Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Bougainville, a new building MR2 product tanker of 50,626 dwt, was delivered today from a South Korean shipyard. The Bougainville has been chartered out to a high quality counterparty for four years
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB in Gothenburg, signed a new contract in South Korea worth a total value of approx. 60 MNOK (USD 9.9 million). With this contract TTS has further reinforced its leading position within the merging Post Panamax PCTC market. TTS’ technological sol
Hyde Marine, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Calgon Carbon Corporation, has established a partnership agreement with Cammell Laird, the largest shipyard in the United Kingdom, for installation of the chemical free Hyde GUARDIAN® (HG) Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) System. Cammell Laird had previou
Alicat have launched their second next generation vessel following the launch of the 22m DNV Class Dalby Aire in the summer. This 19m vessel, named Solway Challenger, is powered by two MAN V12 engines and Rolls Royce water jets. Emphasis has again been made on greater foredeck working space and both
The largest Canadian Flag Con/Ro ship set sail yesterday from Flensburg, Germany destined for St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Following a series of successful sea trials, Oceanex Inc. accepted delivery of the vessel on Friday as originally scheduled. The Oceanex Connaigra is expected to arriv
Norsafe Recaptures World Record for Free-Fall Lifeboats (VIDEO) At 7:50pm on Tuesday 3rd September, the world’s most advanced free-fall lifeboat performed a successful drop from a height of 66.8 metres. This is a new world record for free-fall lifeboats, and Norsafe has hereby reclaimed its record,
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the pipelaying vessel SAPURA DIAMANTE in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming of the innovative offshore vessel was carried out by Mrs Christina Lucia Duarte Pinho, the Executive Manager of Petrobr
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark named the second Triple-E vessel Majestic Mærsk amid a sea of fans and spectators. It’s a modern fairy tale that both Danes and Aussies are quite proud of retelling: The unassuming Mary Donaldson, born in Hobart to immigrant parents, who met her prince in a pub in Sydn
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. today took delivery of PROSPECTOR 1, from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. in Dalian, China. PROSPECTOR 1 is the first in the Company’s series of six high specification, harsh environment jack-up drilling rigs built to the Friede and Goldman JU2000E d
Trading in pre-owned vessels continues to be a popular choice for many customers. Damen Trading facilitates the sale and purchase of both Damen and third-party vessels. Recent deals highlight how trading in vessels results in a win-win situation for buyer and seller. Under these arrangements vessels
P&O Cruises has announced that its new 141,000 tons cruise ship, scheduled to enter service in spring 2015, will be named Britannia. Speaking in London, P&O Cruises & Carnival UK chief executive officer David Dingle said: “Britannia is a most fitting name for the newest addition to P&O Cruises, whic
Croatian shipyard Brodosplit launched the first of two Jumbo’s revolutionary new K3000-class vessels last week. Many were there to witness the momentous occasion, including members of the Jumbo management team and personnel of the shipyard, Brodosplit. After the launch a party was held to celebrate
Barge Master has received a Letter of Award from Niestern Sander bv for employment of the Barge Master motion compensated crane on their new Walk-to-Work vessel, to be built for Wagenborg. The vessel including the Barge Master system will be ready in the first quarter of 2015. NAM will use the motio
Vroon announced that on Monday 23 September 2013, the company took delivery of MV Galloway Express. Galloway Express is the first of four livestock carriers being constructed at the Cosco Shipyard in Guangdong for Vroon. The remaining three vessels are scheduled for delivery later this year and earl
