Eco Marine Power Co. Ltd. (EMP) released today further details of its modified version of the Aquarius MRE System for use on naval and coast guard ships. This modified system will use EMP’s patent pending EnergySail technology to form an array of devices able to harness renewable energy on these typ
The new Busan headquarters building of the Korean Register is to host the 5th Seoul International Maritime and Shipbuilding Conference (SIMS) on 15 and 16 November 2012 SIMS has grown into the industry’s premier gathering for shipowners and shipbuilders to meet and discuss the pressing issues of the
The new vessel from Hero-class patrol Fleet is set to be presented today in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, The Chronicle Herald reports. The vessel is the second of nine commissioned in 2009 by the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessels are being built at Halifax Shipyard, owned by Irving Shipbuilding Inc. All
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Aquila, a new building MR2 product tanker vessel of 49,991 dwt, was delivered on November 9, 2012 from a South Korean shipyard. The Nave Aquila has been chartered out to a high quality counterpa
Viktor Lenac has won a contract for a new platform for IKA SW gas field in the Northern Adriatic. INAgip, a joint venture between Croatia’s oil company INA and Italy’s Eni, has just ordered an offshore production platform from Rosetti Marino. A significant portion of the construction works will be u
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has commissioned the construction of two sea going gas tankers powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) to transport its olefins products, in anticipation of a European Union directive to drastically reduce sulphur emissions from vessels operating in the Nort
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has signed charter agreements with PF THOR for four new seismic support vessels to assist its seismic operations worldwide. The vessels will be built at Besiktas in Turkey, owned and operated by PF THOR and chartered by PGS on 10 year time charter contracts, with options
Viktor Lenac has recently completed a major conversion contract involving the Heavy Lift Construction vessel Samson, owned by CVI Global Lux Oil and Gas 4 S.A.R.L., which has had a pipe-laying capability installed. Sampson has been converted from an offshore gas and oil field installation vessel, bu
Damen Shipyards Group and Wilson Sons (Brazil) have signed a contract for ten Damen ASD Tugs 2411 and two ASD Tugs of the new 3212-type, destined for the booming Brazilian market. The vessels will be built at the Wilson Sons shipyard in Guarujá, São Paulo and will go into service for Wilson Sons sub
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announces that COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has delivered one windmill turbine installation vessel (WTIV) “SEA INSTALLER” to its European buyer. The delivery d
The final hull section of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier has arrived at Rosyth dockyard, according to the Scotsman.com. The Lower Block 04 left BAE System’s yard on the Clyde last Sunday. For more details visit the link. “LB04 is the largest section of HMS Queen Elizabeth, and the final part o
Nam Cheong Limited, SGX Main Board-listed leading global offshore marine player and Malaysia’s largest Offshore Support Vessel (“OSV”) builder, today announced that it has sold four Anchor Handling Towing Supply (“AHTS”) vessels worth a total of US$45.13 million, bringing the total number of vessels
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has now sold more than 2000 of its gas fuelled engines, which together have accumulated more than 7 million operational running hours in both land-based and marine applications. These milestone achievements emphasise the leadin
On November 10th, 2012, the second RSD49 project self-propelled dry-cargo vessel “NEVA-LEADER 2” of deadweight 7150 tons, successfully completed the acceptance trials. The vessel was built by Nevsky Shipyard for North-Western Shipping Company. The KM Ice2 R2 AUT1-C class vessel is designed by Russia
