ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order worth $35 million from the Baltic Shipyard Ltd. to supply powerful propulsion and energy efficient electrical systems for a new icebreaker vessel under construction for Russia’s state shipping company Rosmorport FSUE. The
Korea-based STX Offshore and Shipbuilding has received an order for construction of two tuna purse seiners from Dongwon Industries, Asiasis writes citing the company’s confirmation. The technical particularities of the vessels have not been disclosed, however the estimated value of the contract equa
A new backhoe dredger manufactured by IHC Merwede was named ALBERTO ALEMÁN ZUBIETA during a special ceremony at the shipyard of its cooperation partner, NMC, in Nieuw- Lekkerland, The Netherlands, on 28 September. IHC Merwede has built the vessel for Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP). The ceremony
Höegh LNG has exercised an option for a fourth new floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries Ltd. in South Korea. The vessel will be able to operate as a floating LNG import terminal, as well as an ordinary LNG carrier. The FSRU will be delivered in the
ClassNK has announced that its register surpassed the 8000 ship milestone, totaling 8036 ships of 206,927,557 gross tons as of the end of August 2012. The Society’s register topped 6000 ships in 1989 and reached 7000 in 2008. With the total number of registered ships topping 8000 vessels this August
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (BAHRI) announces that its 80% owned subsidiary company The National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co. (NCC) received on Friday, 28th September 2012 in Korea a new chemical tanker named NCC REEM with DWT of 45,000 tons from SHINAsb (previously SLS) of South Kor
The self-propelled DP2 jack-up Seafox 5 is close to delivery in Singapore for subsequent dry-tow to the North Sea. Following the naming ceremony at Keppel FELS shipyard on 18 August 2012, the multi-purpose support vessel is currently carrying out sea trials and is expected in the North Sea early Nov
Transocean Ltd. today announced that it has been awarded 10-year contracts for four newbuild dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillships by Royal Dutch Shell (Shell). Shipyard delivery for the first drillship is scheduled for mid-2015. The remaining three drillships are expected to be delivere
At a solemn ceremony held today at HafenCity in Hamburg the president of BSC Monika Moritz Breuch named the third Josef Möbius Bau GmbH’s hopper dredger. The dredger, constructed at Sietas KG Schiffswerft, was named Eke Möbius, after the wife of the Josef Möbius Bau GmbH’s President. In her speech,
Today Van Oord’s first shallow water pipe lay vessel Stingray was named at the COSCO shipyard in Nantong, China. The naming ceremony was performed by Mrs A. Athmer-Albersen, wife of Managing Director Offshore, Mr J.B.E.M. Athmer. Stingray is designed in accordance with the highest quality and safety
Incat Crowther has been contracted to design a 56m Catamaran Dive Support Vessel (DSV) boat for Bhagwan Marine, to be operated by dive specialists Neptune Marine Services. Incat Crowther has worked in collaboration with Bhagwan Marine and Neptune Marine Services to develop a first of type, fully-int
d’Amico International Shipping S.A., an international marine transportation company, operating in the product tanker market, announces today that its operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers Limited (Ireland), entered into contracts for the construction of two additional new product/chemical tanker vess
STX Construction Dalian Co. Ltd in China has recently built a goliath crane, the world’s largest. The goliath crane installed on a dock at the STX Dalian Shipbuilding Complex weighs 1,000-tons and spans 248m, its lifting height is 84m and dead load reaches a whopping 8,300-tons. The goliath crane ma
China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited, a large heavy industries group in China, has delivered, today, one 380,000 DWT class Very Large Ore Carrier (“VLOC”) to each of Vale S.A. (“Vale”) and Oman Shipping Company S.A.O.C., with a combined tonnage of nearly 800,000 DWT, marking a new
