The construction of 15 new river-sea tankers under RST27 project (capacity – up to 6.9 thousand of tons) was launched at the Krasnoe Sormovo plant (Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia). The customer of new vessels is Volgo-Balt-Tanker, LLC, the subsidiary of holding’s company B.F. Tanker. Five new tankers are
STX Finland Oy and Eide Marine Semi AS, a subsidiary of Eide Marine Services A/S, have signed a contract for the outfitting, completion and delivery of two highly sophisticated well intervention vessels with an aggregate contract value exceeding EUR 300 million. The technically advanced well interve
DCNS and KND have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the promotion, construction and sale of offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in South Africa. The Gowind OPV leverages the most innovative technologies to ensure the success of maritime safety & security (MSS) and counterpiracy missions. DCN
One of three 47,500T bulk carrier (Hull No. CIS47500/B-01 ) for Ningbo Marine Co., Ltd. was launched smoothly in 80,000 tonner slipway at Sanjiangying shipbuilding base by China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., which is another innovative hull form following 46,000T oil tankers and 57,300T bul
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia plans to sign a contract on additional patrol ships for Venezuelan Navy. According to Jane’s Defense Weekly, the parties hold active negotiations about additional delivery of two corvettes for exclusive economic zone patrols (POVZEE), and two littoral patrol shi
On Sep. 3, 2011, the keel-laying ceremony of Yuexin’s 58.7m AHTS Vessel YX3157 built for MARTENS MARINE Company was held in No.at 1# dock in Yuexin shipyard. YX3157 is built to ABS Class notation which includes Al “OFFSHORE SUPPORT VESSEL, AH, TOWING VESSEL, FIRE FIGHTING VESSEL CLASS 1”， AMS DPS-1.
DNV has opened a new office in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province. This new development strengthens DNV’s continuous commitment to supporting China’s rapidly developing economy. “The setup of a new office in Jiangyin is in line with our continuous strategy in China– to provide local support to our customers
Russia and France will sign contracts for construction of third and fourth Mistral-class assault landing ships for Russian Navy in the current year, reports RIA Novosti on Sept 7 referring to the statement of defense minister Anatoly Serdiukov. “Most likely, we will finish the negotiations and sign
Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) announced today it is exercising its option for the building of two new self-unloading vessels, bringing to four the number of ships on order in its major fleet-renewal program. The Montreal-based Great Lakes-Seaway carrier has two self-unloading Lakers currently under c
Imtech (technical services provider in Europe and on the global marine market) is observing a substantial increase in the number of marine service and maintenance contracts managed by Imtech. Recently Imtech signed a new global partnership agreement for 350 vessels operated by an international ship
The same Lockport shipbuilding company that was accused in a federal lawsuit last month of falsifying data to win a government contract is n… (houmatoday) [mappress] Source: houmatoday, September 8, 2011
South Korea’s Daewoo Shibuilding & Marine Engineering said on Wednesday that it had won an $1.1 billion deal to build two… Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by David Chance (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, September 7, 2011.
In cooperation with Voith, Dutch Offshore Innovators BV, (DOI) developed together a new concept for economical operations of a wind turbine foundation installation vessel. The so-called TFliner concept is a move towards compact design and simplicity, which drastically reduces construction costs. An
Bourbon Front, the first of four platform supply vessels of the PX105 design from ULSTEIN built at Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., was delivered to Bourbon Offshore Norway at 6 September 2011. The vessel features an overall length of 88.80m, breadth of 19.00m, DWT of 4250T, and maximum speed of 15.5
