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  • Norilsk Nickel confirms order of container ships for its own fleet

    6 October 2006

    OJSC Mining Metallurgic Company “Norilsk Nickel” has confirmed its order of container ships for its own fleet, as Fairplay, a weekly about international shipping, reports. Four container ships of high icebreaker class will be made at Aker MTW Werft GmbH shipyard (Warnemunde, Germany). The total freight for every ship is 18,486 thousand tons.

  • 170 more get layoff notices at Electric Boat

    30 August 2006

    Another 170 Electric Boat employees received lay off notices this week, bringing the total number workers to be let go this year to nearly 800. The latest round of jobs cuts affects shipyard workers, 154 hourly employees and 16 salaried workers. They were notified Monday that their last day will be Oct. 27. This was […]

  • Completion of second Ethylene-Carrier

    3 December 2007

    The second ethylene tanker out of a series of four was delivered by Meyer Werft to the Norwegian shipping company Solvang ASA (Stavanger). This ship is the 50th gas tanker the shipyard has built since 1963. Meyer Werft has specialised in the construction of LPG and ethylene carriers. The LEG/LPG tankers for the Norwegian company […]

  • MPs’ fears over destroyer delays

    23 June 2009

    Delays to new Royal Navy destroyers may have “deeply worrying implications” for the UK’s defence, MPs have warned. The first Type 45 destroyer is set to enter service later this year, more than two years late, £1.5bn over budget, and not fully operational. The vessels are being built in component “blocks” by shipyards in Glasgow […]

  • Navy awards $58.4 million contract to Northrop Grumman

    1 August 2006

    PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a $58.4 million contract to continue engineering and technical services for the Ticonderoga-class ships. The company’s shipyard in Pascagoula will perform the work on the Aegis guided-missile cruisers, officials said Monday. Northrop will provide support in several Navy ports. The contract is for one year […]

  • Madrid Spirit achieves 10 years without LTI

    1 April 2015

    Teekay’s 135,243 cbm LNG carrier Madrid Spirit has recently achieved 10 years without any Lost Time Injury (LTI). The vessel was built in 2014 by former Izar Shipyard Group, now Navantia, in Spain. It has an overall length of 284.37m and breadth of 42.5m. Madrid Spirit is sailing under the flag of Spain.   Image: Teekay

  • SITC inks $153.6m contract to build 8 boxships at Dae Sun

    28 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Chinese shipping company SITC International Holdings Co (SITC) has placed an order for eight 1,023 TEU container vessels worth a total of $153.6m at South Korean shipyard Dae Sun Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.

  • German yards claim Asian price dumping

    21 May 2010

    German shipbuilders’ association VSM’s Managing Director Werner Lundt has accused Asian rivals of price dumping at the association’s annual general meeting in Hamburg. Asian suppliers are now targeting markets seen as the core business of German shipyards, and Lundt claims they are trying to corner the few orders for special-purpose vessels by offering dumping prices.

  • Cakewalk, Largest Yacht Ever Built in the U.S.

    11 August 2010

    On August 8, Derecktor Shipyards launched the 281-ft motor yacht Cakewalk, the largest yacht (by volume) ever built in the U.S. The six deck, 2,998 gross ton vessel floated off Derecktor’s new 4000 ton dry-dock into the waters of Bridgeport harbor, after several years and many thousands of skilled labor hours.

  • Russia offers aid to small fishermen

    16 September 2009

    The Governor of the Amur region, Oleg Kozhemjako, has promised that Russian fishers will receive help in purchasing new small seiners to aid local fishing enterprises. Mr Kozhemjako made the announcement during the recent fourth international congress of fishermen in Vladivostok. He said that the Blagoveschensk Shipyard would build newly designed fishing vessels.

  • PlanetSolar unveils world’s largest solar boat

    1 March 2010

    At the HDW Shipyard, PlanetSolar unveiled the world’s largest solar boat, which will be powered exclusively by high-efficiency solar cells from SunPower Corp., a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems. In late March, PlanetSolar will launch its catamaran for testing, and then embark on its round-the-world tour in early 2011.

  • Major drilling equipment contract to Aker Kvaerner

    6 May 2007

    Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract from Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd in Singapore for delivery of a drilling system for an ultra deepwater drilling semi-submersible unit. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately USD 160 – 180 million, including 3rd party deliveries of approximately USD 95-110 million.

