The Savannah Ocean Exchange selects the E-MAX Ultra Green Pure Care Carrier as a finalist in the Orcelle Award Sponsored by Wallenius & Wilhelmson. The E-MAX Ultra Green Pure Care Carrier by Sauter Carbon Offsets Design underscores the fact that currently available technology can reduce fuel consump
Last Thursday, on September 20th 2012, Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) took delivery of VOS Atlanta. This new addition to the VOS fleet was delivered from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. VOS Atlanta is a 59-metre “A class” anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel and the second of three vessels be
Survitec Group has played a key role in the refurbishment of US registered seismic survey vessel Fairfield New Venture, which is owned by the seismic data specialist Fairfieldnodal. Survitec’s engineers have ensured the vessel is now fully compliant with LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipme
Built at Tsuneishi (Zhoushan) Shipbuilding Inc., China, the vessel is a sister of the recently delivered Isabelita, Bonita and Kristinita of the TESS 58 design. Star Norita is 100% owned by Ugland Shipping AS. Ugland’s Purchaser Margrethe Nes Beisland, Managing Director Øystein Beisland’s wife, was
The Vripack Design Studio has been munching over this one for several years and in the recent year she has grown to be the Vripack vision of the Research Vessel Yacht 2.0 (RVY). Therefore her internal project name has long been Turmoil II. The main reason for this is her striking long forward part b
N-KOM is on track to service over 30 LNG carriers this year, having completed the drydocking and repairs for 18 such vessels thus far. Recent deliveries made include OSG Shipmanagement’s 107,514dwt Tembek, “K”-Line LNG Shipping’s 122,079dwt Al Oraiq and Pronav Shipmanagement’s 121,504dwt Al Ruwais.
Admiralty Shipyard, United Shipbuilding Corporation’s subsidiary, is planing to launch rescue ship Igor Belousov of Project 21300 by the end of October 2012. Construction of the Igor Belousov started in 2005 at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg but has faced a series of setbacks. The constru
DNV has been awarded the contract to class the Petronas LNG FPSO (FLNG). The unit will be built by DSME in Korea and is destined for the Kanowit field offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. It is expected to be the world’s first floating liquefaction unit in operation when completed in 2015. The Petronas FLNG
Santierul Naval Constanta SA (SNC) will build two new 50,000 dwt product tankers to be classed by Germanischer Lloyd (GL). The letter of intent was signed during the SMM trade show in Hamburg. The two Chemical Tankers Type 2 / Oil Tankers will be built according to the Common Structural Rules and SN
STX Corporation said on Saturday that its Chinese shipyard STX Dalian Shipbuilding has signed a contract worth $330m to construct four containerships for China International Marine Containers (CIMC), Seatrade Asia reports. The concerned ships, of 9,200-TEU cargo capacity, are scheduled to be deliver
STX Finland Oy’s Rauma Shipyard has completed all modification works on multipurpose deck cargo vessel Aura, owned by Oy Gaiamare Ab which is part of Meriaura Group. During the two-and-a-half-month long overhaul process the special cargo vessel underwent important modifications. The vessel arrived a
The Aker Yards-built vessel Island Vanguard, has had various maintenance work done at Ulstein Verft during the last week. “We are always keen to take on after market missions, and we are well equipped to take on most of this type of work on ships,” says service manager Håkon Langeland. “Ulstein Verf
The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha has commissioned INS Makar into the Indian Navy today. Makar is a Catamaran Hydrographic Survey Vessel and is the first of its kind to be inducted in the Indian Navy. The Vessel is indigenously built by Alcock As
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that the first Armstrong-class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) ship will be named Neil Armstrong. Mabus named the future R/V Neil Armstrong (AGOR 27) to honor the memory of Neil Armstrong, best known for being the first man to walk on t
