In today’s spotted we present you Gudali Express, the seventh and last from the batch of livestock carriers built by COSCO for Dutch shipping company Vroon which was launched today at Chinese Cosco Guangdong Shipyard. The carrier features a length of 134.8 m and a breadth of 19.6 meters. Six newbuil
The UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has closed its online poll to name the UK’s next world-class polar research ship that sprung one of the quirkiest names a vessel might be given, the Boaty McBoatface. The proposal has been given a major support from the social media and the name r
Containership scrapping is expected to intensify in 2016 as charter market demand for Panamax ships is bound to remain muted based on the recent forecast from Drewry. Drewry bases its argument on the rising demolition prices for scrapping which were kept pretty low throughout 2015. Hence, the amount
Port Automation: Friend or Foe? Development of modern technology has ushered in a myriad of changes into the maritime industry. Introduction of complex navigation softwares aboard ships, giant remotely-operated… Read More CMA CGM Turquoise Attacked, Two Crew Kidnapped A containership chartered by th
Norwegian shipbuilder Noryards BMV, a daughter company of Noryards AS, has filed for bankruptcy having failed to reach a compulsory debt settlement with its creditors. The shipyard’s CEO Pål K. Grimsrud confirmed the bankruptcy filing on Wednesday afternoon to local media, a final move following the
Latvian Shipping Company’s arm LCS Shipmanagement has expanded its fleet with a newbuild Elandra Palm. In today’s spotted we present you this new tanker that will transport oil and chemical substances. Tanker Elandra Palm is the second out of three new ships being built by the South Korea-based ship
The European Commission (EC) has published a technical guidance for ship recycling facilities that want to be approved under the EU Ship Recycling Regulation. Such yards will need to ensure safe working conditions, pollution control including proper downstream waste management and enforcement of int
The first quarter of 2016 was hit by a major decline in ordering newbuilds with only 77 new ships ordered by the end of March 2016, Clarksons data shows. This is a substantial drop when compared to the corresponding period in 2015 when a total of 375 ships were ordered. January was definitely the sl
The first clean-burning, fuel-efficient vessels, equipped with the MAN B&W ME-LGI 2-stroke dual fuel engines that can run on methanol, fuel oil, marine diesel oil, or gas oil, will start joining the shipping market in April. Two out of a batch of seven 50,000 dwt ships will join their owners Westfal
The Oslo-listed Ocean Yield ASA has taken delivery of a 49,000 dwt IMO II chemical tanker Navig8 Turquoise from Korean shipbuilder STX. This is the fifth vessel delivered in a series of total eight chemical tankers that will be chartered to Navig8 Chemical Tankers under a 15-year “hell and high wate
Maersk Tankers, tanker arm of the Danish shipping conglomerate Maersk, christened two more newbuilds at Sungdong Shipyard in Tongyong, South Korea, on Friday, April 8th. Named Maersk Teesport and Maersk Tianjing, the 50,000 DWT Medium Range (MR) duo join their sister ship Maersk Tangier that was del
The Netherlands-based Big Roll Shipping has taken delivery of the first of four Module Class Carriers, the BigRoll Barentsz. As featured in the photo above, the deck of the vessel is completely flush and can be used over the full length and beam for loading, discharging and stowage. The Barentsz was
Western Australian-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine, a part of Triyards Holdings Limited (TRIYARDS), has secured a new contract with Dutch ferry operator Rederij Doeksen for the construction of two LNG-powered aluminium catamarans. The contract is worth approx. USD 50.1 million (EUR 44 million). D
Oslo-listed ship owning company Ocean Yield ASA has received a commitment letter from a group of banks for a USD 202.5 million credit facility for the financing of the three liquefied ethylene gas carriers. The three LEG carriers of 36,000 cbm capacity, being built at Sinopacific Offshore & Engineer
