On 1st April, 2012, Cosco (Guangdong) Shipyard hold naming ceremony for the third new building bulk carrier ordered by Apeejay Shipping company. Chairman, Mr. Karan Paul announced that Hull N221 (57K DWT of SDARI design) would be named “APJ SHIRIN”. The vessel was christened by Chairperson Emeritus,
Bureau Veritas has provided quality assurance services in both China and the UK for a successful project with Babcock Marine to design and construct a 1000-ton Goliath crane. Bureau Veritas was chosen as a key inspection services partner by Babcock Marine for the design and construction of a mammoth
ST Marine today held a ceremony for preliminary acceptance and delivery of the 141m Landing Platform Dock (LPD), which it designed and built for Royal Thai Navy at its Benoi yard. The ceremony held in the morning was graced by Admiral Surasak Rounroengrom, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy,
In the shipbuilding hall of the Sietas shipyard in Hamburg, a start has now been made on the construction of a German premiere: production has started of the first sections and blocks of the offshore wind power jack-up vessel for the prestigious Dutch marine engineering company Van Oord. In the pres
Based on the writings of the Shipping Herald, Crowley Maritime Corporation, a U.S.-owned and operated marine solutions, transportation and logistics company has already completed designs for the ships it plans to build within the framework of containership newbuilding programme. The company is provi
Shipbuilding management and consultancy services provider AVIC International Investments Limited, announced that it has secured a USS60 million contract awarded for the construction of five vessels – three units of Azimuth Stern Drive tugboats with 55 tons bollard pull each, one unit of diver boat,
The Dutch offshore contractor Tideway, specialized in offshore dredging, landfall construction and pipeline stabilization, has purchased Amarcon’s OCTOPUS-Onboard for her rock dumping vessel Rollingstone. For a period of nine months Tideway leased OCTOPUS-Onboard for the purpose of response monitori
Largest Russian shipowner, Sovcomflot, recently selected the dual-fuel MAN 51/60DF engine for an LNG carrier newbuilding programme comprising of two confirmed vessels with an option for two more vessels. The dual-fuel diesel electric propulsion system and the MAN 51/60DF engine have been selected to
Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in Northumberland, recently announced the completion of ‘Shelagh Jane’ a new aquaculture workboat for service on a fish farm on the West Coast of Scotland. This rugged no nonsense support boat is a development of the highly successful Alnmarite
In March Cargotec has secured new orders for two 100-tonne active heave-compensated offshore cranes from the wholly-owned subsidiaries of a Malaysian shipbuilding and vessel chartering group, Coastal Contracts Bhd (together with its subsidiaries “Coastal Group”), which is headquartered in Sabah. The
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, a leading U.S. commercial shipyard, held a ceremonial keel laying yesterday morning for Ship 018, the 14th product tanker being built at the yard. Following long held shipbuilding tradition, coins were placed on one of the keel blocks that support the vessel during constr
Despite the considerable hold-back in the economy, according to the Golden Destiny’s Annual Newbuilding Report, 62% of the overall orders for the first quarter of the year in bulk carrier sector belong to Greece, Shipping Herald reports. It appears that Greece managed to outnumber the Chinese market
Bergen Group Fosen has been awarded a contract from Volstad Maritime AS for building a large and high end offshore vessel. The contract has an estimated value of NOK 750 million, and this is the second contract awarded from the shipping company this year. The signed contract is subject to final boar
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured a US$568 million contract to build a harsh-environment ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig from North Atlantic Drilling Limited, a 74 percent owned subsidiary of Seadrill Limited (“Seadrill”). The new rig will be constructed based on the Moss
