Uljanik has launched, Hull No. 493 – “Taurus”, the first of two contracted Stern Trawlers constructed by ULJANIK Shipyard for the Russian company CJSC “Taurus” from Murmansk. The first lady of the launching ceremony, the godmother of the ship, was Ms Ekaterina Kolodkina, Deputy Director for Manageme
South Boats IOW Ltd. and Seacat Services Ltd., both of the Isle of Wight, UK announced a two boat order for the construction of a further pair of South Catamaran 24m offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels. These new vessels will be built by South Boats IOW at their Cowes facility and will be deliv
Following the recent substantial upgrade of the Lobith shipyard, which now boasts a complete range of ‘state of the art’ facilities, the yard is well equipped to perform new building as well as refits, conversions and upgrades. However, in response to the rapidly growing (inland) cruising market, Sh
The hull is complete, the steelwork concluded, the building of the deckhouse has begun – in the dock of Sietas shipyard the first jack-up vessel for offshore wind farms developed and constructed in Germany is currently taking shape. Construction started in April 2012; the handover of the ship to the
The launch of the second pontoon, from the series of three project GRPN.360 pontoons under fabrication at the yard, based on the leasing model, was conducted at the shipbuilding yard Lotos, Russia (JSC Lotos). The customer of pontoons is the leasing company CJSC Gosznak-leasing, the lessee and the s
Golden Ocean Group Limited announced that it has concluded two newbuilding contracts for 60,000 dwt Supramax bulk carriers with Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) in Japan. The design provided by JMU represents the future design Supramax bulk carriers with the latest technology available in order
On March 28th, 2013 keel-laying for the tenth 7,150 dwt dry-cargo «river-sea» type vessel of project RSD49 (Yard Number 410) took place at Nevsky Shipyard, LLC. The Shipyard is building the vessels for North-Western Shipping Company (NWS), JSC. The vessels of RSD49 project, developed by Marine Engin
Norwegian Cruise Line on Friday announced that the line’s newest and most innovative ship to date, Norwegian Breakaway, successfully completed her technical and nautical sea trials which took place off the coast of Norway and Denmark. Over the course of several days beginning on March 25, Norwegian
In Harlingen (The Netherlands), two newly-constructed Damen ‘Twin Axe’ catamaran ships of the FCS 2610 type were officially named on Friday 22 March. In the near future, these ships will be deployed in the completion stage of a large-scale wind farm on the North Sea, 90 km north-west of the island o
One Injured and Three Missing after Tanoto Shipyard Fire (Singapore) One man has been seriously injured while three are still missing due to a fire that broke out yesterday at Tanoto Shipyard off Shipyard Road in Jurong, Singapore. SBM Offshore Wins Two FPSO Contracts from Petrobras (Brazil) SBM Off
The foundation of a large converter platform has been pulled out of the dock hall at the Wismar shipyard. Prior to this, the shipbuilding hall was completely flooded, NDR.de news site informs. The next step is shipping the foundation of the “HelWin alpha” platform to the North Sea. It will be anchor
Palumbo Shipyard in Naples was entrusted by the Canadian Groupe Desgagnés for the completion of M/V Bella Desgagnés. The vessel was built at 60% by a Croatian Shipyard that went bankrupt. Some of the biggest shipyards in the Mediterranean were called to bid for the Tender regarding her completion an
Astrakhan Shipbuilding Production Association (ASPO) floated out yesterday the first two tug boats in Astrakhan. The vessels were ordered by OMS SHIPPING in the framework of Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) project to set up a fleet for the support of marine operations in the Caspian Sea. Marat Jau
On the afternoon of Tuesday 26th of March 2013, Holland Shipyards successfully launched DP Gezina, Chevalier Floatels’ new flagship. On 31 October 2012, Holland Shipyards was commissioned to undertake the conversion. Chevalier Floatels specifically selected this shipyard, because of their track reco
