Seadrill Limited has entered into turnkey contracts to build four new ultra-deepwater drillships. Two drillships will be built at the DSME yard and the other two at the Samsung yard, in South Korea. The project value price is estimated to be below US$600 million per unit (including project managemen
Clean air, clean water, clean beaches: An intact natural environment is a must for every cruise experience. This is why protection of the environment ranges high on the agenda of the industry. “Green Cruising” will be a featured topic at Seatrade Europe, the leading trade event of the European cruis
Burned-Out MOL Comfort’s Fore Part Sunk Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) reported that the fore part of the containership MOL COMFORT sank in the high seas of the Indian Ocean at 19:00 UTC on July 10 (04:00 on July 11 JST). MV ‘Albedo’ Held by Pirates Sinks EU Naval Force can confirm that the Malaysi
SEAS, PIRIOU’s Vietnam-based shipyard has just delivered the fourth 53m FPSV (Fast Passenger & Supply vessel) of an order for 4 units to BOURBON, the “BOURBON NORTE”. The first unit, the “BOURBON SIROCCO” was delivered in October 2012, followed by the “BOURBON SHAMAL” in January 2013 and the “BOURBO
Bremen’s SAACKE GmbH has been commissioned to produce and deliver gas combustion units (GCU) for six LNG tankers. The customer is Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding and the later common ship owners are China Shipping LNG Investment, SINOPEC and MOL. Delivery of the GCUs with a system capacity of 5.2 tons
Class-leading navigation equipment manufacturers Consilium UK announced that they have been appointed to supply the full bridge navigation package to Manor Marine, for the Port of London Authority’s new Mooring Maintenance Vessel currently under build at Portland. Phil Such, of Consilium UK said: “W
MAN Diesel & Turbo announced the development of a new ME-LGI dual fuel engine. The engine expands the company’s dual-fuel portfolio, enabling the use of more sustainable fuels such as methanol and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). MAN has now signed a Letter of Intent with Vancouver-based Waterfront Sh
Star Bulk Carriers Corp., yesterday announced that on July 5, 2013 the company entered into agreements with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. shipyard for the construction of two 180,000 DWT eco-type, fuel efficient Capesize drybulk vessels to be delivered in Q4 2015 and Q1 2016, respectivel
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (Navios Acquisition), an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced today that it has agreed to acquire two newbuilding chemical tankers and has also exercised the options to acquire two MR2 product tankers for an aggregate purchase price of $130.2 millio
Havyard has signed a contract for design and construction of two Havyard 832 SOVs (Service Operation Vessels) for ESVAGT. ESVAGT will operate the vessels and deliver services in connection with maintenance of offshore windmill installations. The vessels are due to be delivered from Havyard Ship Tech
On Thursday July 11th, NAM and shipyard Wagenborg from Delfzijl signed a cooperation agreement. Wagenborg will support NAM’s offshore projects in the North Sea and has commissioned Niestern Sander in Delfzijl to build a ship. More safe, efficient, effective and productive The Walk-to-Work vessel wil
Steel cutting for Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven has begun at Poland’s CRIST Shipyard on CEONA AMAZON, a state-of-the-art, multi-functional offshore newbuilding ordered by London shipping company CEONA. The keel for the big DP2 ship will also be laid at the CRIST Gdynia facility in August. It is part of a
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (Navios Acquisition), an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced today that the Nave Capella, a new building MR2 product tanker vessel of 49,995 dwt, was delivered from a South Korean shipyard on July 9, 2013. The Nave Capella has been chartered out to
Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd. took delivery of three more Twin Axe wind farm support vessels in June and two more will arrive next month. With the introduction of the five new Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers, MCS has the largest Twin Axe fleet in the offshore wind industry. The addition of
