Waterman Steamship Corp., is being awarded a one-year $10,008,967 firm-fixed-price contract for the worldwide charter of one United States-flagged, Ice-class, self-sustaining cargo ship. The cargo ship will be employed in worldwide cargo delivery to support the Department of Defense. This contract i
In July 2011 Höegh Autoliners took delivery of Hull XSI1461C. This is the third 4 900 capacity PCTC built by Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries for Höegh Autoliners. The Vessel will be named at an official naming ceremony which is planned to take place in October at the Höegh Autoliners car terminal in
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a £50 million contract to design and equip two anchor handling vessels for Norwegian company Farstad Shipping. The Rolls-Royce UT 731 CD vessels are designed to work in extreme environmental conditions and carry out operations in water as deep a
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. announced today that it has entered into a turnkey contract for the construction of two additional high specification harsh environment F&G JU-2000E jack-up drilling rigs at the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. Ltd (SWS) Shipyard in Shanghai China. After these t
BLRT Rekato – subsidiary of Estonian industrial concern BLRT Grupp – concluded an agent agreement with Korean company Panasia Co. which is a production leader of ship systems among which are well-proven Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWTS). According to development director of BLRT Rekato Andrei S
Carnival Corporation & plc today announced it has reached agreements for the construction of three new cruise ships – one 132,500-ton vessel for its Costa Cruises brand and two 125,000-ton ships for its AIDA Cruises brand. The ships will be the largest ever constructed for these two cruise lines. A
With two established players, Ananda and Western Marine, partly booked for the next two years, the buyers are looking for potential new makers who are capable of doing the job in time and in budget prices. “Bangladesh shipbuilders haven’t seen such a huge attention from global ship owners before,” s
The construction of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) at Cochin is expected to be completed in December this year… (zeenews) [mappress] Source: zeenews, August 3, 2011
Blount Boats, Inc. recently announced that it has been appointed by South Boats Special Projects, Ltd., based at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, England to be the exclusive shipyard to manufacture U.S. flagged aluminum catamarans of South Boats designs for the U.S. wind farm industry. Blount Boats opera
Launching of this heading order of the Ministry of Defense of Russia was timed to the Day of Russian Navy. The vessel “Seliger” is intended for equipment test operation, deep-sea research and rescue works. Length of the vessel is 59,7m, width – 10,8m, displacement – ca 1117t, speed – 13 knots, cruis
NewLead Holdings Ltd., an international shipping company owning and operating tankers and dry bulk vessels, today announced that on July 28, 2011, the “Navios Serenity,” a new Handysize dry bulk vessel of 35,000 dwt, was delivered from a Korean shipyard to NewLead’s fleet. Mr. Michael Zolotas, presi
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a £20 million order to design and supply power and propulsion systems for two UT 776 CD supply vessels for Island Offshore. Island Offshore were the first to introduce the versatile UT 776 CD ship, which is designed to transport essential suppli
OSX Brasil S.A., a brazilian publicly held corporation focused on the supply of equipment and services to the offshore oil and gas industry, through integrated operations in shipbuilding, chartering of exploration and production (E&P) units, and operation and maintenance (O&M) services, informs of i
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) today announced that the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division has successfully redelivered the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Albany (SSN 753) to the U.S. Navy. The redelivery took place on July 29, one day earlier than originally planned, following
