Costa Crociere Hires Dockwise Vanguard to Transport Concordia Wreck Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded the contract to load and transport the Concordia wreck from Isola del Giglio onboard the Dockwise Vanguard. The contract was awarded
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announced recently that it has entered into various agreements for the purchase of eleven Ultramax dry bulk vessels of 60,000 DWT to 64,000 DWT and four Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels of 81,000 DWT to 84,000 DWT from yards in Japan and China, as listed below: The total purchase pric
Lisnave, a Portuguese shipbuilding company, has obtained the ISO 14001 Environmental Certification for the innovation and renewal efforts in environmental aspects. The recognition was given by the Lloyd ‘s Register on October 3rd, 2013. Despite fierce competition on the market, Lisnave has dedicated
RRS Discovery is a state-of-the-art platform for world-leading oceanographic research and represents a £75 million investment in frontier science by the Department for Business Innovation & Skills. Commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and operated on NERC’s behalf by the N
Navis Engineering has successfully concluded a contract from Alpahtron Marine to supply a dynamic positioning (DP) system to the largest superyacht to be constructed in The Netherlands, the 99m Madame Gu. Built at Feadship in steel and aluminium over the course of a four-year period, the superyacht
IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB), the designer and manufacturer, installer and commissioner of bespoke equipment for the offshore industries has reached a pivotal point in the construction of a 300t capacity flexible pipe-lay system. This system is destined for the Santos basin deep waters off the
Following its strongest performance to date in its 16-year history, Seawork International, the commercial marine exhibition and conference, will encompass more stands, more facilities and more opportunities than ever before, when it opens for its three-day run on Tuesday 10 June, 2014. With year-
STAR CRUISES, the leading cruise company in Asia, has placed a contract with German shipbuilder MEYER WERFT for a new cruise ship – adding to its existing fleet of six ships. The order is still conditional on financing. The 150,000-GT new building will have 1,680 cabins and is scheduled for delivery
A boom in the orders for Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTC) emerged in 2012 after a silent two years. This was caused by the number of vessels nearing the end of their expected lifetime, low newbuilding prices and the opportunities ahead provided by the new and wider Panama Canal which will open in
MV Industrial Merchant was launched successfully, on October 4th, at Peters Shipyards in Kampen, the Netherlands. The vessel is the sixth in a series of 10,000 DWT cargo ships built under the project name of Sole. With a length of 114m, a width of 17m and a draught of 7.9m, it is the largest model t
Sanmar Shipyard from Istanbul, Turkey, has completed the world’s first gas powered tug built for Norwegian customer Buksér og Berging, which feature two Rolls-Royce Bergen C26:33L6PG engines fueled purely by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Sanmar has on order another tug on order from the same customer
Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea (HHI) delivered LNG vessel ’Lena River’ (Hull Number 2557) on Friday, 4 October. The Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T) group will time charter ‘Lena River’ from Greek LNG tanker operator Dynagas for several years. She will be the third vessel
On 30 August 2013 MAN Diesel & Turbo signed an agreement regarding the production of its Kappel propeller portfolio with Dalian Marine Propeller Co., Ltd (DMMP) – part of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) Group – at its facility in Frederikshavn, Denmark. The deal allows DMMP to pro
Uljanik Shipyard has launched Hull No. 491 – “Valovine” for the company Uljanik Finances, a part of the Uljanik Group. This ship has been constructed for the transport of bulk cargo and has a deadweight of 52,000 tonnes, length 189.90 m and width 32.24 meters, with a speed of 15 knots achieved by Ul
