Severnaya Verf shipyard and Algerian Navy signed a contract for integrated modernization of third pair of Project 1234E and Project 1159T ships. The contract was concluded under the agreement tied between FSUE Rosoboronexport and Algerian defense ministry. At present, Severnaya Verf is completing mo
Senior project manager Tjeerd Schulting stands on an after-deck section that has just been renewed by the crew of Shipdock Amsterdam. Looking around him he says: “This really is the Champions League of ship repair…” The ship he is referring to is a high-tech DP diving support vessel the Seven Eagle,
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has taken delivery of a new addition to its offshore fleet. The VOS Thalia, a 1,400 dwt anchor handling tug support (AHTS) vessel built at the Fujian Shipyard in China, was delivered on April 5th 2012, in China. The vessel will operate out of Singapore and will be manag
Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc. (KMI), Seattle, WA was recently awarded a contract by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) to design and build one each 32’ and 38’ Marine Transport Vessels for PSE’s Baker River Hydroelectric Project. The vessels will be used at a new downstream fish-passage facility PSE is cons
The brand new Amels 55-meter yacht, STEP ONE, had her first day out at sea on Tuesday, 4 April 2012. All tests were completed to the full satisfaction of classification bureau Lloyds Register and the Owner’s Representative, Moran Yachts & Ship. Amels project manager Roeland Berrevoets commented: “Th
On Thursday, April 5th, the second Damen Multi Cat (MuC) 3213 was delivered to dredging major Van Oord at Damen Shipyard’s HQ in Gorinchem (The Netherlands). In the presence of both the Van Oord and Damen families, the MuC 3213 was named ‘Cronus’ by Ms Kora Huijser-Eland. Cronus and her sister vesse
Essar Shipping, integrated logistics solution provider, is engaged in finding new, both international and domestic clients and is eager to keep the existing ones, which enabled the company to calmly sail through the tumultuous times on the market, Business Standard informs. According to the company’
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins joined Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works President Jeffrey Geiger to start the fabrication of DDG 1002 during a ceremony at the BIW shipyard in Bath, Maine, April 4. The ship’s design maturity and production readiness, the a
Following fleet renewal strategy, Onego Shipping has taken four vessels from the well-known Damen yard in Netherlands, and the fifth ship is expected to join in April 2012. Onego Arkhangelsk type is a Damen CombiFreighter 8200 design. Being among the most reliable and fuel-efficient multi-purpose ve
A ceremony for the largest ever working capital guarantee issued by Atradius Dutch State Business – on behalf of the Dutch Government – took place on Thursday 5 April 2012 at IHC Merwede’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel. With this finance agreement in place, IHC Merwede will start work on the co
Responding to the high level of customer demand driven by an ongoing trend of successful offshore discoveries, Ensco plc has ordered a new advanced-capability, ultra-deepwater drillship to be built at the Samsung Heavy Industries, Co. Ltd. (SHI) Shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The vessel, ENSCO DS-8
The Algerian Defence Ministry has sent a letter to the German manufacturer ThyssenKrupp Marine SystemsKrupp (TKMS), in relation to the Contract No. 674/889, signed on March 26, 2012, confirming the purchase of two Meko A200 frigates. This purchase represents a part of modernization of Algerian naval
Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured new contracts with Technip, a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry, for a 500mt Yard Crane and a 150mt Flexlay System. Both the crane and the pipelay system will be desi
On March 29th, the first 35m aluminum alloy fast ferry named “HAIJU”, co-designed and built by Afai Southern for HAITONG SHIPPING CO., LTD.ZHUHAI S.E.Z., left shipyard’s mooring quay for its first sea trial. Before the trial, the engineering and technology managing staffs, as well as workers from wo
