fin
With relation to the Contracts of Purchase and Sale of ships, entered into with the South Atlantic Shipyard (Estaleiro Atlântico Sul – EAS), in connection with the Fleet Modernization and Expansion Program (Promef), Transpetro reports that: 1) The EAS complied with the conditions contained in the Ad
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded yet another important order as part of the ongoing Brazilian programme to build a number of drill units (DRUs) to serve its offshore oil industry. This latest in a series of contracts won by Wärtsilä is to supp
The Spanish tug company, Remolcadores Ibaizabal has taken delivery of two new AVT 36/70E Escort tugs from the drawing board of Robert Allan Ltd. The tugs were constructed by Astilleros Armon in Navia, Spain. The design features a full raised forecastle running nearly half the length of the tug to pr
Subsea 7 has signed a contract to build a new Dive Support Vessel (DSV). The new vessel will be delivered in 2015. This state-of-the-art vessel will be built by Korean company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), one of the world’s largest ship building companies. The vessel will reinforce our leading di
Representatives of POLSTEAM and Polish Register of Shipping met in the Polish Ministry of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy on 21 November 2012 to sign an agreement on PRS supervision of four big bulk carriers constructed for POLSTEAM by the Japanese shipyard Tsuneishi. The Shipowner deci
Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd launched the world’s first high speed passenger Ro-Ro ship powered by LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) on Saturday 17th November to allow the vessel to be completed outside the main shipyard shed. The vessel has been moored alongside at the Incat shipyard wha
Faced with plunging demand for ships it seems that shipbuilders have turned to oil and gas sector. One of such examples is Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd., which has formed a new offshore-energy equipment unit aiming to focus on offshore and marine business and hoping that the new uni
Keppel FELS Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, has been selected by Ukraine’s National Joint-Stock Company, Naftogaz, as the winner of a tender to construct two semisubmersible (semi) drilling rigs and will be entering into further contract negotiations with Naftogaz
