Steamship company Safmarine held a naming ceremony in Savannah for its newest vessel, the Sahara, Friday. Built at the Wuhu Xinlian Shipyard in China, the ship is Safmarine’s second newly-built multi-purpose vessel (MPV), which allows the service to handle both containerized and break bulk cargo. “W
This week, 10 Damen Stan Tugs arrived in Gorinchem: 4 x STu 1606, 4 x STu 1205 and 2 x STtu 1004. The tugs were built at Damen Shipyards Changde, one of Damen’s six locations in China. Both Damen’s Stan Tug and ASD Tug series are regularly built for delivery from stock, which reduces delivery [&hell
The construction works of the new 3,200 passenger cruise ferry Tanit, which will account for the biggest one in the Mediterranean Sea, are considerably progressing at the Korean shipyard Daewoo. BNP Paribas, a group of foreign banks and La Société Générale will co-finance 80% of this project under t
Harvey Gulf International Marine ordered two additional 302’ X 64’, Dual Fuel Offshore Supply Vessels, bringing its total order to four. The contract signed today with Trinity Offshore is a follow on to the first two vessel order placed in October of 2011. Trinity will build all four vessels at thei
Office of Naval Research (ONR) revealed that a West Coast-based shipyard has been awarded $70 million for the construction of the second of two modern oceanographic research vessels. Following a previously awarded contract for AGOR 27, the first of the two new research vessels, Dakota Creek Industri
World-leading low- and medium-speed engine manufacturers, Wärtsilä and MAN Diesel & Turbo, announce the kick off of the next phase of the extensive, long-term HERCULES research programme. The overall vision of the programme is to achieve sustainable and safe energy production from marine power plant
Forland Shipping and Havyard Group have agreed on a major new contract for the construction of a subsea vessel. The Herøy-based company Havyard Group AS has secured a new and prestigious subsea contract with a brand new customer. Forland Shipping`s main offices are located just south of Bergen and i
Hotchya Marine Design has completed the construction and sea trials of a large freezer trawler, General Troshev, and delivered it to the customer. The design of large freezer trawler General Troshev allows the vessel to catch fish using bottom and mid-water trawling. The vessel is built for a certai
Construction work on Viking Line’s new passenger vessel NB 1376 is notably progressing at the STX Finland shipyard in Turku. The section 630 of this 214 m inspiring and exciting newbuild is currently being assembled. Delivery of the ice class 1 A Super vessel is expected in January 2013, and she wil
Towards the end of 2012, Interstream Barging puts the first gasoil free LNG Greenstream Tanker into use. This innovation for inland navigation has been developed by Peters Shipyards and will be built entirely in the Netherlands. Under the name LNG Greenstream Tanker both parties have, in close coope
Hotchya Marine Design has signed a contract with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to develop the basic technical requirements and conceptual design of the research vessel (RV) for natural resource studies in the open seas’ areas (Western Region). According to the technical design specifications, f
In the port of Bastia in Corsica, on 31st January 2012, naming ceremony was held for Hull 468 called ‘’PIANA’’. Ro-pax is the vessel for transportation of passenger, cars, trucks and vehicle with dangerous cargo on the route Marseille – Bastia. On the naming ceremony, attended by numerous distinguis
Jensen Maritime Consultants, Inc., a Crowley company, has been chosen to design a custom “super pumper” fireboat to enhance the City of San Francisco Fire Department’s (SFFD) marine fire fighting and response capabilities on water. This high-volume water and foam pumping NFPA Type II fireboat will f
MOSAIC (Modular Open System Architecture Integrated Concept) is a family of modular ships, representing an excellent solution to the need of an effective and modern combat component, both littoral and off-shore. These vessels derive from the Comandanti Class Corvettes, but their most distinguishing
