Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today that it has reached agreements to construct four Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGC) at two yards in South Korea along with two MR and two Handymax ice class-1A fuel efficient product tankers at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. of South Korea (HMD). Additionally, the c
Bestobell Valves have supplied valves to what has become the fastest LNG (liquefied natural gas) fuelled ferry ever built. Approximately 70 globe, check and thermal relief valves were supplied to Chart Ferox, a company based in the Czech Republic, which manufactured the fuel system for the ferry. Be
Take a look at the sea trials of the most energy-efficient ship in the world – the Triple-E vessel. Its innovative design and technological features of the vessel will reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 50 per cent for every container it moves, compared to the industry average on the A
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. (PROS) said today that, further to the announcement made on 12 November 2012, one of the company’s subsidiaries has executed the necessary documentation for the senior secured loan facility with China Development Bank Corporation (“CDB”) for an amount up to USD 129.
Reducing costs for offshore wind generated electricity is one of the major challenges in the European energy market. The novelty about the jointly developed concept for reducing costs during installation, from the Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungs- GmbH & Co. KG and Wärtsilä is, that the tasks for tr
Farstad Shipping ASA announced that the it has been awarded a ten charter contracts from various customers. The contracts are as follows: AHTS Far Sky (1991, ME 303 II, 13,382 BHP) and AHTS Far Grip (1993, UT 722, 14,388 BHP) have been awarded contracts by ENI Australia Ltd. for a fixed period of 5
MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order to supply the main gensets for a multi-layer vessel newbuilding, recently commenced by Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven AG for British client, Ceona. The Ceona Amazon will be equipped with 2 × 9L32/44CR + 4 × 8L32/44CR main gensets, providing a total output of 28 MW. Each
Recently the official keel-laying of the cruise ship Quantum of the Seas was celebrated at MEYER WERFT in Papenburg by putting a 430-ts block in place in the yard’s covered building dock. Harri Kulovaara, Executive Vice President Maritime of Royal Caribbean International, put down the lucky penny in
Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd has secured a contract for the construction of a fast 70 metre crew support vessel for operations in the Caspian Sea oil industry in Azerbaijan. The contract was signed on Thursday, 1st August, in Baku Azerbaijan by Incat Chairman Robert Clifford and representatives of Caspian
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. today announced that it has agreed to acquire a 155,900 cubic meter (cbm) liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier newbuilding from Awilco LNG ASA (Awilco), a Norwegian-based owner and operator of LNG carriers. The vessel, which is currently under construction by Daewoo Shipbuild
The Offshore Patrol Vessel UVL10, currently being built for the Finnish Border Guard at STX Finland Oy’s Rauma shipyard, was named Turva at a festive naming and launching ceremony on Friday 2 August. Minister of the Interior Päivi Räsänen acted as godmother for the ship, wishing the vessel and its c
Turkish-based Akdeniz Shipyard and Hordafor AS of Norway have signed a letter of intent for the construction of a Fish Farm Service Vessel. This 65 metres long and 1.725 Deadweight ton vessel will be used to handle a live or dead fish from the big fish farms on the Norwegian Cost. Akdeniz Shipyard h
COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co. Ltd., has secured a contract valued over USD170 million from a European company to build one (1) Jackup drilling rig. The rig is scheduled for delivery in the 3rd quarter of 2015. Furthermore, COSCO announced that COSCO (Qidong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, has delivered one (1) ja
“La Unión” the new Peruvian Navy’s tall ship sail training vessel, will be constructed under the supervision of classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL). Tall ships are used in navies around the world to build seamanship, leadership and foster teamwork under challenging conditions at sea. The
