On April 23, 2012 Turkish shipyard Sefine (Yalova) put into operation special vessel for livestock transportation with deadweight is of 6772 tons. The Vessel named Zaher I, of project LSC04, was designed by the Marine Engineering Bureau. The vessel is assigned for transportation of livestock (about
Floatel International Ltd is contemplating the issuance of up to a USD 200 million equivalent bond issue in the Norwegian bond market. The proceeds from the bond issue will be used to finance the Company’s new build program for accommodation vessels at Keppel FELS Limited, Singapore. Floatel Interna
Western Marine Shipyard has launched ISEF JORD, a Danish RORO Passenger Ferry, on 5 May 2012. The ship will be owned by Danish ferry operator Hundested Rorvig Faergefart. This newbuilding project is under the French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV). Western Marine went into agreement with
General Dynamics NASSCO on Sunday, May 6, launched the U.S. Navy’s newest resupply ship, USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14). The ship is named in honor of Cesar Estrada Chavez, the labor leader who founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA). The Saturday evening ceremony took place at the NASSCO
Costa Fascinosa, the new flagship of Costa Cruises, was delivered to the cruise line on Saturday, May 5, by shipbuilder Fincantieri in Venice, Italy. Officially handed over at the Venice Passenger Terminal, Costa Fascinosa — with sister ship Costa Favolosa — is the largest Italian-flagged cruise shi
The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) today from General Dynamics at their Bath Iron Works shipyard. Michael Murphy is the last DDG 51-class ship to deliver until the class restart ships begin delivering in fiscal year 2016. DDG 112 successfully completed combined sup
Next Thursday, Fresena, 18 meters pilot boat will be delivered to LOTSENVERSETZBOOTE TECHNISCHE FACHSTELLE NORDWEST pilots and leave Lorient for the port of Emden in northern Germany. After FRYA delivered in May 2011, this unit is the second in a series of 4 vessels for German pilots. Marc Bernard,
Paragon Shipping Inc., announced today that it has taken delivery of the M/V Prosperous Seas, a 37,293 dwt Handysize vessel, from the Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co in China. The vessel has been chartered out to Cargill International S.A. for a period of 23 to 26 months at a gross daily rate of $12,
As reported by the Asian Shipper, on May 1st, APL Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines, received the 10,700-TEU APL SOUTHAMPTON vessel. This is the first vessel out of a six-ship order, which will be carried out by Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineer
SCOD Presents the US Coast Guard Sea Eagle, the Ultra Green Homeland Security vessel that’s tough on the bad guys, but kind to the Ecology. The first Coast Guard Cutter to provide extensive surveillance, on, above and below the ocean. The E Class Search and Rescue Sea Eagle with Helipad and underwat
To benefit from the current strong demand for high specification drilling units Seadrill announced that it has entered into a turnkey construction contract with Hyundai Samho Shipyard for the construction of a new harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig. The new rig will be a sister rig of t
On May 3, Meyer Werft delivered a new 71 300 GT cruise ship AIDAmar to the shipping company AIDA Cruises. The solemn delivery ceremony took place in the Port of Emden. AIDAmar is the sixth ship built for AIDA Cruises by Meyer Werft’s Papenburg shipyard and it is designed for the German market. This
The first Becker Intelligent Monitoring System (BIMS) was recently installed on the new Car Carrier MV Titania of Wilh. Wilhelmsen. BIMS is an innovative development to enhance capabilities of high-performance manoeuvring. The new system is monitoring current forces and torque on the rudder while pr
On May 3, 2012, Austal held a keel-laying ceremony for the third Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), one of nine Austal-designed 103-metre US Navy Joint High Speed Vessels under contract with the US Navy. Austal invited Representative Jo Bonner to authenticate the keel. He was assisted by Jeff Cellon wh
