Project 21630 small-size gunnery ship Volgodonsk was commissioned into Russian Navy, told a source in defense industry to Central Navy Portal. After successful termination of state trials, acceptance certificate of the ship was signed on Dec 20 in Baltic Fleet (BF) main naval base Baltiysk. Volgodon
Today Baltic Shipyard launched the second vessel of a series of four non self-propelled oil tankers of Project 2734, built by order of the Group of Companies “Baltic Fuel Company” (BFC). The vessel was named “Mary”. “I am grateful to Dmitry Kozak and Georgy Poltavchenko who had acted as guarantors t
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) through its subsidiaries, Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine) and Keppel Verolme BV (Keppel Verolme), has secured contracts totaling S$150 million from international customers. Keppel Singmarine, the specialised shipbuilding division of Keppel O&M,
On the Dec. 25th 2011, the leading ship of 47.500 DWT bulk carrier “Ming Zhou 55” for Ningbo Marine Company Ltd (SH 600798 NMCL) was successfully named and delivered at Shanghai Changxing Island by China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd (CIC Jiangsu). General manager Mr. Wu Chengye of China Shipp
Pha Rung Shipyard Co Ltd, under the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), yesterday handed over a 34,000-tonne cargo ship and a 13,000-tonne oil-chemical tanker to their owners in the northern port city of Hai Phong. The ship, designed by CarlBro A/S Denmark and Shanghai Hengar Ship
At 10:36 of December 27, Technology Center of Afai Southern was established officially. The middle and upper level leaders of Afai Southern, Ship-owner representatives of under-construction shipbuilding projects were present at the ceremony. Our General Manager, Mr. Wu Mingyi, and Vice General Manag
On the morning of Dec. 29th, 2011, CIMC Raffles delivered a Jack-up drilling rig the MASTER DRILLER to the Reignwood International Investment (Group) Company Limited. The basic design of MASTER DRILLER is supplied by the Friede&Goldman of the U.S.A., while CIMC Raffles independently finished all the
Delivery ceremony of S-500, a 6,600tdw type RORO cargo ship ordered by Europe-based Shiplux VII S.A. took place at Kyokuyo Shipyard on November 17. It is first Kyokuyo built RORO cargo boat since 1995. It is a modern transporter optimized for the today’s logistics services in Europe. Underneath her
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that it has ordered a new cape-size bulker that will adopt element technologies of the next-generation ISHIN-III vessel program to achieve high fuel efficiency. Universal Shipbuilding Corporation will construct the new ship, slated for completion in late 201
Maersk Line, the global containerized division of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group is considering an option to order another 10 Triple-E ships from South Korean manufacturer Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., before the end of February 2012, as it has already placed orders for 20 such ships
The company Volga Fleet Tanker, part of UCL Holding, recently signed an agreement with OAO Gazprombank to attract long-term financing of $ 138 million in funds that will be used for construction of 10 tankers of RST 27 project at the production facilities of JSC Oka shipyard. Tankers product carrier
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is striving toward approximately $11 billion in new orders next year, Reuters reports. Nam Sang-tae, Chief Executive Officer, stated that the company is intending to invest 500 billion won ($434.71 million) in facilities and new hires in 2012. H
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation announcea that its subsidiary, COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., Ltd. has secured one contract to convert one Large Crude Carrier Tanker, MT “Sunrise Jewel”, to a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for a Japanese ship-owner. The FPSO for t
JSC RCDB Stapel has developed and handed over to the customer the next project of a non-self propelled suction dredger of capacity of 4,000 cbm/h. The dredger is designed for dredging, land reclamation, mining and removal of sediments. The vessel is a dismountable structure consisting of fastened to
