The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) accepted delivery of a Supramax bulk carrier, m.v. Vishva Prerna, on November 1, Exim News Service… (TransportWeekly) [mappress] Source: TransportWeekly, November 4, 2011
Nordic Yards, manufacturer of technologically sophisticated and innovative special ships and maritime structures, brings the HelWin alpha offshore platform to dock at its Wismar yard. The self-erecting transformer platform is being built for Siemens Energy in separate sections at Wismar and Warnemün
The first ever ship of a Havyard design built for Chinese shipowners was last week launched in Shanghai. The vessel from the Herøy-based company Havyard Group is of an 843 design and was launched at Yuexin Shipbuilding on Friday 28th October. The AHTS will be named «KAN TAN 225» and is built for the
SkipperLiner delivered the M/V LADY OF THE LADY (105′ x 25.5′ three deck yacht) this month to Riverside Resort, LLC, Lake Charles, LA. Here are her particulars: LOA: 105’ Beam: 25.6’ Hull Depth: 6’0″ Draft (clearance): 4’3” Hull Thickness: 1/4″ Displacement: 126 long tons Certification: USCG, Sub Ch
The Navy formally delivered the sixth 35-meter patrol boat (P-305) to the Iraqi navy at the Umm Qasr naval facility in Iraq Nov. 3, after the ship successfully completed reactivation in Bahrain, Oct. 23. The seamless reactivation enabled delivery to an Iraqi naval base one week ahead of schedule. “T
On November 3rd, Shipyard Ferus Smit delivered vessel under the yard-number 395 to Royal Wagenborg. The ship, trading under the name Finnborg, is the fifth in a series of six ice-class 1A, nozzle equipped, 14.600 ton vessels the yard is building for Wagenborg. The first ship of this series is the MV
The Board of Directors of Otto Marine Limited announces that the Company or its nominee has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with Aries AP Limited or its nominee, in respect of the sale of a vessel, Hull 7061 for consideration of US$19 million. The Company expects the Vessel to be completed in
As a part of the company’s industry-leading new vessel building program, Crowley Maritime Corp. christened its largest and fastest articulated tug-barge (ATB), the Legacy/750-1, today in New Orleans. The high-capacity tank barge is able to carry up to 330,000-barrels of petroleum products and the 16
The chairman of Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. said Thursday that he planned to make a proposal to his Board of Directors the following we… (TaiwanNews) [mappress] Source: TaiwanNews, November 3, 2011
Alex Neil today confirmed Clyde-based Ferguson Shipbuilders as the preferred bidder to build world’s first in environmentally friendly ferries – in a deal worth over £20 million (32.03 million U.S. dollars). The Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure & Capital Investment also said that as a result of
Aker DOF Deepwater a joint venture between DOF and Aker Solutions has today taken delivery of Skandi Pacific at STX Vietnam. The vessel is an AHTS of STX AH 08 design and is vessel number five in a series of six vessels from the same yard. Main specification of the vessel is as follows: L.O.A [&hell
Swire Pacific Offshore (“SPO”) took delivery yesterday in Qingdao, Mainland China of the last two of eight new “P” Class Anchor Handling Tug Supply (“AHTS”) vessels, Pacific Python and Pacific Porpoise, built by Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard, marking the successful completion of the major part of an ongo
The Naval Ship Classification Association (NSCA) has elected Lorenz Petersen, Germanischer Lloyd’s Business Segment Manager for Navy Vessels, as Chairman of the Association, at their annual general meeting in Rome. The NSCA is the naval counterpart of the International Association of Classification
At the end of September Damen has signed a contract to start building a Stan Patrol 2606 at Astinave yard in Ecuador. This project is the next step in the successful cooperation between Astinave and Damen. In recent years Damen delivered a Stan Tug 1405, a Stan Tug 1606, two CSD’s 450 and two CSD’s
