STX France SA, a 66.66% owned subsidiary of STX Europe AS, has rescinded the contract with GNMTC (General National Maritime Transport Company) – the state owned Libyan shipping company – for the construction of a 140,000 GT cruise vessel for delivery end-2012. The reason for the rescission is the de
OSX Brasil S.A., a Brazilian corporation engaged in the equipment and services sector for the offshore oil and gas industry, by means of integrated operations in shipbuilding, chartering of exploration and production (E&P) units, and operation and maintenance (O&M) services, announces that: The Boar
Deep Sea Metro Ltd. has today taken delivery of the drillship Deepsea Metro I from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). Chairman of Odfjell Offshore Ltd. Simen Lieungh states: “Delivery has been according to plan. The collaboration with the yard has been excellent and we acknowledge their great effort. W
Luxury cruise line the Yachts of Seabourn has launched its latest liner at a glittering ceremony in Barcelona. The new Seabourn Quest was ch… (Independent) [mappress] Source: independent, June 22, 2011;
Farstad Shipping ASA has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Farstad Supply AS, reached an agreement with STX OSV AS to build 2 Anchor Handling / Offshore Service vessels (AHTS) of the type UT 731 CD. Contract value is approx. NOK 1.2 billion. The vessels are designed by Rolls Royce Marine with a t
With a giant American flag draped over it, Marinette Marine had the ceremonial keel-laying for an $80 million NOAA oceanic research vessel… (wbay) [mappress] Source: wbay, June 22, 2011;
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Akasaka Diesels Limited and Sakai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd are to begin shipboard tests of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) nitrogen oxide (NOx) removal equipment installed on NYK Line’s new bulk coal
W3G Marine (W3GM) and IHC Merwede have agreed to collaborate on the development of W3GM’s patented design for an offshore wind turbine installation ship (OWTIS). The OWTIS concept has major advantages over existing assets, not least in its ability to improve offshore safety by necessitating fewer ta
Grandweld Shipyards has successfully delivered the utility vessel “Artemis Star” to Teams Shipping CO. L.L.C. The delivery ceremony took place at Grandweld facility at Dubai Maritime City, and was attended by Team shipping’s General Manager Mr. Esmail Afshar Sadeghi, and his associate, Marketing Man
Citadel Yachts launches their latest build, a 102-foot expedition yacht named Polar Bear, for an experienced U.S. yachtsman. This robustly constructed long-range vessel features an efficient, steel displacement hull with a bulbous bow, active quad-fin stabilizers, bow and stern thrusters and fully p
Pipavav Shipyard has launched two Panamax bulk carriers, each of 74,500 DWT for the Golden Ocean group client. Speaking at the launch ceremo… (steelguru) [mappress] Source: steelguru, June 21, 2011;
Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. (KOTC) announced Monday it received a giant tanker from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. The tanker, nam… (Kuna) [mappress] Source: Kuna, June 21, 2011;
In June 2011, Macduff Ship Design and Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad, Malaysia held positive discussions with the intention of forming a collaboration. This arrangement will offer vessel owners a combination of the very latest in Western European designs coupled with the high quality a
On 16 June 2011, as a part of St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russia’s largest tanker company Sovcomflot and the State corporation “The Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)” signed a bilateral agreement on cooperation. The document was signed by SCF’s President and CEO
