The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) announces that COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co. Ltd., has secured a contract valued over USD220 million from an Asian company to build two (2) Self Propelled Pipelay
The state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp. has given approval to Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. to grant contracts worth $556 million to South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (042660) for five crude-oil tankers, reports Bloomberg. The tankers are deemed to be part of Kuwait Oil Tanker’s plan
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet. VOS Ares, an “A class” anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel, was delivered from the Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. She is the fifth in a series of six vessels being built at this yard for Vroon, with
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder and offshore facilities contractor announced today that the Company completed developing its own Hyundai FLNG (Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Plant) model in association with Linde AG, an international industrial gases and engineering company
The keel-laying of the multipurpose deck cargo vessel, built for Oy Gaiamare Ab, was held at STX Turku Shipyard on Wednesday 4 January 2012. The NB 1379 is 105.4 metres long and 18.8 metres wide. The environmentally friendly vessel is to be delivered to the client in spring 2012 will provide work fo
DESH Shipbuilding with its headquarters in Bhatiary has successfully launched the 8.36-metre ‘Prantik Explorer’, a new aluminum utility vessel. Trials were conducted in Chittagong and the launching took place on December 12, 2011. The 1.42-tonne bollard pull vessel is powered by a single 165kW Cummi
OceanSaver today received DNV Type Approval certification of its revolutionary next generation ballast water management technology, Mark II. “We have successfully passed all DNV Type Approval requirements guaranteeing that our newest BWT technology, Mark II fully meets the requirements of the Intern
On Saturday December 31st, the new backhoe dredger ‘Peter the Great’ was launched successfully on the Ravestein shipyard in Deest, the Netherlands. The pontoon was built for the account of DEME NV and its Russian partner NDC (Northern Dredging Company Ltd), part of the PST Group. The Dutch shipyard
A total of 14 Kongsberg Maritime Engine Room Simulator models received new Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Statements of Compliance in December 2011. The approvals are according to the revised standards laid out in DNV – Standard for Certification of Maritime Simulators No. 2.14 January 2011, which is base
Irish Coast Guard’s fleet will welcome two new vessels in the following two years. Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has confirmed that approximately €4.4m in funding will be allocated to the service including an annual grant of €150,000 to the RNLI. The Coast Guard was engaged in almost 2,000 inciden
The Brazilian Navy has signed a contract worth £133 million with BAE Systems for the supply of three Ocean Patrol Vessels and ancillary support services. The contract also contains a Manufacturing Licence to enable further vessels of the same class to be constructed in Brazil. The three 90 metre ve
On December 30, 2011, the fourth 57.000 DWT bulk carrier “Bi Jia Shan” for China Shipping (H.K.) Holdings Co., Ltd.(CSHK) built by China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu shipyard) Co. Ltd. was successfully named and delivered at No. 2 outfitting pier in Sanjiangying shipbuilding base. The ceremony was hos
Cathelco have designed special box cooler anti-fouling systems for two tugs which are used by Rio Tinto to berth iron ore carrying vessels in the port of Dampier, Australia. The Pilbara Vulcan and Pilbara Neptune both experienced problems with bio-fouling which caused their box coolers to overheat.
On 03 January 2012, Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard held Launching Ceremony of 82.000 DWT Bulk Carrier under attendance of representatives of Owner and KR . This is the first vessel in a series of the 3 in the contract, signed between HVS and the shipowner – Hi Investment & security Co., Ltd (Panama) and
