Haifa Port Company (HPC) has awarded the international tender for a new build Voith Schneider tug to Zamakona Yards of Spain. The tug, which is a sister vessel of the ones already operating in the harbor, will have a bollard pull of 70t, length of 31,50m and beam of 12,50m. The design has been done
Havyard Group AS and Fafnir Offshore have signed a $56.6 million contract for the construction of Havyard 833 WE ICE platform supply vessel. The vessel, designed by Havyard Design and Solutions in Fosnavaag, will be constructed at Havyard Ship Technology`s yard in Leirvik in Sogn, Norway. The vessel
Spain’s Gondan Shipyard has begun construction of a sail training vessel that the yard is building for the British Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC). The keel laying ceremony for the vessel was held on Thursday 10 April at Gondan’s Figueras Shipyard (Castropol). With a length overall of 32m and a b
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) and Armada Shipyard signed an agreement on classification of two river-sea oil tankers of project RST 22M ordered by Palmali Group of Companies. At present, RS experts are engaged in the plan approval of the ships. According to the agreement, RS will render
Golden Ocean Group Limited (Golden Ocean) has entered into an agreement to purchase one ice class Panamax vessel resale built at Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering Company (Pipavav). Golden Ocean is expected to take delivery of the vessel ex yard during second quarter 2014. The vessel will be na
State-of-the-art fishing vessel Taurus has entered service under the survey of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). The ship was built to the dual RS/DNV class and registered under the flag of the Russian Federation. The ordering customer and shipowner is ZAO TAURUS of Murmansk. The Taurus is
Oslo-listed Höegh LNG has concluded a $412 million financing agreement for its two new floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs). Reference is made to the stock exchange notice dated 27 January 2014 where Höegh LNG announced that the company had received commitment letters from a group of ba
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp AG, and Saab AB today signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding. MoU is related to the sale of the Swedish shipyard ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AB (formerly named Kockums) with operations in Malmö, Karlskrona and Muskö to Saab
Prelude FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) project, being built at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in Geoje (South Korea), is the latest in a line of Shell achievements in developing new technologies for the oil and gas industry, reinforcing its leadership in technology and innovation. Cris Mor
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) is to undertake ship construction survey for the Lukoil Group. RS has signed contracts for the whole range of classification and statutory services under the construction of an offshore salvage ship by Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd in Singapore and two offshore
The Liberian Registry said the entry of private equity funding into the ship finance market is helping to sustain its continued growth. Scott Bergeron, CEO of the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), the US-based manager of the Liberian registry, said, “Owners are ordering ships
UZMAR’s innovative, super silent Smart Tug ‘KOC MUSANED-2’ has returned to the shipyard’s Izmit Port, after the first stage of sea trials. This innovative, multi-purpose tug was designed by Robert Allan Ltd. who was able to integrate a very complex list of equipment to this 20.4m long boat. The ship
Shipping activities in Arctic areas are certain to increase in the years to come and, as the Arctic is a challenging and diverse environment, knowing how to manage its risks will be crucial. Through case studies, DNV GL has estimated that the risk is nearly 30 per cent higher for a cruise ship and a
The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva has today agreed in principle two key proposals for amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention (2006) (MLC) which will give seafarers better protection under the Code for repatriation and ship-owners’ liability. Global maritime welfare charity
