The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) accepted delivery of a Panamax Bulk carrier, m.v. Vishva Vijay on 25th October, 2012. The vessel is the third of the series of the four Panamax bulk carriers ordered by SCI with STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., China. Orders for these vessels were plac
On Friday, October 26th 2012, Carnival Corporation & plc announced it has reached an agreement for the construction of two new cruise ships – a 99,000-ton ship for its Holland America Line brand and a 135,000-ton vessel for its Carnival Cruise Lines brand. A memorandum of agreement has been signed w
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has awarded its highest technical honor, the David W. Taylor Medal for notable achievement in naval architecture or marine engineering, to Dr. Kirsi Tikka, currently President of the ABS Europe Division. The award was given at the society’
On October 25th 2012, Damen Shipyards Galaţi (DSGa), member of Damen Shipyards Group, launches its hull number 1226: the Nuclear Cargo Vessel 1600. The NCV 1600 was ordered by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) and will replace her predecessor M/S Sigyn, which has been in se
The self-elevating and self-propelled vessels were designed for Swire Blue Ocean, Denmark, for installation of offshore wind turbines and support in the offshore oil & gas sector. The first of the two vessels was delivered from Samsung Geoje Shipyard in October 2012, and the second is expected to fo
Two newly-built 205,000 DWT bulk carriers “RTM Dampier” and “RTM Zheng He” have been launched by Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd (HHIC-Phil) at the company’s Subic shipyard. The owner of the vessels, the homeport of which will be London, UK is Rio Tinto Shipping Limited. The 299.9 met
In the morning of October 22th, 2012, the keel laying of Coastal High Speed Rescue Vessel “Nanhai rescue 202” took place at Afai Southern outfitting workshop. The leaders from Guangzhou Marine Bureau, CCS Guangzhou branch, ship owners and Afai Southern’s leaders together witnessed the ceremony. The
UK’s marine and investment management company Norse Management placed an order for a pair of 82,000 dwt dry bulk carriers with Chinese shipyard Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, SeatradeAsia reports. The vessels’ price is $28m each and they should be delivered in the second half of 2014. Under the c
A new vessel intended for boosting underwater archaeological search activities will be ready by the end of 2013 to set sail in the Chinese waters, China Daily reports citing a statement of State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH). The challenging 80 million yuan ($12.8 million) task of const
On Oct. 23 the first 47, 500DWT bulk carrier unit “You Hao 1” of Shanghai Friendship Shipping., LTD. was successfully named and delivered at CIC Changxing shipyard’s No.1 outfitting quay of. The vessel was built by China Shipping Industry Jiangsu (CICJS). The ceremony was hosted by Mr. Wang Yiling,
ShipConstructor Software Inc. (SSI) has expanded the capabilities of its Autodesk based shipbuilding software, opening up new possibilities for parallel design and engineering amongst distributed teams. A new product called WorkShare Design allows users of ShipConstructor’s CAD/CAM application to in
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has broadened its capability in ship design with the establishment of a new team dedicated to the development of naval ship designs. Rolls-Royce has been at the forefront of innovative ship design for nearly 40 years, designing over 800 vessels, used ma
General Dynamics NASSCO yesterday delivered USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14) to the U.S. Navy, marking the completion of a highly successful U.S. shipbuilding program that has spanned more than a decade. USNS Cesar Chavez is the fourteenth and final ship of the T-AKE class of dry cargo ammunition ships
On October 5, 2012, Austal completed main engine light off of the two MTU 9,100kW 20V 8000 M71 propulsion diesel engines and the two 22,000kW GE LM2500 gas turbine engines on the 127-meter Littoral Combat Ship Coronado (LCS 4). The light-off of the main engines follows the fuel load and the testing
