Maersk Tankers, the tanker shipping unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO), said on Monday it would… By Mette Fraende(Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 18, 2011
Houston-headquartered marine engineering and naval architecture consulting firm Zentech, Inc. has acquired the former Derrick Barge 23 from… (PortNews) [mappress] Source: PortNews, October 18, 2011
Lamprell , a leading provider of specialist engineering services to the international oil and gas and renewables industry, announces the exercise by National Drilling Company (“NDC”), Abu Dhabi, of the options for Lamprell to build two jackup rigs in addition to the rigs currently under construction
On Oct 14, 2011 Russian naval ensign was hoisted on corvette Soobrazitelny moored at the quay of JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard. Project 20380 first serial corvette has been commissioned into Russian Navy. The solemn flag-hoisting ceremony was held right after signing of the corvette acceptance certifi
Nantong Dongxin Heavy Industry is a fast growing shipbuilding company located in China. Recently its new built DWT28,000 cargo ship was successfully launched with marine airbags by Eversafe Marine. The ship named “zhong ning hai” has 174 meters total length and 24 meters molded breadth. Its light we
It was a special event, indeed. At the weekend, the Hamburg shipowner E.R. Schiffahrt christened its first two 13,100 standard container mega carriers in Ulsan, South Korea. At 366 metres long, 48.2 metres wide and 15.5 metres draught, they are among the largest container ships sailing the world’s o
At Royal Niestern Sander, Delfzijl, the launch of m.v. Eeborg (yard-number 843) will take place on 27 October . This vessel, together with sistership Elbeborg which was delivered June 10th, with regard to her measurements, is the largest under construction by KNS on the landside of the dikes. Apart
Marine engineering services firm Beng Kuang Marine has cancelled two contracts worth S$14.4m ($11.4m) to build two crane barges… (PortNews) [mappress] Source: PortNews, October 17, 2011
Contract for building of third and fourth Mistral-class landing ships will be signed in 2012, said Roman Trotsenko, the president of United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC). “The arms procurement order includes construction of third and fourth Mistral-class assault landing ships for Russian defense mi
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced orders worth around £18 million for the supply of Azimuth thrusters to power 18 new tugs being built in China. Qingdao and Yingkou Ports will take delivery of 12 new tugs, four of which will be the most powerful operating in China. Tangs
Reference is made to notice to Oslo Stock Exchange dated 15th April 2011 regarding an option for a second newbuild drillship. A wholly owned subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. have agreed on an extension of the time limit for declaring this option till 20th De
A ground breaking report published by the maritime cleantech market insight firm MEC Intelligence estimates more than 5% of the world fleet will adopt LNG propulsion by 2020 a huge growth considering less than 100 vessels presently. Best Option for Newbuilds Strict environment regulations requiring
Evergreen Marine announced on Friday the signing of a $824m syndicated loan agreement with nine domestic banks to fund its shipbuilding (Seatrade-Asia) [mappress] Source: Seatrade-Asia, October 17, 2011
Dakota Creek Industries, Inc., Anacortes, Wash., is being awarded a $74,141,319 fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-2201) for the detail design and construction of the ocean class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research ship. The effort will also include technical m
