The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced that COSCO Shipyard Group Ltd have secured contracts totaling over USD380 million to build two jackup drilling rigs and one bulk carrier. COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co. Ltd secured contracts from a Bermuda company for two (2) LeT
Clean Marine has been selected by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea to supply exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) for a Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) being built for Dorian LPG Ltd. The order will enable the new Dorian LPG vessel to comply with future legislation relating to sulphur emissions
A unique IPC-project called EKO-vation has started on Flevoland soil. A group consisting of nineteen innovative companies from the Flevoland region and outside the province have dedicated themselves to the design of a new type of ship. This new type of vessel will have multiple purposes, like offsho
Holland’s largest yacht builder Amels has sold its first Limited Editions AMELS 242. Due for delivery in 2016, construction of the 74-metre Tim Heywood design is already underway. Andrew Winch has been commissioned to style the interior, which will include two generously sized VIP cabins situated on
The keel-laying of two ice-breaking and salvage ships took place yesterday at Nordic Yards in Wismar. In the presence of the Russian customer and other guests, two of the first sections of each vessel, construction numbers 217 and 218, were laid on blocks. After the flame-cutting on September 23rd,
Rosneft, Gazprombank, Sovcomflot and Korean shipbuilding company Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on key terms of cooperation to establish shipbuilding and industrial cluster in the southern part of Primorskiy Krai (Russian Far East). The partie
Dolphin Geophysical AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dolphin Group ASA, has today entered into a term sheet with DNB Bank ASA and SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA, which contemplates an increase of the existing Loan Facility by USD 20 million to the total amount of USD 93 million. Currently USD 50 million is
Damen Shipyards Group has recently delivered the fourth Platform Supply Vessel in a series of six to World Wide Supply of Norway. World Emerald is a Damen PSV 3300 CD. The first ship, World Diamond, was delivered in July. The fifth PSV ‘World Opel’, will be handed over in a few weeks and the last [&
Halyard, global manufacturer of marine exhaust solutions, has extended its range of noise insulation products, with the introduction of Rockwool Marine Firebatt 2000. As the world’s leading manufacturer of stone and wool insulation products, Rockwool is renowned for producing insulation products of
MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order to supply two MAN B&W 7S90ME-GI dual-fuel engines that will power Matson Navigation’s two 3,600 TEU container ships. The deal includes an option for three further vessels. The engines are the largest dual-fuel engines ever ordered in terms of power output with eac
Swiss-based Allseas has decided to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel. The new vessel, larger than Pieter Schelte, can remove all platform topsides in the North Sea which are beyond the capability of Pieter Schelte. Besides decommissioning, the vessel is desi
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announced on Thursday that it has entered into agreements for the purchase of four Ultramax dry bulk vessels of 64,000 DWT currently under construction as well as for six Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels of 82,000 DWT as listed below: Yard DWT Delivery 1 Chengxi 64,000 Q1-15 2 Chengxi
The float-out of Mein Schiff 3, an environmentally friendly cruise ship being built for TUI Cruises, was performed at STX Turku Shipyard on Friday 8 November 2013. “We are very pleased to float out this superb cruise ship according to schedule. After this float-out, the work will continue very inten
“Specialized in the Impossible!” is the theme of the lustrum symposium of the maritime study association S.G. “William Froude” of Delft University of Technology that will be held on Friday February 21th 2014 in WTC-De Beurs in Rotterdam. At the symposium, well-known speakers from the maritime indust
