During a special contract signing ceremony at Europort 2013 on Thursday, 7th November 2013, Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam, part of Damen Shipyards Group signed the contract to build an additional Seismic Research Support Vessel for Rederij Groen. This latest contract follows last month’s order of tw
Russia: Construction of World’s Largest Icebreaker Progresses Baltiysky Zavod, a subsidiary of United Shipbuilding Corporation, yesterday held a keel laying ceremony for the new generation nuclear icebreaker of Project 22220. When finished, the icebreaker LK-60 will be the largest and most powerful
Where once it was ferries that gave Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft its international reputation for excellence, now it is ultra-modern special ships. Today the shipbuilders of Flensburg successfully launched the first of two offshore seismic vessels for the WesternGeco concern. The ship was Hull
Costa Voyager, Costa neoRiviera and Costa Classica are entering dry dock at San Giorgio del Porto (SGdP) shipyard in Genoa for planned maintenance and refurbishments totaling more than $13.5 million. The first Costa ship to enter the yard was the 48,200-ton Costa neoRiviera, from Nov. 5 through Nov.
Cecon ASA, through its subsidiary Rever Offshore AS (Rever), has reached an agreement to restructure and extend the existing financing related to the construction of their three offshore construction vessels (hulls 717, 718, and 719) at Chantier Davie yard in Quebec, Canada. The Restructuring provid
Onego Shipping has christened the seventh of eight multi purpose box-shaped vessels, the Onego Navigator. The ceremony was initiated by Damen Shipyards, Onego Shipping and Chartering, ForestWave Navigation and was performed by God Mother – Mrs. Larisa Preobrazhenskaya. MV Onego Navigator is of “Dame
BAE Systems has reached agreement in principle with HM Government on measures to enable the implementation of a restructuring of its UK naval ships business. The agreement will result in: Restructuring of the contract for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier programme. Provision of additional
Prosafe has agreed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with COSCO (Qidong) Offshore Co. Ltd. for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction of two semi-submersible accommodation vessels, with options for four further units. The vessels will be the most advanced and flexible units for worldwide operations ex
The MoD plans to commission three new ocean-going Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Royal Navy in a deal that will sustain jobs in the UK’s warship building industry. The new ships, which will be built by BAE Systems at their shipyards on the Clyde, will play a key role in counter-terrorism, counter-p
After several years as designer within the dredging industry, where FKAB Marin Design has created both pure Split Hopper Barges, Trailer Suction Dredgers with bottom doors as well as Split type, the company has recently improved the Split Barges design both in building price as well as operation wis
The container carrier Bright Sky, the third newly built unit for the German shipping company MACS, was officially named last month. The Port of Antwerp CEO Eddy Bruyninckx welcomed the vessel to the port of Antwerp. The Bright Sky will operate on the route between northern Europe and South Africa, c
Baltiysky Zavod, a subsidiary of United Shipbuilding Corporation, yesterday held a keel laying ceremony for the new generation nuclear icebreaker of Project 22220. When finished, the icebreaker LK-60 will be the largest and most powerful icebreaker in the world with an approximate lifespan of 40 yea
After an elaborate engineering and design process, the first EDDY TUG is due to be delivered in June 2014. The entire engineering process, which was done in-house by EDDY TUG, resulting in a very well thought-out design that will bring some very attractive features to the ship-assist and towage mark
Iskes Towage & Salvage today signed an agreement with VSTEP for the delivery of two NAUTIS Tug and Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) simulators. These simulators are the first units purchased for the new Iskes / Damen Training Centre, set up in the new office building of Iskes at the port entrance to the
