Chellship has taken delivery of its newest vessel the Kamsarmax type Bulk Carrier Darya Kirthi of 80.500 DWT built at STX Korea. Besides the Kamsarmax vessel Darya Kirthi that is being built at STX Korea there are two handy size vessels Darya Ganga and Darya Jamuna being built at HMD Korea. The cons
Mosvold Supply Plc, in 2007 contracted Otto Offshore Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Otto Marine Limited, to build a series of four AHTS (VS 491 CD) vessels. Mosvold Supply Plc shortly thereafter transferred these contracts one each to four single purpose wholly owned subsidiaries. Mosvold Supply
General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) has been awarded a $359,750,000 modification to a previously granted contract. This contract includes procurement of the detail design and construction of a third Mobile Landing Platform Ship (MLP). The Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) is a
COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd (a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd), has secured a contract from a European company to build a bulk carrier of 35,000 dwt. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2013. Separately, COSCO (Zhousha
Voith has received the first Voith Linear Jet order with Turbine Transfers UK for a 19 meter BMT Nigel Gee designed Wind Support Vessel. The Voith Linear Jet will provide for this application a substantial higher bollard pull without a requirement for increased installed power. This higher bollard p
St. Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Fla. delivered two custom built twin screw push tugs, the Lady Shayne and the Lady Dashelle, for Smithbridge of Brisbane Australia. These 25-ft tugs feature twin John Deere model diesel engines with a combined rating of 600hp and conventional shaft drives with rev
Shipping line Safmarine has taken delivery of the 4500 teu Safmarine Chilka, the first of three new Safmarine-branded WAFMAX containerships to join the A.P Moller-Maersk fleet in 2012. The vessel has been purpose-built for the trade with Africa and has been deployed on the Far East – Africa trade. T
United States Ambassador to Australia, Jeffrey Bleich, and US Consul General in Perth, Aleisha Woodward, today visited Austal’s Henderson facility. There they met with Austal’s Chairman John Rothwell after touring the facility where the designs for the US Navy’s Independence-variant Littoral Combat
Shipping Group Vroon announced that the namegiving ceremony of VOS Vigilant took place on Friday 24 February 2012, in Aberdeen, UK. The vessel was christened by Mrs Annthea Hardie, wife of Mr Mark Hardie, BP Logistics and Infrastructure Manager. VOS Vigilant, a field-support vessel, is the penultima
Nam Cheong Limited, SGX Main Board-listed Malaysian-based leading global Offshore Support Vessel (“OSV”) shipbuilder that focuses on the construction and engineering of complex, sophisticated and environmentally-friendly OSVs, reported that it has achieved a net profit of RM93.2 million on revenue o
BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has announced further collaboration with Turbine Transfers, one of the leading providers of Windfarm Support Vessels (WSVs), on its latest unique development – the design of a 19m WSV utilising the Voith Linear Jet. The Voith Linear Jet (VLJ) is an i
On February 23th 2012, the 57.000 DWT bulk carrier (HT092), built for Eagle Bulk, was successfully launched of the N0.2 slipway of Hantong Shipyard. The vessel is class approved by LR. Executive vice general manager- Mr. Chen Linjun together with the representatives of the ship-owner and the class a
Officials from Alcoa of Australia and international shipping company Gearbulk Australasia gathered at Alcoa’s Kwinana shipping facility on Friday to celebrate the naming and maiden voyage of the 45,000 tonne MV Kuljak Arrow, a dual-purpose cargo vessel. The vessel will supply caustic soda to Alcoa’s
Golar LNG Limited announces that the Company has entered into firm contracts with Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd for a further two LNG carriers. The two additional vessels, each with a capacity of 160,000cbm have a combined total cost of slightly above $400 million. The first of the carriers is sc
