The Navy will christen the amphibious assault ship, America (LHA 6), on Oct. 20, during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony in Pascagoula, Miss. The Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos will deliver the ceremony’s principal address. Mrs. Lynne Pace, wife of former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Sta
The IMR vessel ‘Seven Viking’, that will be co-owned by Eidesvik Offshore and Subsea 7, was launched from the dock hall at Ulstein Verft on Wednesday 17 October. In her right element, the compact 106.5 m long and 24.5 m wide vessel looks very impressive. The SX148 design will carry out a multitude o
Grandweld Shipyards has been awarded a new contract to build 42M Aluminum Crew Boat for Wesal Shipping which was signed on the 9th October 2012. This contract follows the successful delivery of the 41M Aluminum Crew Boat which Grandweld delivered to Wesal Shipping early in October 2010. The 42M Alum
EOC Limited has been awarded a contract in relation to the FPSO Lewek EMAS from the vessel’s charterer Premier Oil Vietnam Offshore BV. Under the contract, worth up to US$15 million, EOC will provide project management as well as engineering and procurement services for the modification of the Lewek
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), the sole operating subsidiary of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA, held a ceremonial keel laying today for the first of two Aframax tankers that it is building for SeaRiver Maritime, Inc. (SeaRiver), Exxon Mobil Corporation’s U.S. marine affiliate. The construc
Reflecting its renewed competitiveness in the international market for small and medium sized commercial vessels, Austal has secured a new contract for the design and construction of three wind farm support vessels. The 27 metre catamarans will be used by UK-based Turbine Transfers to support wind t
Today Shell celebrated the cutting of first steel for the game-changing Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility’s substructure with joint venture participants, Inpex and KOGAS, and lead contractor, the Technip Samsung Consortium, at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in South Ko
Afai Southern Shipyard (Panyu Guangzhou) Ltd. has signed construction contract for two 40m aluminum high speed catamaran ferries with Shenzhen Pengxing Shipping Co.,Ltd. in Shenzhen. The basic design and detailed design of this type of ferry will be made by CoCo Yachts Holland B.V., the supplementar
Ever Libra, the sixth L-type containership in the Evergreen Line’s fleet was launched yesterday at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in South Korea, Seatrade Asia reports. The new 8,452 TEU containership will be delivered on 22 October. This type of a containerships meets the standards of inte
SAM Electronics of Hamburg, an L-3 company, has been awarded a major contract for supply and installation of a comprehensive IT network and associated equipment aboard Pieter Schelte, the €1.3 billion dynamically-positioned platform installation-decommissioning and pipelay vessel being built by Daew
Today, a naming and delivery ceremony for Shagang Sunshine, a new 250,000 DWT class ore carrier built by Namura Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., was held at the shipbuilder’s Imari Shipyard & Works. This is the third building of a 250,000 DWT class ore carrier, referred to as a WOZMAX, which is built to carry
The hull of what will be the largest warship ever operated by the Royal Australian Navy – the next HMAS Canberra – arrived today in Port Phillip Bay on its way to Williamstown for further construction. Welcoming the HMAS Canberra’s Spanish-built hull to Geelong, Minister for Manufacturing, Exports a
AET – a leading global owner/operator of petroleum tankers – formally gave its commitment to the MPA Green Shipping Programme. President and CEO, Hor Weng Yew, signed-up to the initiative at a ceremony held in Singapore as part of the international bunkering conference, SIBCON. The Green Shipping Pr
Yankee Freedom III, a 34m Catamaran Ferry, was developed in partnership with Yankee Fleet and Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding to provide exceptional passenger comfort and minimal environmental impact on the local environment (emissions, noise and wake wash). To achieve the regulated environmental and pa
