Sunseeker, a manufacturer of the world’s finest luxury motoryachts, is building a new flagship tri-deck 155 Yacht. With a 4500 nautical mile range, this newbuild accounts for the first ever semi-displacement, round bilge and long keel hull from Sunseeker. The Sunseeker 155 Yacht is designed to accom
The Board of Directors of SapuraCrest Petroleum Berhad announces that its wholly-owned subsidiaries, TL Offshore PLSV1 Ltd and TL Offshore PLSV2 Ltd, has entered into a contract with IHC Offshore And Marine B.V., for the construction of two (2) units of 550 tonne pipelay support vessels, at a fixed
COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited throughout its subsidiaries COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd have made the following deliveries: COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co, close to the international sea route and navigation hub clusters in Asia, and it is a newly built shipyard with one DWT 150,000 dock and f
On January 10th, the 18th 57.300 DWT bulk carrier “An Tai Shan” built by China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. for China Shipping Development Co., Ltd. Tramp. Co. was successfully named and delivered at Shanghai Changxing Island and departed from port in the afternoon. Chief accountant Mr. Zho
The LNG Guardian stand-by vessel has been delivered on Thursday 12th January 2012, to its Italian owner, Fratelli Neri S.p.A. The LNG Guardian is the third ship to be built for Fratelli Neri at Gondan Shipyard. This is an FRSU support ship that will assist in the regasification terminal which operat
Carisbrooke Shipping took delivery of the first SUPER GREEN 8500 vessel from Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding. The vessel was delivered after succesful seatrials and started her maiden voyage in the direction of Korea to pick up her first cargo. The shipyard launched first Super Green 8500 vessel fo
A leader in offshore oil and gas marine services, BOURBON opens Bourbon Docking, an organization located in Dubai, to manage the Class Dockings of vessels, for all BOURBON affiliates. According to BOURBON 2015 Leadership Strategy plan, the Group’s growth strategy is based on the mass-building of ves
According to Ithaca Energy, Athena Development Update activities are progressing as scheduled. The BW Athena FPSO, is undergoing final phases of conversion work in Dubai Dry Dock World. Under the agreement between BW Offshore and Drydocks World scope of work included lengthening of the vessel and fa
The first platform supply vessel (PSV) newbuilding of the PX121 design from ULSTEIN®, M/V Blue Fighter, was named in a formal ceremony at Ulstein Verft, Norway on 12 January. The vessel is the first of two PSVs of the new design under construction at Ulstein Verft for Blue Ship Invest, a shipping co
ABC announced that the work is underway for a new 19m Cat. This is their largest boat to date and will add to ABC’s already extensive range of craft. This boat will once again go into service in the busy offshore windfarm industry. This boat has been commissioned by Carling Charters to enhance their
Vessels “Piana“ and “Orange Star“ will be covered in annual publication of The Naval Arhitects which will be published in February. “Orange Star“ is a handy carrier for transportation of refrigerated fresh fruit juice, the largest orange juice carrier ever built. Her length is 189,90 m and payload 3
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $60.3 million U.S. Navy contract to develop and integrate the total ship electronics systems for LPD 26, the 10th ship of the Navy’s LPD 17 class of expeditionary warfare ships. Under the contract, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems extends its role as the total
Weihai Haida Ferry Co., operating in NE China, has placed an order for a 2,200-passenger/1100-lane-metre Ropax ferry featuring a MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion package. Weihai Haida is the exclusive operator on the route between the major cities of Weihai and Dalian on opposite sides of the Bohai str
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a contract to deliver highly efficient engines and propulsion systems for the world’s first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered tugs. The two vessels have been ordered by Norwegian company Buksér og Berging AS and will enter service in late 2013
