As part of its expanding research programme, Eco Marine Power Co. Ltd. of Fukuoka, Japan announced today that it has begun development of an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) based on technology it has developed for the Aquarius MRE SystemTM. This new vessel design concept is called the AquariusUSVTM. T
A Norwegian based shipping company chose Ecospeed to give lasting protection to their two newbuild general cargo vessels. The first vessel, m/v Golfstraum, was delivered in November. Her sister vessel m/v Rystraum is planned for a 2012 delivery. Both vessels are of the highest ice class and will be
Voith Turbo has expanded its presence on the Gulf Coast with the addition of a Marine Division Director based in Houston, which is a new position within the division. Kyle Durden will manage the regional operations for the Marine Division, focusing on sales, marketing, and customer service. Voith Tu
Huntington Ingalls Industries, company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, has been awarded an advance procurement contract for work on the U.S. Navy’s third Zumwalt-class destroyer, DDG 1002. The contract is valued at $46 million, with the majority of the work taking place at the company’s Composite
Drydocks World has signed a Contract with Singapore based AET for two Tanker-to-Modular Capture Vessel (MCV) conversion projects. AET is converting these vessels as part of the Marine Well Containment Company’s (MWCC) well containment system. MWCC is a not-for-profit, stand-alone organization with 1
At Uljanik shipyard’s slipway No.1, on 25th November 2011, the ceremony of laying of two keels for Yards 498 and 499 was successfully organized. Those keels will eventually become ships for the transportation of 54 wagons on the Caspian Sea and which are to be constructed by Uljanik for the Azerbaij
The hull for yno 294 at Ulstein Verft, a platform supply vessel of design type ULSTEIN PX121 for Blue Ship Invest, was launched by Zaliv shipyard in Ukraine on 30. November. “This hull is hull number 500 from Zaliv, and this special occasion was celebrated with a great many invited persons”, comment
In the network of the environmental program the enterprise is planning to construct 22 vessels until the year of 2015 at the cost of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development raised funds. The investments will sum up to 155 million dollars, said Sergey Ilyashenko, head of FSUE “Rosmorport” Di
Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has been selected to provide four Cat 3516C Diesel Electric Propulsion (DEP) generator sets for the SV-310 multi-purpose offshore construction and supply vessel (MPSV) for Harvey Gulf International. Each 3516C DEP generator set will provide 2250 ekw @ 1800 rpm of pow
Precious Shipping Ltd, dry cargo ship-owner, announces that it has cancelled the order of a new supramax vessel from Taizhou Sanfu Shipyard. Seatrade Asia reported that Precious Lands Limited said that the company’s subsidiary, which had signed the acquisition agreement, has cancelled the purchase o
Two 82.000 DWT Bulk Carrier Vessels built by Sainty Shipbuilding （Yangzhou）in their newly completed dock were successfully launched on 25th November 2011. The vessels built for Singapore client have Loa 229 m, breadth 32.26 m, depth 20.05 m, maximum draught 12.20m and service speed at 14.10knots, th
France begins construction of the first Mistral-class assault landing ship for Russian Navy, advance has been obtained, reported RIA Novosti referring to a spokesman for the French state-led defense company DCNS. The EUR 1.2-bln contract for construction of two French Mistral-class helicopter carrie
Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited and COSL Drilling Europe yesterday signed the contract for deepwater semi-submersible platform, the COSLPROSPECTOR, in Beijing. The COSLPROSPECTOR is a DP3 vessel with an operating depth of 1,500 metres, a drilling depth of 7,600 metres and a designed operating t
Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) to initiate a project specific front-end engineering design (FEED) of an LNG FPSO solution for the Tamar gas field offshore Israel. This agreement follows the recent announcement of the agr
