Top Stories of the Week (Mar 18 – Mar 23, 2013)

March 31, 2013

Video: Discovery Channel to Air Construction of World’s Largest Ships

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s Okpo Shipyard, South Korea is building the world’s largest ships – Maersk Line’s 400m long Triple-E container vessels. Maersk and Discovery Channel have teamed up to bring you every stage of construction from design to maiden voyage. In this six episode TV-series…

ILLUSION: The Largest Yacht Ever Built in China

Fraser Yachts continues to add to its impressive fleet of yachts for sale with the arrival of the imposing 88m ILLUSION, by far the largest yacht ever to be built in China. Her wide beam of 15.6m will create huge volume over the six decks and create a gross tonnage of 3,500GRT. ILLLUSION is scheduled for delivery mid ‐ 2015 and will be …

Poland: One More Gas-Powered Ferry for Remontowa

REMONTOWA SHIPBUILDING S.A. signed, on 18 March, a new contract for building a modern, double–ended, car–passenger ferry with Gas-Electric propulsion. The contract comes as the result of winning the tender announced by SAMSØ Kommune, Denmark, in September last year. A number of European shipyards…

HAVYARD Builds Iceland’s First PSV

Yesterday, at the annual Fosnavåg Shippingklubb Cod Dinner, the Foreign Minister of Iceland, Dr. Össur Skarphéðinsson announced that FAFNIR OFFSHORE, an Icelandic oil service company, had contracted HAVYARD GROUP to build and deliver Iceland’s first platform supply vessel. The Foreign Minister stated that…

Viking Showcases 10 Revolutionary New Longships

Viking River Cruises yesterday set a world record with the christening of 10 new Viking Longships™. All Viking Longships are built at the Neptun Yard in Germany, part of the Meyer Neptun group. The first-of-its-kind simultaneous christening ceremony…