  • Quintana Maritime Limited Acquire a Newbuilding Capesize Bulk Carrier

    27 April 2007

    Quintana Maritime Limited (NASDAQ: QMAR), a leading international provider of dry bulk transportation services, announced today that it has agreed to acquire a newbuilding Capesize bulk carrier of 180,000 deadweight tons (dwt). The vessel will be constructed by Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., the largest shipyard in Japan, with expected delivery during the fourth quarter of […]

  • German market leader AIDA Cruises

    17 April 2007

    On 16 April 2007 Meyer Werft delivered the 69,200-gt cruise ship “AIDAdiva” to the Owner AIDA Cruises in the German port of Emden. The AIDAdiva is the first ship out of a series of four the Papenburg shipyard is building for AIDA Cruises. On this ship specialized designs for German passengers, comfortable interiors are combined […]

  • Norfield Orders Two Salt Ship Designed Vessels

    24 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Norfield, an international shipping company specializing in vessels for the offshore and energy sector, has ordered two 69,8 metres Seismic Support Vessels of SALT 450 SSV design. The vessels, which will be operated by Vestland Offshore AS, are ordered from Cemre Shipyard in Turkey and will be delivered mid 2015. [mappress] Salt Ship, October 24, […]

  • Damen Enters Norwegian Aquaculture Market

    2 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Damen Shipyards Group has received an order for a Multi Cat 2712 from Norwegian owner Samba AS based in Os (Bergen). The vessel will be the first new build from Damen’s proven range of workboats to operate in Norway’s large aquaculture and oil spot market industry. Living up to Damen’s reputation for fast delivery from […]

  • Dutch Maritime Firms to Jointly Study Methanol as Marine Fuel

    21 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Rules & Regulation

    Dutch shipowners, shipyards, manufacturers and ports to jointly study methanol as a marine fuel.

  • DNV have 50% of shipbuilding contracts in Middle East & India

    5 March 2007

    DNV sails away with 50 per cent market share of new shipbuilding contracts in Middle East & India. Det Norske Veritas (DNV) a leading international provider of services for managing risk has announced that it has won more than half of all new shipbuilding contracts for owners from within the Middle East and India, of […]

  • Largest British cruise liner under construction

    2 September 2006

    Work has begun on the 116,000-tonne liner Ventura, the largest vessel ever built for the British cruise market. The P&O Cruises ship is being constructed at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy and will enter service in April 2008. The 950ft (290m) long vessel will accommodate 3,100 passengers and will have 14 public decks, eight restaurants, […]

  • Transocean Inc. Announces Contract for Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 and KG1 Contract Conversion to Five Years

    6 April 2008

    Transocean Inc. today announced that the ultra-deepwater drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 (formerly Deepwater Pacific 2), which is owned by a joint venture in which the company has 50 percent interest, has been awarded a five-year drilling contract from Reliance Industries. The contract is expected to commence in the first quarter 2010 following shipyard construction, sea […]

  • Keppel’s track record earns S$280 million orders from repeat customers

    4 April 2007

    Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, has secured contracts worth S$280 million from repeat customers. Prosafe Production Services Pte Ltd has awarded Keppel Shipyard, a contract to repair and convert a 276,000 dwt VLCC tanker, the M/T Navarin, into a Gas Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit.

  • Delivery of ‘Fairplay X’

    12 August 2009

    Hamburg-based Fairplay Towage has taken delivery of the third newbuilding out of a series of four units from Spanish shipyard, Astilleros Armon. ‘Fairplay X’ has an overall length of 25 metres, a beam of 11.2 metres and is driven by two eight-cylinder ABC 8MDZC four-stroke engines each rated at 1,850kW at 1,000rpm, generating power for […]

  • Aker Yards and Tallink sign contract of large cruise ferry

    11 April 2007

    Aker Yards and Tallink Grupp have signed a contract of a large cruise ferry. The vessel worth approx. 180 million euro will be delivered in spring 2009 from the shipyard in Rauma. The vessel will be a new development of the Galaxy-type cruise ferry built by Aker Yards. MS Galaxy is already operating since spring […]

  • VOS Takes Delivery of PSV ‘VOS Prudence’

    13 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) announced that the company has taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet. VOS Prudence, a platform-supply (PSV) vessel, is the first of two 75-mtr PSV vessels built at Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. The vessel was delivered on Friday, 10 May 2013, in China and will be operated in […]

  • Shipbuilder rides the waves

    2 February 2011

    The ES Group is one of the latest Singapore firms to ride on the surging ship-building industry in Asia. Run by brothers Ken and Christopher Low, ES Group is a medium-sized company and employs 1,200 people. The firm builds and repairs vessels such as tugs, barges, offshore support vessels, parts of offshore rigs, and cargo […]