During this year’s traditional and busy “Herring-Party” in Rotterdam on Monday June 6th, KOTUG performed the christening ceremony of the… (HME) [mappress] Source: HME, June 14, 2011.
Aluminium BoatBuilding Co Ltd has recently delivered “Viking” to Excel Marine Services Ltd in Whitstable, this 18.25m aluminium catamaran is the 16th “Catfish” catamaran whose design was specifically developed for UK and surrounding waters. The vessel is the 8th “Catfish Crewcat” supplied into the g
Lack of investment in the maritime sector could undermine the benefits of South Africa’s recent joining of the Brazil, Russia, India and… (buanews) [mappress] Source: buanews, June 14, 2011.
Concordia Maritime has taken delivery of the product tanker Stena Premium, which will soon enter into a 3-year charter contract with Glencore subsidiary ST Shipping. The Stena Premium is the tenth and last P-MAX tanker in the so-called P-MAX series ordered from the Croatian shipyard Brodosplit. The
The historic fishing schooner Ernestina is getting a detailed inspection to determine just how much it will cost to make it seaworthy again… (articles.boston) [mappress] Source: articles.boston, June 13, 2011;
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and Seacat Services Ltd. announce the two companies have signed a contract for the construction of a pair of South Catamaran 19m Wind Farm Support Vessels. The two craft will be built at South Boats’ new facility in Cowes and will be delivered in May and June 2012 r
Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, today announced the preferred tenderer to build the next generation of patrol boats to secure Australia’s borders. Austal, an award-winning Australian-owned ship manufacturer, is the preferred tenderer for the $350 million contract to build and support ei
DOF Subsea christens DSV Skandi Singapore: swelling the ranks of one the world’s most modern offshore fleets. DOF Subsea and vessel builder, ST Marine, joined together to host the official naming ceremony for the Skandi Singapore on 11th of June 2011. Named after her place of build, the high specifi
On 24th April, COSCO Lianyungang Shipyard accommodated its first offshore vessel – “Maersk Responder”, the Cable laying vessel which belongs to the largest shipping company Maersk Line . Maersk Supply Service have 65 different kinds of marine service vessels; they can provide various services such a
Recently, COSCO Shipyard launched a creative design contest for the green ship of the future. The purpose of this creative design contest was to encourage the technological innovation of COSCO Shipyard and develop innovative ideas for future ship designs. The contest attracted attention from both pr
Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) is on track to deliver its latest Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) project, Armada TGT 1, to Bumi Armada Berhad (Bumi Armada). Mr Nelson Yeo, MD of Keppel Shipyard, said, “We would like to thank our valued customer Bumi Armada for entrusting K
On Friday 27th of May, yard number 9423, m.v. ‘Beauforte’, was christened in Harlingen. Vessel is built to transport of bulk cargo, steel coils, containers, forest products, general cargo, etc. Equipped for dangerous goods according to SOLAS reg. 54 II2, excl. Class I and VII. Strengthened for heavy
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, today announced the Company clinched a USD 500 million order to build the world’s first two new LNG Floating Storage Regasification Units (FSRU) for Hoegh of Norway on June 12. This contract also includes an option exercisable by Hoegh to or
Royal Niestern Sander today, from yard number 842, delivered m.s. Elbeborg to shipowner Wagenborg Shipping, Delfzijl. Royal Niestern Sander is well established in the area of shipbuilding for merchant shipping and inland shipping. The reference list contains building orders for chemical tankers, res
