On 1st of November Clipper received the first of the new cutting-edge Bari-Star design – the 38,000 dwt Clipper Bari-Star. This vessel is the next generation handysize type and is very impressive. Clipper will take delivery of six of these units from Imabari shipyard. Clipper Projects is one of the
On November the 18th, the pilot station vessel built as BN324 has been named Polaris and launched successfully by Barkmeijer Shipyards. BN324 (Het Nederlands Loodswezen) Pilot Station Vessel: – Length x breadth x draft 81.20 x 13.30 x 4,5 m – Accommodation for 18 Pilots 17 ships crew 10 spare berth
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) completed and delivered a 56,000 dwt type bulk carrier M.V. “DIAMOND JUBILEE” (MES Hull No. 1780) at its Tamano Works on 21st November, 2011 to HELIOS NAVIGATION INC., Panama. This vessel is a handy-max type bulk carrier of 56,000 dwt with a huge car
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, made effective the contract for eight LPG carriers for Petrobras Transportes S.A. (Transpetro). The contract for the construction of LPG carriers was originally signed in July 2010, but
Mobimar Ltd. delivers its first trimaran crew transfer vessel to Meriaura Ltd. in March next year. The unique trimaran vessel Mobimar 18 Wind challenges current practices by making the offshore wind farms accessible for 96 more days per year, which greatly improves the profitability. When the signif
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ sixth amphibious transport dock, San Diego (LPD 22), successfully completed her U.S. Navy acceptance trial this week. The ship returned to Ingalls Shipbuilding Thursday after a two-day sea trial. “It’s amazing what 25,000 tons of steel can do sailing through the Gulf o
Deltamarin has signed an agreement with Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., part of CSIC Group for the design of four very low fuel consumption Handysize Bulk Carriers to be built for M.T. Maritime Management Group / Strategic Shipping Inc. Deltamarin will take care of the Basic a
On 18th November Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industry Co (JEHI), succesfully launches the newbuilding panamax vessel m/v AP Argosy built for Atlantska Plovidba. The ship is sistership of m/vs Miho Pracat and Zagreb built for Atlantska Plovidba a couple of years ago in the same shipyard. A
Caterpillar yesterday introduced the Cat® C175-16 marine propulsion engine at a size, power and rpm that will drive new, more profitable vessel designs for all segments of the marine industry. The latest in a line of high performance engines designed to meet EPA Marine Tier 3 and IMO Tier II emissio
Foss Maritime Co. of Seattle will build a replacement 20-car state ferry to operate on Lake Roosevelt, a remote location requiring the ferry be built in sections and transported across the state. The Washington State Department of Transportation opened three bids for the project last week and awarde
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announces the launch and commissioning of its 47th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Porth Wen’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 16m and is the third of a five boat order from Turbine Transfers Ltd. for the 16m to be delivered. This vessel compliments the ei
The U.S. Navy laid the keel for its first Zumwalt class destroyer (DDG 1000), Nov. 17, at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. While keel laying was once traditionally the formal recognition of the start of the ship’s construction, today’s advanced modular shipbuilding allows fa
VT Halter Marine, Inc, a subsidiary of VT Systems, Inc, today delivered and christened the first 750 Class Tank Barges built at its Mississippi-based Pascagoula yard. This tank barge, the largest ever built by VT Halter Marine, is the first of three 330,000-barrel barges to be built for Crowley Mari
New transport ship for Russian Navy will be laid down at JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center early in Dec 2011, told a source in defense industry to Central Navy Portal. Project 20180TV will constitute an armament support ship. According to some sources, it will be used to supply the newest Borei-clas
