Cruising has become a major part of the tourism industry, especially in North America and Europe, that is why the shipyards around the world face great challenges to build ships for comfortable cruising with all the necessary luxury. One example of such ships is Ruby Princess. The 116,000-tonne crui
Last weekend was hectic at Ulstein Verft, as three PSV sisters of the PX121 design were on the move. Yno 296, Blue Thunder, was launched on Saturday 9 March, and is now situated quayside, bright and blue. The hull of yno 298 was docked into the dock hall for outfitting. While the newly delivered Blu
Uljanik shipyard and Jadrolinija from Rijeka signed, on March 4th, a contract for the construction of four ferries for the transportation of 600 passengers and 145 vehicles. Each of the vessels will be 100m long, 17.5 m wide with draught 2.4 m, deadweight at maximum draught 950 tonnes and speed 12.5
Wärtsilä has won a valuable order to supply a series of pumps to be installed on a new floating storage unit (FSU). The FSU is being built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea for Statoil, the Norway based international energy company. When completed, it will be located on the Heidrun oil and
Cargotec’s MacGregor has received another large order, following MacGregor RoRo cargo access equipment order from South Korea announced on 6 March, to deliver a total package of cargo access equipment for five new Container/RoRo (ConRo) vessels. The vessels are to be built at Hudong shipyard in Chin
The Christening ceremony of modern PSV, the second in a series of eight vessels that were built for the one of the biggest American offshore Owners, was held at Remontowa Shipbuilding on March 5th 2013. The vessel named „KUDU” is built according to MMC 887 L project elaborated by MMC Ship Design & M
Almi Sun and Almi Explorer have been delivered by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Shipyard, Geoje Island, Korea and have commenced their operational lives. These ships are a further development of Almi Horizon delivered back in 2011. A significant development is that the latest deliveries
VIDEO: Two Cargo Ships Collide in Singapore Strait BEKS general manager said to Turkish media that the collision between Turkish bulker Beks Halil (the larger ship) and what is believed to be a Vietnamese cargo ship, took place on March 1st in the Singapore Strait. First Triple-E Class Vessel Launch
Kristian Sætre has been appointed managing director of Ulstein Verft. He will commence the position by 1 June 2013. “We are pleased to announce that Kristian Sætre will be joining ULSTEIN. He has a broad industrial and technical background and experience from many different areas in the maritime ind
As of today, you can apply for subsidies from the maritime conversion pool for demonstration projects that will help develop new resource effective, green maritime solutions. DKK 20 million have been earmarked for the pool, which is a part of the Government and the Red-Green Alliance’s green convers
Damen Shiprepair Brest (France) was contracted for the regular dry docking and special survey for two CMA CGM container vessels: FORT STE MARIE and FORT ST LOUIS. Furthermore, an option for FORT ST PIERRE and FORT ST GEORGES has been discussed. Jos Goris, managing director of Damen Shiprepair Brest,
The annual GL Hellenic Technical Committee was held in Athens yesterday. The Committee brings together representatives from the Greek maritime community, to hear and discuss presentations from both GL and external experts. This year, GL’s experts provided the Committee members with an update on the
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced yesterday that it has reached an agreement with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. to construct two 114,000 dwt LR2 Product Tankers for $49.75 million. These vessels are expected to be delivered to the Company in the third quarter of 2014. This order is a continu
The Croatian Government and Samobor-based DIV company have finally signed a privatisation contract for the Brodosplit Shipyard. The decision to accept DIV’s offer came after the the European Commission gave the green light, on 21 February, to the restructuring plan and privatisation contract for the
