Whampoa is the second in a four tug series of RAmparts 3000’s Cheoy Lee is constructing for Hong Kong United Docyards (HUD). Like the series debutant, Taikoo, Whampoa is named after historic Hong Kong dockyards, and was handed over in mid-November at a ceremony taking place at the Cheoy Lee shipyard
This Friday, Nov. 25, President Dilma Rousseff took part in the delivery ceremony for the Celso Furtado, the first ship built for Petrobras by a Brazilian shipyard in 14 years. The Celso Furtado is one of 49 new vessels to be ordered under the Transpetro Fleet Modernization and Expansion Program (Pr
Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Limited today announced an order for 4 Platform Supply Vessels. The vessels will be built by Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan. The 5,000 DWT vessels will be classed with DP2 capability and have diesel electric propulsion systems. The vessels will be
The first platform supply vessel (PSV) of the PX106 design from ULSTEIN® ever built, was named in a formal ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 24 November. The vessel, CBO Atlântico, is the first in a series of six PSVs with X-BOW® hull line design from ULSTEIN, to be constructed at Estaleiro Alia
By the end of last year, Damen Shipyards Galati together with their traditional partner, Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding from The Netherlands, signed the letter of intention for building a joint logistic support ship, for Royal Netherlands Navy. A few days ago, on 23-rd of November 2011, the contra
Athens-based Maran Gas Maritime has agreed to exercise options held with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries for two LNG Tankers, according to media reports. The LNG tankers are worth $200m each and HHI will deliver the two tankers in December 2014 and April 2015. The Company declined to comment
On 24th November Wuzhou Heavy industry launched a 36.000 DWT cargo ship with Eversafe airbag launching service. This cargo ship measures 190 meters by total length and 28.3 meters by molded breadth. It is named “ Meishan gang 57” by owner Zhejiang Hongchen Shipping Company which is a private owned t
In November 2011 Iskes Towage & Salvage took its first Damen tug into operation: the ASD 2810 ‘Argus’. Pleased with its capabilities, Iskes decided to have Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld build a further two harbour tugs: the revolutionary ASD 3212 ‘Green Tug’, designed by Iskes and Offshore Ship Design
Norwegian based NorWind Installer contracted the ULSTEIN Dutch design offices Ulstein Sea of Solutions and Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions as their design partners for a new foundation installation vessel for the offshore wind industry. The vessel is a customized version of the Deepwater Enabler de
Groningen Shipyard launched successfully the first vessel, mv LADY ANNA. The vessel is engineered in close cooperation with the shipyard. After the design was completed, complete engineering for hull systems and piping was executed by Groot Ship Design enabling the shipyard to build the vessel in a
STX Marine (STXM) congratulated Eastern Shipbuilding Group on the award by Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. for the design and construction of eight STXM designed offshore support vessels. The SV300 and SV310 series vessels are derived from well proven designs recently delivered to the US Gulf Coast
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, received final test approval from the Korean government for eco-friendly electrolysis HiBallast System on November 27. Ballast water is seawater used to stabilize the ship when loading/unloading cargo and to maintain optimal vessel speed. Th
“Diamonds Are Forever”, this is the name of the new Custom megayacht launched on Saturday 26th November 2011 at the state-of-the-art Benetti shipyard in Livorno. Benetti FB253 60mt is the boat’s official identification, but for its owner it’s “Diamonds Are Forever”: the official name of the yacht an
Damen Services, part of Damen Shipyards Group, announces that its Damen Asset Management Operating System (DAMOS) has been independently approved by classification society Bureau Veritas. DAMOS is a unique vessel maintenance management system that allows customers to maximise uptime and optimise cos
