On 15th November 2011, Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard (HVS) officially celebrated Naming ceremony for Hull No. S042- the 56,000 DWT Bulk Carrier -, which is formally named “Arkadia” by Sponsor, Mrs. Leena Ruohonen. Attending the ceremony, there were not only HVS BOD, representatives of Ship Owners, Class
Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in Northumberland, recently announced the delivery of ‘Dalby Esk’ the second of the new ‘Wave Master ‘class of wind farm support vessels, to Dalby Offshore Renewables. The new vessel has a multi-purpose capability for survey and dive support as
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited announced that it has taken delivery of the Genco Spirit, a 34,432 dwt Handysize newbuilding. The Genco Spirit is the final vessel to be delivered to the Company under Genco’s agreement previously announced on June 9, 2010 to acquire five Handysize vessels from compa
The KSB Group will deliver cryogenic butterfly valves for 20 liquefied gas tankers by the end of 2012. Each of the ships will be supplied with about 80 of these expensive special valves that are technically demanding to manufacture. Norwegian, Greek and Russian shipping companies are the contractors
On 4th November, Hull No. 3609, which is a drillship ordered by Brazil based Odebrecht Oil & Gas was named ‘ODN I’ at quay D by Mrs. Vitoria Lins, spouse of Newton Lins Filho, Delba’s Shareholder. At the same time Hull No. 3610 was named ‘ODN II’ by Mrs. Virginia Ramos, spouse of Roberto […]
NewLead Holdings Ltd., an international shipping company owning and operating tankers and dry bulk vessels, announced that on November 10, 2011, the “Newlead Gujarat,” a new geared Kamsarmax dry bulk vessel of 79,263 dwt, was delivered from Cosco Dalian Shipyard Co. to NewLead’s fleet. The “Newlead
Cathelco have supplied seawater pipework anti-fouling equipment for the Berge Stahl, the world’s second largest ore carrier which has recently been refitted in Singapore. With a length of 343 metres and a capacity of 364,767 dwt the Norwegian vessel owned by Berge Bulk was the largest bulk carrier i
The Royal Brunei Armed Forces reached another significant milestone with the official acceptance of a Fast Interceptor Boat (FIB25-012), named KDB MUSTAED. On 26th March 2010, the Government of His Majesty Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam, represented by the Ministry of Defence
MOL’s new generation of ‘eco-friendly’ efficient PCTCs are entering service; they feature MacGregor RoRo access outfits from Cargotec and are the world’s first car carriers to have all of their RoRo equipment electrically-driven. Cargotec’s growing electric-drive RoRo reference portfolio now include
Zaliv commenced construction of the next order of Ulstein (Norway): in the graving dock of shipyard the laying up of the hull of Inspection Maintenance and repair offshore vessel took place. On November 7 the second block was installed in the dock thus making the total weight of installed structures
The self-propelled semi-submersible vessel WISH WAY sailed out from Tianjin’s shipyard after the completion of conversion work for aft float case. The vessel is a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel. For each aft float case, it is 10m in length, 6.8m in breadth and 11m in height, and the totally
In November 2011, Torgem Shipbuilding Ind & Trade AS, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey placed an order with Macduff for the design of a 23m tug. Based on the 3 vessels on order in China for Poet of Singapore this new order will also be equipped with the Mampaey DOT system. With a bollard pull of 30 […
On November 9th, at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Shanghai, the launching of m.v. Atlanticborg took place. Christening and namegiving were done by mrs. Lei Hong, managing director Heinen & Hopman Marine Equipment (Shanghai). This vessel (yard number 1679A) is the nineteenth vessel in a large
CHANTIERS PIRIOU, the shipbuilding branch of PIRIOU in Concarneau, delivered two tugs, following the order placed by GICEP (Groupement d’Intérêt Commun des Entreprises Portuaires) in April 2010 for the delivery of four 72-tonnes harbour tugs for Algeria. The first two units, 32 metres in length with
