A2SEA’s second newbuild was christened at the COSCO shipyard in China yesterday. This second generation offshore installation vessel is a sister vessel to SEA INSTALLER. The new vessel was named SEA CHALLENGER. Expected time of delivery from the shipyard is the beginning of 2014 and SEA CHALLENGER w
GasLog Ltd. announced the delivery of the fully owned LNG carrier GasLog Seattle, from Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. She today, commenced a medium-term charter to Shell Tankers Singapore (Private) Limited, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc. The vessel is a 155,000 cubic meter tri-fuel Diesel
Vroon has taken delivery of the second of four livestock carriers, MV Ganado Express, built at the Cosco Shipyard in Guangdong for Vroon. The remaining two vessels are scheduled for delivery early in 2014. These livestock carriers are “next‑generation” livestock vessels, boasting a cargo capacity of
Since a high-profile launch at DSEI, CTruk’s first-in-class Twin Hulled Offshore Raider (THOR) Force Protection Craft variant has been put through its paces during a series of sea trials and promotional deployments. The company’s military and security division team have spent the last two months ful
A feasibility study around a hybrid powertrain SWATH, commissioned this year by CTruk, has given the company further impetus in its ongoing development of a hybrid electric offshore wind support vessel design. The study was based on the CTruk CWhisper SWATH, a 20m craft fitted with twin Cummins QSM-
Paragon Shipping Inc., a global shipping transportation company specializing in drybulk cargoes, announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement with a Chinese shipyard to cancel one of its two 4,800 TEU containership newbuilding contracts at no cost to the Company, transfer the deposit to
Bergen Group has entered into an agreement with GMTH Holding AS regarding the sale of Bergen Group Kimek AS and Bergen Group Kimek Offshore AS for an enterprise value of approximately NOK 65 million. The transaction is expected to be completed within the end of this year. GMTH Holding is an investme
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Marine GmbH in Bremen, Germany, signed two contracts for anchor and mooring winches with a total value of NOK 36 million (USD 5.8 million). The contracts means that even more ships are adopting TTS’ products. The first contract is for three LNG Carriers
Wärtsilä is to supply its Wärtsilä X92 main engine for a series of four Post Panamax 9000 TEU container ships to be built for the Ciner Group, based in Istanbul, Turkey. There is an option for a fifth vessel. Each vessel will be powered by an 8-cylinder Wärtsilä X92 engine. The ships will be built [
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS NMF GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, entered a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyards Co. Ltd. in Ulsan, South Korea with a total value of NOK 40 million (approx. USD 6.5 million). The contract concerns delivery of cargo cranes to Ray Shipping Ltd. for 4 x 61.000
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has received the order to supply complete main propulsion systems for six new chemical tankers. The ships are being built at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group yard in China on behalf of Stolt Tankers B.V., the operator of
The dry-cargo vessel NEVA-LEADER 7 of project RSD49, built at Nevsky Shipyard for North -Western Shipping Company, set off on sea trials on December 7th, 2013. The project RSD49 is developed by Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-SPb, JSC. The vessels of project RSD49 refer to «Volgo-Don Max» class in
Fire Broke Out on Ro-Ro Vessel CORONA SEAWAYS At around 02.30 this morning, 4 December 2013, a fire broke out on the ro-ro vessel CORONA SEAWAYS, while the vessel was en route from Frederica to Copenhagen. Drydocks World Signs LOI to Build World’s Largest Jack-Up Rigs Drydocks World the internationa
Damen Shipyards Group deliverd the fifth Platform Supply Vessel in a series of six to World Wide Supply of Norway on December 5. World Opal is a Damen PSV 3300 CD. The first ship, World Diamond, was delivered in July and the last in the series ‘World Sapphire’ is due to be delivered mid-December. Me
