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  • Grimaldi Orders Five Green PCTCs

    21 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Italian shipowner Grimaldi Group has signed an agreement for the construction of five Pure Car Truck Carriers (PCTCs) with the Chinese shipyard Yangfan, a total investment worth USD 300 million. Under the contract, Grimaldi has an option for construction of further seven units. The newbuilds, ordered as part of the company’s ambitious fleet expansion and rejuvenation […]

  • Austal Completes Sale of Surplus Asset

    19 January 2014

    Austal Limited (Austal) recently announce the contract to sell the land and infrastructure at its former satellite service base at Henderson has been executed and settled. Under the sale agreement with AME Offshore Solutions, Austal has received $21 million for the surplus asset, in line with the announcement made to the market on 3 December […]

  • China: COSCO Orders Four VLCCs from CSSC

    14 November 2012

    It seems that COSCO’s tanker ordering spree is heading forward. Namely, China Ocean Shipping Group Co., ordered four very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC). The contract was signed on Monday, Seatrade Asia reports. The value of the contract was not disclosed. Reportedly, the new carriers will be eco-friendly especially in […]

  • Fortescue Orders Tugs for Port Hedland Ops

    7 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Fortescue Metals Group’s subsidiary Pilbara Marine has ordered six 32-metre rotor tugs from Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards to support its operations at Australian port of Port Hedland. The order was placed on the back of the company’s second towage licence granted for the port of Port Hedland in late May 2016, where the tugs will be deployed following […]

  • MAN Engines to Power Global Class Cruise Ship Duo

    17 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    MV Werften, a group of three of the largest shipyards in Germany, has ordered type 48/60CR engines for two Global Class cruise ships being built for Genting Hong Kong’s Star Cruises brand. German marine propulsion producer MAN Diesel & Turbo will equip each of the 200,000 gross ton vessels with six engines with a combined output of 96,000 kW. The ocean-going […]

  • Double Cruise Ship Launch at Fincantieri

    26 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri launched two cruise ships from its shipyards in Monfalcone and Ancona this Thursday. Carnival Vista, the new flagship of the Carnival Cruise Line’s fleet, brand of the Carnival Group, was launched in Monfalcone. With a weight of 133,500 gross tons and 321 meters in length, Carnival Vista is the largest ship Fincantieri has […]

  • Top News of the Week April 14 – April 19, 2014

    20 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    NYK Introduces Eight New Boxships NYK has reached time charter agreements for eight new containerships, to be built at the Kure shipyard of Japan Marine United Co. Ltd., each capable of carrying 14,000 TEUs. UAE: Drydocks World to Build Two Unique Jack-Up Rigs Drydocks World has signed an Agreement with Malta Oil & Gas Ltd. […]

  • The Royal Navy’s OPV Programme Reaches Milestone

    13 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Yesterday, during a visit to BAE Systems’ shipyards on the Clyde in Scotland, UK Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Philip Dunne announced that UK MOD has committed £20 million to buy parts for the Royal Navy’s 3 new offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). The contract will enable BAE Systems to begin work on parts such […]

  • Ferus Smit to Build LNG Powered Ships for Erik Thun

    17 February 2014
    Vessels

    Swedish shipping company Erik Thun A.B. has granted Shipyard Ferus Smit the order for building an LNG powered cargo vessel, with 2 more units on option. The first vessel will be delivered in autumn 2015 from the yard in Westerbroek, Groningen. The Thun shipping company has a strong market position in Northern Europe and the […]

  • Last two Damen ASD 2810 tugs head off to Trinidad

    4 December 2014
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Last two of the four Damen ASD 2810 tugs for ARC Towage were dispatched to Trinidad and Tobago.

  • Wison completes Caribbean FLNG tests, produces first LNG

    28 September 2016
    Vessels

    Exmar’s natural gas floating liquefaction unit (FLNG) produced the first LNG during the performance tests carried out at the Wison Offshore & Marine’s yard in Nantong, China.

