Croatian-based shipbuilder BRODOSPLIT on July 10 delivered the bulk carrier MV Solin. On behalf of the owner the delivery documentation was signed by Mr. Branimir Kovačić, CEO of Jadroplov, and on behalf of shipyard by Mr. Neven Jug, Manager of commercial division. The dimensions of the bulk carrier
The maneuver involved a 17,000-tonne structure, the heaviest ever lifted in the world. The P-55 is the largest semi-submersible platform built in Brazil and is to operate in the Campos Basin (state of Rio de Janeiro) Petrobras completed the deck mating operation for the P-55 semi-submersible platfor
On Wednesday 4 July 2012 Vroon took delivery of MV Peruvian Express, a 79,000-dwt Kamsarmax bulk carrier, built at Cosco Dalian Shipyard, China. Peruvian Express left the Shipyard on 8 July 2012. She flies the Marshall Islands flag and has a Chinese crew. Ship management has been entrusted to Fleet
On Thursday 28 June 2012, STX Finland Oy’s Rauma Shipyard celebrated the flag-changing ceremony of the specialised vessel built for the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of the Republic of Namibia. The event was witnessed by representatives of the customer, the Namibian Ministry of Fisherie
VULKAN Couplings has extended the range of the enhanced performance ACOTEC couplings with the RATO R +. The drive specialist, which is based in Herne, is launching the initial sizes of the development and presenting it to specialists for the first time at SMM 2012, from 4th – 7th September in Hambur
The second in a trio of CTruk 20-tonne payload multi-purpose catamarans, ordered by Offshore Turbine Services for deployment at Lincs wind farm, was named in Brightlingsea. CTruk technicians and staff joined the owners on board the 20T MPC, ‘Captain P’, for the traditional blessing and bottle smash,
Rosatomflot has announced an open tender for the construction of the world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker. The company plans to take delivery of the vessel by the end of 2017. The as-yet unnamed icebreaker – the first of the LK-60 model to be built – will be 173 metres long and 34 metres wide,
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed “4UE-X3,” a testing facility for full-scale low-speed, 2-stroke marine diesel engines, in the company’s Kobe Shipyard and Machinery Works in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. The facility will be used for testing of various technologies to respond to strin
The hull assembly of multipurpose emergency and rescue vessel for Russian Ministry of Transport was started at Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia 6 July 2012 with keel laying. The hull of the vessel will be shipped to Arctech Helsinki Shipyard for outfitting and finalizing in spring 2013. The mu
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded a long-term service agreement by global cruise operator Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. The contract covers seven Princess Cruise Lines vessels, each of which is powered by Wärtsilä 46 common-rail engines. In total,
On July 6, a little more than a year after a memorable groundbreaking ceremony was held for new construction at Austal’s Mobile, Alabama shipbuilding facility, over 120 distinguished guests joined Austal in celebrating the official opening of not one but three new buildings – Module Manufacturing Fa
In the afternoon of June 28th 2012, naming ceremony of two 16.900 DWT Bulk Carriers was held at Sanfu shipyard. It is known that the delivery-related document for 7# 16.900 DWT was signed one day ahead of the naming ceremony. The delivery-related document for 8# 16.900 DWT was signed on the same day
Belfast based Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd has successfully completed the refurbishment of the SeaRose FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading vessel). Owned and operated by Canada-based Husky Energy, the SeaRose FPSO, which measures 272m by 46m, has been docked in Harland and Wo
Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd., a subsidiary of the Wison Group, announced yesterday the signature of an agreement in principle to supply a newbuild floating LNG regasification unit (FRU) to VGS Group of New Jersey, USA, for installation offshore India. The FRU, which will be owned by V
