Salvors, said the President of the International Salvage Union Andreas Tsavliris, “are innovators and problems solvers and don’t walk away from a challenge”. But the difficulties which may be encountered with giant ships, he warned, “may be beyond problem solving”. At the annual ISU Associate Member
On 27 March 2013, Van Oord held a ceremony commissioning crane vessel Titan and accommodation pontoon Astrachan. The honours were done by Mrs E. (Lily) de Wit – wife of Area Director F. (Freek) de Wit – and Mrs M. (Michele) Kamsteeg, wife of Area Manager M.C. (Ries) Kamsteeg. The order to build Tita
Incat’s latest 112 metre Wave Piercing Catamaran KatExpress 2 has been delivered to Mols Linien, an experienced Danish high speed ferry operator that provides high speed car ferry links between Eastern and Western Denmark. KatExpress 2 is the fourth 112 metre to be built by Incat and it can carry up
Sølvtrans has signed a new contract with the Spanish shipyard Zamakona Yards for the construction of a new 3,200 m3 wellboat. Delivery is scheduled to early 2014. The vessel is a sister ship of Rojna Polaris, currently under construction at Zamakona Yards. Further, Solvtrans has entered an option fo
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“Regal Princess”, the new flagship of the Princess Cruises fleet owned by the Carnival Group, the world’s largest cruise ship operator, was launched yesterday at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard. Delivery is scheduled for spring 2014, while its sister ship, “Royal Princess”, launched last august, w
The “Siem Moxie”, an infield support vessel (ISV), will be put into operation in spring 2014. She is the first work boat with the Ulstein-designed X-BOW to be fitted with two Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP). X-BOW vessels are characterised by the absence of a bulbous bow. Their bow slopes backwards
A solemn launching of the next shipbuilding order has taken place at Zaliv Shipyard on March 19. The platform supply vessel Blue Protector ( project PX121, LOA -83, 40 m, beam – 18 m, Moulded depth – 8 m., launching weight of the Hull is 1 818 t.) became the thirteen in succession from the […
Rotortug announced that Elisabeth Ltd has placed a new building order with Damen Shipyards for the construction of two Hybrid Advanced Rotortugs ART 80-32 of 80 tons bollard pull. Simultaneously Elisabeth Ltd ordered two ART 80-32, with Fifi 1, at Cheoy Lee Shipyards Ltd. They will be the first seri
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today that it has agreed to construct six additional LR2 Newbuildings, taken delivery of its seventh Newbuilding MR product tanker, STI Emerald and time chartered-in one handymax and two LR2 product tankers. LR2 Newbuildings The Company executed agreements with Hyundai
Yesterday, the world’s first fuelling vessel for LNG (liquefied natural gas) was christened in a traditional christening ceremony in Stockholm, by Helena Bonnier, the chairman of Ports of Stockholm (Stockholms Hamnar), in the presence of the Minister of Infrastructure, Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd, amon
SeaMar Subsea BV has entered into a contract with Shipyard De Hoop for the construction of a Multipurpose Offshore Support Vessel. Custom designed to stringent environmental control, the diesel electric powered 65 metre vessel will be constructed for low fuel consumption, clean ship / green passport
Work is nearing completion on the new Royal Research Ship (RRS) Discovery, which is being built by CNP Freire Shipyard in Vigo, Spain. This Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)-commissioned vessel is currently undergoing a series of Harbour Acceptance Tests on the winches and overside handlin
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced yesterday that the Nave Orion, a new building MR2 product tanker vessel of 49,999 dwt, was delivered on March 22, 2013 from a South Korean shipyard. Nave Orion has been chartered out to a high quality counter