  • UK: CTruk Boats Secures Five Orders at Seawork 2012

    25 May 2012

    CTruk Boats, innovative UK shipyard on the east coast, has secured five new orders at Seawork 2012. The company will build the first CVenture40, which offers year-round utilisation for owner-operators, and four 19m multi-purpose catamarans (MPC).  Andy White, Chairman of CTruk Boats, said, “These orders establish CTruk Boats as the leading, innovative UK shipyard and […]

  • SapuraKencana and GE score Petronas FLNG contract

    4 February 2016
    Vessels

    Malaysia’s SapuraKencana informed it has through a joint venture with GE Oil and Gas secured a contract to work on two Petronas’ floating LNG units, PFLNG1 and PFLNG2. SapuraKencana GE Oil & Gas Services Sdn Bhd has been awarded by Petronas Floating LNG1 a contract for “comprehensive maintenance of GE-supplied turbomachinery equipment under a long-term service agreement,” […]

  • China’s Hudong launches Greek LNG FSRU

    1 April 2020
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Chinese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua has launched a floating storage and a regasification unit (FSRU) for Greek shipping company Dynagas. The LNG FSRU named Transgas Power was launched at the Korean yard on March 30, according to a Hudong-Zhonghua statement. The vessel which is also capable of operating as an LNG carrier has a total length of […]

  • Statoil Floats First Hywind Scotland Foundations off Stord

    29 May 2017

    The first two of the five SPAR-type floating foundations built by the Navantia-Windar consortium for Statoil’s 30MW Hywind Scotland floating wind farm have arrived to the project’s assembly base in Stord, Norway. The two floating foundations were loaded onto the semi-submersible vessel Albatross at Navantia’s Fene shipyard in Spain in early May. The two foundations […]

  • Top News of the Week, 19 – 25 June 2017

    25 June 2017

    First Hywind Turbine Mounted on Its Floating Foundation The first of the total 5 turbines for the Hywind Scotland project has been lifted onto its floating foundation in Stord, Norway, and is ready for the deployment off the Scottish coast. MHI Vestas SOV Hits the Water (Video) Cemre Shipyard in Turkey has organised a launching […]

  • Ship builders fear downsizing, or worse, if cruise companies don’t order more vessels

    19 March 2010

    The cruise industry is rebounding, but not for the companies who build the increasingly elaborate ships. Executives from the major European shipyards say they’re not getting enough orders to keep busy and profitable. Though cruise bookings and prices are up, a flood of new ships is crowding the market, and operators have shown little willingness […]

  • Russian shipbuilders say ready to construct Mistral class ships

    25 May 2010

    Russian shipyards are ready to build Mistral class helicopter carriers whenever they receive orders from the military, industry officials said on Monday. Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said earlier on Monday that Russia had reached the final stage of pre-contract talks with France, Spain and the Netherlands on the purchase of four of the French […]

  • Petrobras to start P-52 ops early 2007, on schedule – Brazil

    14 June 2006

    Brazil’s federal energy company Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) has plans to start operations of its US$895mn, P-52 semi-submersible platform in early 2007, the company said in a statement. Petrobras hired Brazilian shipyard Brasfels to build the topside. Singaporean shipbuilders Keppel Fels built the hull, which arrived in Brazil in March.

  • Swan Hunter questions the wisdom of buying Intrepid

    26 July 2006

    TYNESIDE shipyard Swan Hunter – the only yard in the UK with a ship-breaking licence – yesterday cast doubt over whether it will buy HMS Intrepid from the MoD. Swans wants to create jobs by recycling Intrepid, the next ship due to be scrapped by the Government. However, the yard is questioning whether any money […]

  • Cargotec Receives Ship Crane and Hatch Cover Order

    7 June 2007

    Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling solutions has received an order for 8 heavy-lift ship cranes and 8 standard ship cranes from Chinese shipyard COSCO Dalian. In addition, MacGREGOR will deliver design and key components for folding and lift-away hatch covers ordered by COSCO Dalian.

  • Bracks opens fire on rival claim to navy deal

    18 May 2005

    AWARDING the $6 billion navy destroyer project to Adelaide would risk the future of the naval shipbuilding industry in Australia for decades to come, a report commissioned by the Victorian Government has found. Victorian Premier Steve Bracks said yesterday the contract should go to Victoria’s Williamstown shipyard “if Australia is to retain its position as […]

  • Japanese yards urged to downplay prices to secure their future

    9 December 2009

    Shipyards in Japan will have to focus on their technological and innovative advantages over South Korea and China, if they hope to win orders in the future, even if the global economy recovers quickly. Takao Motoyama, the Chairman of the Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan (JSEA), said during a recent press conferece that if the order […]

  • SMIT orders 11 newly built vessels

    8 November 2007

    Today SMIT and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem signed a contract for 11 newly built vessels. Division Harbour Towage and Terminals Two tugs (type ASD 2810) are replacements for the harbour towage fleet in Rotterdam. These tugs will be equipped with a substantially higher bollard pull (60 tons bp) and are scheduled for delivery in respectively May […]

  • Ghana: Offshore Drilling Units

    30 October 2007

    Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC), a UK based oil company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PSC Tema Shipyard Limited to provide various services on mobile offshore drilling units. The partnership would help promote the energy business in the country as a result of the increased oil and gas activity along the […]