Monaco-based Celsius Shipping has increased its current orderbook for 24,600 dwt stainless steel chemical tankers to ten firm vessels. Celsius and Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry recently signed a contract for the construction of seven more 24,600 dwt chemical tankers with options for additional four.
Smit Lamnalco has contracted Damen to build a new, shallow draught ASD Tug 2810, the design of which illustrates the cooperative relationship between the two companies. The tug is set to expand Smit Lamnalco’s oil and gas terminal support services in Novorossiysk, on the Russian Black Sea coast. The
Deep Sea Supply has taken delivery of the Platform Supply Vessel “Sea Springer” of Ulstein PX 105 design from Sinopacific Shipyard. The vessel is owned by Deep Sea Supply’s subsidiary. The vessel’s main characteristics are the size of 4700 dwt, 1000 m2 deck area, clean design, diesel electric propul
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a £19m contract to deliver deck machinery for four ocean going tugs, designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions, for Dutch company ALP Maritime Services. The vessels will be constructed in Japan by Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair. The vessels are being developed for towing lar
Some 70 representatives of the maritime industry responded to KfW IPEX-Bank’s invitation to attend the “Second conference for equipment-based vessel financing” held in Frankfurt recently. The attendees discussed ways of boosting Germany’s share of supplies for global new-builds by way of additional
At this week’s 12th Annual Ferry Shipping Conference sailing on board ‘Romantika’ between Stockholm & Riga, Danish Naval Architects, KNUD E. HANSEN A/S, were awarded the 2013 ShipPax Award. The award was presented in recognition of the efficient and innovative design of internal cargo arrangement of
Siem Offshore’s new installation support vessel “Siem Moxie” was christened at the naming ceremony today at the port of Hamburg. E.ON is taking over the patronage of the ship. The “Siem Moxie” has a length of 74 meters and a beam of 17 meters. Its design drew on a wealth of experience within the off
Fearnleys Weekly newbuilding report said that in total 7 ships were ordered last week. The market seems to be «out for lunch» for the time being with just a few fresh contracts hitting the headlines. Croatian yard Uljanik secured a pair of MR type product carriers from domestic owners. In another MR
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has released its Spring Statistics which found the percentage of total hull losses have fallen to a record low. The figures which are the most comprehensive study into hull, cargo and energy insured losses available reported the frequency of total l
A new German shipping company ZEABORN GmbH & Co. KG (ZEABORN) confirmed an order for ten multi-purpose vessels (MMPs) at Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering from China. The 12,500-dwt units will be delivered in three-month intervals starting from the fourth quarter of 2015. The heavy-lift cargo vessels a
Aage Hempel will deliver navigation and communication equipment for ten Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) included Integrated Bridge System from Kelvin Hughes with Shipyard De Hoop in Lobith. The PSVs are for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). The first vessel is to be delivered early 2015, whilst
NFDS Offshore 2 AS has entered into a shipbuilding contract to finalize a large anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) with NorYards Fosen AS. The contract is conditional on the planned finalization of the asset transfer agreement between Bergen Group ASA and Calexco S.a.r.l. The work will be perf
The newbuilding H1071, Avance Gas’ very large gas carrier (VLGC), currently under construction at Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry, in China caught fire earlier today. It took firefighters over three hours to tackle the blaze and put it out completely. Fortunately no casualties or injuries have bee
Royal Dutch Shell and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) have signed a deal, under which the two companies will strengthen their cooperation in numerous business sectors. The two companies agreed to join forces in the development of both upstream and downstream energy businesses, CNPC said on its
