The Ministry of Defence of Indonesia and Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS), the Netherlands today signed a contract for the engineering, build and delivery of a SIGMA 10514 Guided Missile Frigate, PKR – Perusak Kawal Ruda. The PKR will be built for the Indonesian Navy, TNI AL, and is to be del
On 28 May 2012, NPCC’s new offshore heavy lift vessel of the DLS 4200 design from ULSTEIN was launched at the Nanyang shipyard in China, to be completed by ZPMC Shanghai Heavy Industry. The vessel is a double joint pipelay vessel designed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions and will be equipped with an AmCl
A new Handysize bulk carrier concept design – the Green Dolphin, created by the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) and development partners DNV and Wärtsilä – uses existing technologies to meet owners’ needs for fuel efficiency and operational flexibility while also being rea
According to Seatrade Asia, Malaysia-based Shin Yang Shipping Corporation secured a contract worth USD 52.6m from Belait Shipping to build two diesel-electric platform supply vessels (PSVs). The DP2 vessels are scheduled to be delivered from Shin Yang Shipyard to the owner by the fourth quarter of 2
On May 10, 2012, the christening ceremony for Kyokuyo‘s RORO carrier S500 was held at Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Mr. Katsuhiko Ochi, president of Kyokuyo Shipyard, was invited to attend the event by CLdN, which actually controls the ship as well as her sisters. Rotterdam was chosen because the vess
Eidesvik has today entered into a contract with Kleven Maritime for building of a large subsea vessel with delivery Q2 2014. The contract has a value of above 1 billion NOK and is the largest single investment in the company’s history. The vessel has a length of 145 m and a beam of 31 m. […]
Posidonia exhibition opens today June 4 at Metropolitan Expo Centre, which is equipped to provide enhanced services and an overall better experience to the estimated 1,870 exhibitors from 87 countries and 17,000 visitors expected to go through its gates during the five day event. The modern, state-o
Catalist-listed ES Group (Holdings) Limited had on 2 June 2012 launched the 3,400 dead-weight-tonne Sea Tanker I, the first of its two bunker vessels constructed at ES Group’s 50 per cent-owned subsidiary’s shipyard in Thailand. This marks a major milestone for the Group to establish its vessel-owni
After completing PVT MERCURY, on 3rd June 2012 Dung Quat Shipyard (DQS) organized inauguration and delivery ceremony of the 104,000 DWT Crude Oil Tanker a breakthrough of Vietnam’s shipbuilding industry The 104,000 DWT crude oil tanker is the first big deadweight ton, as well as modern vessel constr
SNC-Lavalin has made the difficult decision to cease its efforts to participate in the Davie Joint Venture. Following an extensive analysis, it is concluded that this initiative did not pass the financial or business risk criteria required to proceed. SNC-Lavalin will collaborate with all stakeholde
Nevsky Shipyard, LLC started mooring trials of the lead multipurpose salvage vessel “Spasatel Karev” (Yard Number 701), capacity 4 MW, Design Project MPSV07. The State Customer of the vessel is the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency. The Customer is The Direction of State Contractor of Marine
On 30th May 2012, at Sungdong Shipyard, Korea, PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation and PVN’s subsidiary – Bien Dong Petroleum Operating Company (BDPOC) – held the Keel-laying ceremony for the FSO PTSC Biendong 01. FSO PTSC Biendong 01 – with the capacity of 350,000 barrels – is the sixth FSO
Greek oil tanker operator, Almi Tankers S.A. has chosen OceanSaver Ballast Water Treatment solutions for its VLCCs currently under construction at Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. The 320,000 dwt vessels will join Almi’s fleet in July 2013 and November 2014 and are designed
Transpetro confirmed that it has suspended the execution of the Contracts for Purchase and Sale of 22 oil tankers ordered from the Atlântico Sul Shipyard (EAS) under the Company Fleet Modernization and Expansion Program (Promef). The contracts will remain suspended until August 30th 2012, in which t
