Yesterday Uljanik Shipyard delivered the dredger “Pedro ‘Alvares Cabral” to Jan De Nul Group. This is the first ship from a series of two trailing suction hopper dredgers constructed by Uljanik for the Luxembourg company Jan De Nul S.A. Capellen G.D. Luxembourg. With a deadweight of 26,000 tonnes, “
Mainboard-listed JES International Holdings Limited (JES), a major shipbuilding group based in the PRC, announced that it has entered into a shipbuilding contract for one unit of UT 755 LN Platform Support Vessel (PSV) through its wholly owned subsidiaries, JES Universal Co. Private Limited and Jian
Admiralty Shipyard, United Shipbuilding Corporation’s subsidiary, today launched rescue ship Igor Belousov of Project 21300. Project 21300 salvage vessel, ordered by the Russian Navy, is designed for rescuing distressed submarines and is equipped with advanced rescue capabilities. By her basic featu
Fednav and Canadian Royalties announce the signing of a long-term contract which provides for the transportation of nickel and copper concentrates from Canadian Royalties’ Nunavik Nickel Project in northern Quebec to customers in Europe as well as the import from Europe of mine supplies and equipmen
ERMA FIRST BWTS manufactured by ERMA FIRST ESK Engineering Solutions S.A, has received Class Type Approval according to Lloyd’s Register Type Approval System, 2002. This certificate along with Type Approval obtained by the Greek Administration last May makes the system accepted both for its mechanic
Siem Offshore has signed a contract with Hellesoy yard in Norway. The contract is for the construction of one dual fuel Platform Supply Vessel, with an option for one additional vessel. The firm vessel shall commence a four years contract, with four one-year options, with TOTAL E&P NORGE AS as repor
Bergen Group ASA and a European shipbuilder with global activity have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the objective of establishing a joint ownership of Bergen Group Shipbuilding division. The scope of the MoU opens up for the new industrial group to become a principal sharehol
On 25th October 2012 strike steel took place in Keppel Subic Shipyard in Philippines. This is the commencement of the construction work of Floatel International’s fourth new-building ordered at Keppel FELS, Singapore. The new building is due for delivery early 2015 and will be named Floatel Enduranc
Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, has won a 6 million Euro contract to manufacture and supply shipboard cables to Fincantieri, the Italian ship builder. The cables and accessories will come from Nexans’ SHIPLINK® brand of electrical cables for , where they offer light weight, easy an
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced yesterday that COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has delivered a bulk carrier of 57.000 DWT named “OTZIAS”, to its European buyer. The delivery document
Leading classification society ABS officially inaugurated the ABS Korea Energy Technology Center (KETC) in Busan, South Korea, on 19 October 2012. ABS President and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki joined senior representatives of the Korean shipping and shipbuilding sectors and academia to celebrate th
Mobimar’s most recent archipelago service vessel left her outfitting quay in Turku. The sea trials had been approved by the classification and the new owner. The final approval was quite easy for all parties to sign as all the requirements were fulfilled. For instance the requested speed 30 knots wi
Malaysia-based international offshore oil and gas services provider, Bumi Armada Berhad, and an India-based diversified business group Shapoorji Pallonji Company Limited on Saturday announced the ready for departure of its FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) vessel, “Armada Sterling”
As part of the company’s industry-leading new vessel build program, Crowley Maritime Corp. christened the first two of four tugboats in the ocean class series, Ocean Wave and Ocean Wind, on Friday, October 26th 2012, in New Orleans, La. Both tugboats are scheduled to begin work this year in the U.S.
