The Type-Approved BALPURE ballast water treatment system from Severn Trent De Nora was selected for use on four new LNG carriers being constructed for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd, at its shipyard in Shanghai, China. The 172,000-DWT LNG carriers owned by
COO of DNV Asia Pacific & Middle East Mr. Remi Eriksen at a press conference at the Marintec China in Shanghai predicts thousands of LNG fuelled ships by 2020. “Increasing focus on LNG as a clean and cost effective ship fuel has brought forward initiatives throughout the shipping industry, preparing
Grandweld Shipyards announces contract award to design, build and deliver two 21.3M service/crew boats for Kuwait Oil Tanker Company. Contract signing was held November 29, 2011 at Grandweld Shipyards facilities in Al Jadaf, Dubai, and the contract was signed between Mr. Jamal Abki, Grandweld Genera
Long low swells at sea meant no more containers were able to be removed from the stricken vessel Rena today. While the weather has been fine and sunny in Tauranga, out at sea the swell and tide conditions made it too dangerous to attempt to lift containers off the vessel today. A total of 166 [&hell
Launching ceremony of new 7,100 DWT tanker, named Mugan, took place yesterday, November 29, 2011 at Besiktas Shipyard, Yalova. Tanker Mugan is seventh out of ten tankers of Armada series of Project RST22M that Palmali Group ordered from Besiktas Shipyard. Besiktas Shipyard plans to perform the order
Recently, Jinhai Heavy Industry has obtained RMB 1.2 million of special funds from Zhejiang Provincial Department of Finance and Finance Bureau of Zhoushan, for the subsidy of projects named “Design and Innovation of 320,000 DWT VLCC” and “D&R of VLCC Ultra-Large Blocks Construction”. As the industr
On November 23, steel-cutting ceremony for second 51.000 DWT Bulk Carrier （Hull No100116）, which is to be built for Fuzhou Haitong shipping Co., LTD by SF shipyard, was carried out successfully. 57.000 DWT Bulk Carrier is designed for a ocean going，single screw diesel driven single deck singgle-skin
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that it has secured a new contract for the construction of one Research Vessel for the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (“NDLO”). The contract value is approximately NO
At the ceremony held last Saturday, De Hoop Foxhol shipyard launched the 4th KISS supplier, the Caballo Genitor. This vessel built under the yard number 433, is planned to be delivered in February next year. Platform Supply Vessel / Kiss Supplier is an environmental friendly vessel with diesel elect
Keel-laying ceremony of Project 22120 ice-class patrol ship (serial number 051) was held on Nov 25 at JSC Almaz Shipbuilding Firm. Prior to the ceremony there was a briefing attended by Governor of St. Petersburg, members of the city legislative assembly, Director of Northwest Border Guard Dept, Alm
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that contracts for two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) with Island Offshore have been confirmed. The contracts had originally been announced on 30 October 2011, subject to financ
Lately BLRT Marketex and Sure Wind Marine Ltd entered into contract to build four 19,5 m wind farm catamarans. The catamarans are available for projects throughout Europe and built to DNV class and dual UK MCA and German Stability rules to ensure full flexibility. “This is first major contract for B
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has received an order from Singapore-based offshore company, PaxOcean, to design and equip two oil platform supply vessels. The vessels are to be built at PaxOcean Engineering’s ship yard in Zhuhai, China. The £10 million contract includes vessel design
Damen Shipyards and SeaZip Offshore Service will sign a contract at the EWEA conference (14:30 hrs, stand 11020, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,). SeaZiphas ordered two Fast Crew Suppliers of the 2610-type. The first ever FCS 2610 was delivered early 2011 and offers reduced peak accelerations of up to 7
