Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipyard, announced the establishment of the new Integrated R&D Center at its headquarters in Ulsan, South Korea. The new R&D center will create synergy between Hyundai Heavy’s other research institutes: Hyundai Maritime Research Institute, Hyundai Indus
Fednav Limited, Canada’s largest ocean-going, dry-bulk, ship-owning and chartering group, today welcomed the Federal Sable at a naming ceremony at Ouhua shipyard, in Zhoushan, China. A 37,200 DWT handysize bulker, this new addition will reduce environmental impact while launching a period of growth
The first piece of steel was cut today at MEYER WERFT in Papenburg, Germany for the construction of Norwegian Breakaway, the first of two new Freestyle Cruising ships for Norwegian Cruise Line, set for delivery in April 2013. The first plate of steel took four minutes to cut by a plasma torch in the
More and more ship owners turn to Becker Marine Systems for rudder conversions of vessels already in service. The easy installation of a new Becker Rudder System can dramatically improve manoeuvring performance and reduce fuel consumption. Becker Marine Systems’ After Sales Team has long been known
On August 20, with the support of its 3,000T sea crane, COSCO Dalian Shipyard successfully lifted and erected the power module of the Dalian Developer drillship 13 days ahead of schedule. The power module is 20 meters in length, 50 meters in max width, 24 meters in height, and about 3,530 tonnes. In
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces further expansion to its fleet of offshore support vessels. The Kendal, a multipurpose subsea vessel, with both ROV and Air Diving capability installed departs for her first project with PT Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore North West Java (P
The Lloyd’s List Global Award for the shipping industry’s best innovation project 2011 was won by DNV. At a ceremony, Chief Operating Officer Ioannis Kourmatzis accepted the award on behalf of DNV. When nominating, DNV chose Triality as its candidate among several innovation projects. Triality is a
On 17:30 of Sep. 20th, 2011, the second semi-submersible platform COSLINNOVATOR built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited (hereafter refers to CIMC Raffles) for China Oilfield Services Limited (hereafter refers to COSL) returned from sea trial, it successfully completed all the trial missions du
On July 24, the second wind turbine installation vessel was successfully undocked in COSCO Nantong Shipyard. Whilst the vessel was in dock, the yard completed the installation of six pile legs and the lifting cylinder, the installation and commissioning of hydraulic piping systems andthe load testin
Eagle Texas, the 61st Aframax to be delivered into AET’s rapidly growing fleet, will be the company’s second tanker to take up duties as a modular capture vessel (MCV). AET was recently awarded a 20-year contract with Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) to supply two MCVs to provide hydrocarbon c
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipyard, today clinched a USD 530 million order to build new deepwater drillships for Noble Drilling Holding, a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry. The order is the second of two options Noble Drilling Holding exercised fr
Queensland State Premier Anna Bligh helped Aluminum Boats Australia Launch and hand over its latest vessel the first in a five boat order of 400 passenger Enviro Cat ferries. The vessel was delivered to Transit Systems for utilization on the LNG project between Gladstone Harbor and Curtis Island on
BGP announced the launching of a brand new 3D, 12 streamer seismic vessel, R/V BGP Prospector, at SEKWANG HEAVY INDUSTRY in Korea on 2 September 2011. This vessel is built specifically for the high-end 3D marine seismic market with towing capacity of 12 streamers each at 8,000m long with 100m stream
Daesun Shipbuilding & Engineering of South Korea sealed a newbuilding contract for one plus one 1,000 teu boxship with Korea’s Shipping Bank…. (Seatrade-Asia) [mappress] Source: Seatrade-Asia, September 21, 2011;.
