Clipper Bulk announced that the company took delivery of the 2nd of a series of four sister vessels from the Shin-Kasado Dockyard of Imabari Shipbuilding Ltd. in Japan on Friday, August 9, 2013. The vessel, MV Clipper Triton, joins the MV Clipper I-Star as the newest member of the fleet. Like Clippe
Ardmore Shipping Corporation (Ardmore) on Thursday announced that it has exercised options on two 50,300-dwt IMO 3 eco-design product tankers ordered from SPP Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, South Korea. This extends the series from SPP to a total of eight with deliveries beginning in January 2014. The two-sh
DOF Subsea USA Takes Delivery of ‘Harvey Deep-Sea’ DOF Subsea USA has taken delivery of the new build DPII Multipurpose Construction Vessel – Harvey Deep-Sea under a 4-year long term charter agreement with Harvey Gulf International Marine. CNPC, CSSC Ink Strategic Cooperation Agreement CNPC and Chin
Four new gantry cranes arrived yesterday evening at the HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai. These state-of-the-art container gantry cranes are designed for the latest generation of mega-ships. Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is therefore laying the foundations for being able to handle ships
AVEVA yesterday announced its publication of a new business paper – ‘On the Beam: How 3D laser scanning technology brings new opportunities in ship refitting and conversion’. In this paper, AVEVA examines how rapid, accurate and non-intrusive 3D laser surveying can increase shipyard capabilities to
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XXI, in a ceremony on 8 August 2013 at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. It is building the innovative vessel for the Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI). The ceremony was
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announced yesterday that it was recently contracted to assist with the repair and maintenance of a semi-submersible drilling rig in the Mediterranean. Boskalis’ share of the project has been successfully completed. Boskalis subsidiary Dockwise was contracte
Nordic Yards has been awarded the tender for the construction of a deckhouse for a Russian icebreaker. A contract for the fabrication of a deckhouse as part of the superstructure for the icebreaker LK-25 was concluded between the St. Petersburg Baltic Shipyard, which is part of the Russian state-own
IHC Merwede’s Offshore division has been successful in securing orders worth over €1 billion for the design, engineering and construction of a total of six pipelaying vessels. The agreements for these six ships have been signed with Subsea 7 and Seabras Sapura, the partnership between SapuraKencana
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held, August 6, a working meeting with Sergey Frank, Sovcomflot President and CEO. Sergei Frank took the opportunity to brief Vladimir Putin on Sovcomflot’s projects, as well as on the company’s investment activities. Among the issues discussed duri
R&M Ship Technologies Finland Oy, a subsidiary of R&M Group, based in Turku (Finland), has received its first order from STX Finland Rauma Shipyard in June this year. It is about the conversion of the cruise ship MS Bergensfjord. The scope of R&M in this project includes the reconstruction of the ca
AVIC Weihai Shipyard Co., Ltd. has signed final contracts for the construction of three bulk carriers with Italian owners Visentini and Globeco. The owners decided to exercise their options for three handysize bulkers under the order that had been placed in early July. Visentini and Globeco had orde
A new management agreement has been signed with Blue Ship Invest AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ulstein Group. Atlantic Offshore will be responsible for commercial and technical management of Blue Protector, a newbuilding of PX121 design, upon its delivery from Ulstein Verft in September 2013.
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced yesterday that it has chartered out four newbuilding MR2 product tankers, of which one is expected to be delivered in Q3 2013 and the other three commencing in Q1 2014. Vessel delivering in Q3 2013 One newbui
