The 189-room five-star floating hotel Sunborn Gibraltar is due to welcome its first guests in February 2014, after Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock drew on its extensive cruise ship expertise to undertake hull blasting and coating work. Despite its role as a tourist and business travel destination Gibralt
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) from South Korea has been awarded a contract for the construction and delivery of six containerships including four optional units worth a total of USD 539 million. The 10,000 TEU fuel-efficient Post-Panamax ships were ordered by a UK-based shipping co
Two contracts worth £47 million and £32 million have been awarded to BAE Systems Maritime-Submarines, based in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, who are leading on the design of the vessels. The investment will allow BAES, who currently have more than a thousand people working on the Successor programme,
The MPSV07 “SPASATEL ZABORSHCHIKOV” successfully completed acceptance test on December 17th, 2013. She is the third in a series multipurpose salvage vessel, capacity 4 MW, built at Nevsky Shipyard. The vessel will now enter «State Marine Pollution Control and Salvage and Rescue Service of RF» (Gosmo
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a contract to deliver four 250-tonne heavy-lift electric cranes to two 12,000 dwt multi-purpose vessels for a Danish operator Nordana. As part of a fleet refurbishment plan, the long-established Danish operator, Nordana, ordered four heavy-lift versions of MacGre
Ship repair and conversion yard Shipdock Amsterdam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, received a contract for the propulsion upgrade of the 3D Seismic Vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’. The ultra-modern vessel will arrive at Shipdock in February 2014 for its six-week conversion. In addition to the propulsion upg
Galician shipbuilder Hijos de J. Barreras, S.A. announced yesterday the closing of a contract with the Mexican group Procesa for the building of a tuna vessel of 79.5 meters length. The ship will be designed by the shipyard. News were confirmed by the chairman of Barreras, Mr. José García Costas dur
OAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) announced that it has signed a new USD 316 million 10 year credit facility with a consortium of three leading international banks: ING Bank N.V. (ING) of the Netherlands; KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH (KfW) of Germany and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) of Japan. The funds
PPG Protective & Marine Coatings (PPG) is taking the lead in future proof marine coatings with a range of copper-free antifoulings. PPG is the first coatings manufacturer to successfully develop and market a range of copper-free antifoulings for commercial vessels to help customers stay ahead of fut
TQC’s Hull Roughness Analyzer is nominated by Material Performance Magazine for the Corrosion Innovation of the Year Award 2014. MP Magazine is a publication of NACE International. Honoring the most important innovations impacting corrosion control today, the awards showcase progressive technologica
Uljanik shipyard launched, on Dec 14th, the first of two RO-PAX ferries designed for the transportation of passengers, trucks and other vehicles in the Caspian Sea region, the Berkarar (Yard No. 501). The vessel is being built for “State Service of Maritime and River Transportation“ company from Tur
Knutsen OAS Shipping, the Norwegian shipping company, has placed an order for 2 × 2 7G70ME-GI engines in connection with the building of two 176,300 m3 capacity LNG carriers. The specified engines are also based on MAN Diesel & Turbo’s new, ultra-long-stroke, G-type concept to deliver an even higher
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading provider of innovative products, solutions and services, has today announced that its Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®EC (Electro-Chlorination) Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has been granted International Maritime Organization (IMO) Type Approval. This is in accord
Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen is appointed president in DNV GL Maritime. Ørbeck-Nilssen will take on the role as president from 1 January 2014. He will be member of the Executive Committee and operate out of Hamburg. Tor E. Svensen, CEO DNV GL Maritime, says “I am really pleased to have Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen on
