Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering said on Monday that it had secured a combined $1.95 billion worth of deals. Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin and Ju-min Park (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 17, 2011
Incat Crowther announced that construction is well advanced on three new catamaran ferries to its design. Two 32-metre ferries and one 24-metre ferry will be operated by Riverside Marine to transport workers between Gladstone, Queensland and the new LNG plant on Curtis Island. By focusing on passeng
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $429,162,324 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00024-11-C-2111) to exercise an option for design agent, planning yard, engineering ,and technical support for active nuclear submarines. This contra
Vroon announces the delivery and naming of VOS Valiant. The vessel was christened in a ceremony held at the Astilleros Zamakona Shipyard in Pasaia, Spain. Godmother was Mrs. Eva Maria Móreno, wife of Mr. Jesús Villacañas, General Manager, Astilleros Zamakona Shipyard, Pasaia. VOS Valiant is a field-
The Earth has a new champion. At a small ceremony in Bremerhaven, Germany, Greenpeace christened the world’s first purpose-built, crowd-bought, eco-sleek sailing vessel, the new Rainbow Warrior. Two A-frame masts exclaim that this is no ordinary sailing ship: it is a sleek, efficient eco-vessel, eve
On October 14 the eight vessel out of 10 multipurpose bulk carriers under RSD-44 project for Volga Shipping Company was launched at Okskaya shipyard (Navashino, Nizhegorodskaya region). Vessel was called “Captain Yurov”. Six motor vessels of this series are already working on the inner waterways, se
State-owned Shanghai Shipyard Co. Ltd. delivered the second of 10 bulk cargo ships Cuba has ordered in China, Granma reported. The 35,000… (CubaStandard) [mappress] Source: CubaStandard, October 14, 2011;
Recently the French operator Compagnie Maritime Nantaise (CMN) signed a contract with Hyundai MIPO, South Korea for two new RoCon vessels with an option for a third unit. Knud E. Hansen A/S has worked closely with CMN over the past year to develop the design. A number of design options were studied
A joint industry project managed by the Norwegian classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV) is presenting valuable findings on the technology of LNG cargo tanks. Since 2008, BW Imo has participated in a study on sloshing impact forces in LNG membrane tanks. A new method of measuring these for
St. Petersburg’s Severnaya Verf shipyard will deliver a new stealth corvette to the Russian Navy at an official ceremony on Friday… (RIA) [mappress] Source: RIA, October 14, 2011;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd has developed a new bulk carrier which will enable reductions in CO2 emissions by about 25% compared with conventional averaged bulk carriers. As the first commercial application of the new design, MHI will provide its conceptual design and green technologies to thre
China plans to build polar research icebreaker by itself, said a spokesman for national oceanographic department. Construction project of a new icebreaker has been officially adopted by National Development and Reform Commission, said the official. A tender for the name of icebreaker will be announc
Archer Daniels Midland Company has placed an order with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation for the construction of three new post-Panamax dry-bulk oceangoing vessels, which will increase the size of ADM’s oceangoing fleet to 11 vessels. The post-Panamax dry-bulk carriers will have a deadweight of approxi
Work is to formally start in Cumbria on the Royal Navy’s fifth Astute-class nuclear-powered submarines… (BBC) [mappress] Source: BBC, October 13, 2011;
