China Rongsheng Heavy Industries, the country’s largest private shipbuilder, said yesterday it has won a shipbuilding contract worth approx $1 billion for a series of 64,000 DWT bulk carriers. The shipbuilding contract, signed with a European shipowner, will increase the total number of vessels invo
Australia Ready to Procure New Icebreaker In a significant long term commitment to Tasmania and Antarctica, the Australian government has approved the process to procure a new icebreaker to replace the ageing Aurora Australis. US Will Need Up to 100 New Ships to Export Natural Gas The ranking member
“Regal Princess”, the new flagship of the Princess Cruises fleet owned by the Carnival Group, the world’s largest cruise ship operator, was presented on Sunday at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard. Attending the ceremony, among others, were the Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, the Governor of Friuli Ve
Fearnleys Weekly newbuilding report said that two large orders for Ultramax bulk carriers were reported last week at Chinese private owned yards, with the newly established Ample Ocean contracting totally 36 vessels at JES and New York based Doonbeg Group ordering totally 8 units at Yangfan. Both ya
Odfjell SE has today entered into an agreement with affiliates of Breakwater Capital and Oak Hill Advisors to form a liquefied petroleum gas and ethylene (LPG/E) shipping joint venture. Further, Odfjell announced that it has exercised its option for construction of four 22,000 cbm LPG/E gas carriers
Russian Pella shipyard held a launching ceremony for the tugboat «RB-407» of project 16609 (building No 626), built within the Acceptance Program of 2014. The solemn ceremony included participation of the Russian Navy’s Chief of naval crew training department of supply vessels Dandamaev Anzor Gasano
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Marine GmbH in Bremen, has signed five new contracts with a total value of approx $13.5 million. The largest contract is for complete delivery of hatch cover systems for two ConRo vessels, built for an US customer. Other contracts are for anchor and moor
Evergreen Group is about to receive two new L-type containerships, the EVER LIBERAL and EVER LISSOME. The 8,452-TEU EVER LIBERAL was christened by Bronson Hsieh, Evergreen Group’s Second Vice Group Chairman, at Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea on May 9th. The rope cutting for the ves
DNV GL has conducted a risk assessment “hazard identification study (HAZID)” on a series of three methanol-fuelled tankers for owner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and shipyard Minami Nippon Shipbuilding in Japan. As these are the vessels with a flex fuelled low speed diesel engine using methanol and/or heavy
Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs Jan Vapaavuori has travelled to South Korea where he will discuss the possible sale of Turku yard to German shipbuilder Meyer Werft. During the visit, Mr. Vapaavuori will meet with both STX representatives and South Korean Trade and Industry Minister Song Jick-
Last Friday, during the keel-laying ceremony for the Oasis III at STX in St. Nazaire, France, Royal Caribbean also announced that it has agreed with STX France to move forward on the order of a fourth Oasis-class ship for delivery in 2018. The keel laying, during which a 1,000-ton block measuring 32
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, presented a new addition to its Hatlapa product range: the steering control system, Hebe. It will be offered as an integrated part of the company’s Hatlapa range of steering gear solutions and its inclusion will deliver operational and equipment compatibility benefits fo
Kongsberg Maritime Engineering (KME) has signed a contract with Gina Krog LLC, a subsidiary of Teekay Shipping AS, for supply of an Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) and Power package to the Gina Krog FSO (Floating Storage and Offloading) unit, to be delivered to the Statoil operated Gina
Western Baltija Shipbuilding – a part of BLRT Grupp – has finished a turnkey project and delivered a multi-purpose cargo vessel, the Anetta. “Anneta” was constructed for the transportation of bulk and bale cargo, timber, grain, and steel coils. Apart from that, it is also fit for transportation of d
