Britain’s largest independent ship repairer has been created with the acquisition by Burgess Marine of Testbank Ship Repair in southern England. Burgess Marine, headquartered in Dover and with sites in Poole and Portsmouth’s naval base, has acquired Testbank Ship Repair, with locations at Southampto
On Friday, Maersk Line announced that they had reached the 2020 targets for CO2 reduction, eight years ahead of time. Chief Operating Officer Morten Engelstoft explains how. In a 4-minute video, COO Morten Engelstoft answers questions on why the CO2 reduction targets were set, how the carrier manage
Uncertainty still reigns true in the global shipbuilding sector with many factors influencing either a return to ordering activity or a continuation of the reduction in interest in newbuildings. “The best case scenario for shipbuilders is for ship finance liquidity to return and for a cut in Chinese
The launching of M.V. Reestborg, Nb. 403 was performed performed on Friday January 25 2013 at 11.00 hours on Ferus Smit’s production site in Leer, Germany. This promises to become a splash of huge proportions, as it is by far the largest ship ever built at Ferus Smit yards. With a length of 170mtr,
Kotug performed a special rig move in the 1st Werkharbour, Rotterdam. At the Keppel Verolme Shipyard four KOTUG Rotortugs turned the jack-up rig “Prime Exerter” on behalf of Dutch Offshore Contractors. The rig was placed on the combined barges ARK 13, 14 and 15 (50 meters wide, 90 meters long). The
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Bellatrix, a new building MR2 product tanker vessel of 49,999 dwt, was delivered on Thursday, January 24, 2012, from a South Korean shipyard. Nave Bellatrix has been chartered out to a high qual
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation Limited announced that COSCO Dalian Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has delivered two bulk carriers of 82000DWT, “ECOPRIDE G.O.” and “UNION MARINER”, respectively to its European buyers. The deliver
Dungeness-based new venture, Technical Marine Support Ltd, has taken delivery of its first vessel, a design-enhanced CTruk 20T MPC. Destined to start work this week on the Lincs offshore wind farm as part of CWind’s growing charter fleet, Endeavour sports this popular support vessel’s latest design
The 71.300 GT cruise ship AIDAstella, MEYER WERFT latest newbuild, left the building dock I on Friday January 25th 2013. Later that day the ship was shifted into the shipard’s harbor and berthed at the outfitting quay. In the following days at the outfitting pier the last working activities, tests a
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is delivering its first rig of 2013 to Vision Drilling Pte Ltd (Vision Drilling), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cyprus based Dynamic Offshore Drilling Limited (Dynamic Offshore Drilling). The KFELS B Class jackup rig, Dynamic Vision, will be Vision Drilling’s first s
Ostensjo Rederi has recently taken delivery of a newbuild tug from Sanmar Yard in Istanbul, Turkey. The tug is a robust vessel with an engine of 6.000 BHP and a bollard pull of 80 tons. The vessel, named “Lomax”, is equipped with towing winch both forward and aft. She is first and foremost built for
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and operation of dry bulk vessels, today announced that the Company, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, took delivery of the m/v “Myrto”, a 82,131 dwt newly built Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier that the Company entered
Atlantic Offshore has ordered a new ERRV vessel, based upon a new contract with Shell. Including this newbuilding, Atlantic Offshore has invested NOK 2.5 billion into its fleet modernization programme. New contracts with Shell Norway, Shell UK and ADTI UK amount to approx. NOK 500 million, of which
The hull of Ulstein Verft’s yard No. 298 was launched at Zaliv Shipyard on 24 January 2013. This is the fifth in a series of six PSV’s of ULSTEIN PX121 design for Blue Ship Invest. The hull is now ready for towing to Ulstein Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, for final construction and outfitting. The Hea
