The delivery ceremony of two vessels for the United Arab Emirates Navy was held yesterday, Jan 8th, at the Fincantieri shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia). These were an “Abu Dhabi Class” corvette, launched in February 2011, and the “Ghantut” patrol vessel, launched at the same yard in January 2012. In
On January 3, 2012, a new test track was inaugurated at the Warnemünde location of Nordic Yards. The cooling zone is being used to test three models, so-called mock-ups, developed as part of the POLAR Alliance. These models, all of which are Nordic Yards’ own designs on a scale of 1:1, represent an
GasLog Ltd, an international owner, operator and manager of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, announced yesterday that the company’s options for two LNG carriers at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) that were previously reported to have expiry in 2012, will now expire in the first quarter of 2013.
Tognum, the specialist for propulsion and power solutions, will deliver 16 MTU marine generator sets with 12V 4000 M23S Ironmen engines for four Rolls-Royce UT 771 CDL offshore supply vessels (OSV) to be built at COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co. Ltd. in China. The gensets are part of a £26 million Roll
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced that it has won a £26 million order to provide an integrated design, power and propulsion and equipment package for four Rolls-Royce UT 771 CDL offshore supply vessels to be built at COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co. Ltd, in China for a Hong
Hellesøy & Siem has selected PG for its newbuild project LNG PSV. Namely, Hellesøy H/N 152 will be equipped by PG for Cargo Handling Systems, Ballast Water Treatment and Tank Cleaning solutions. The vessel will be of VS 4411 DF design with an overall length of 89 meters and a beam of 19 meters and [
“Mutual Recognition” of the Regulation on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations entered into force for the first group of products 1 January 2013. In 2009 the European Parliament and the Council amended the former Directive 94/57 and adopted the Regulation on common
COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd has delivered a bulk carrier of 57000 DWT, “CHIOS SUNRISE”, to its European buyer. The bulk carrier measures 189.99 meters in LOA (length of all), 32.26 meters in breadth and 18 meters in depth. The delivery document were signed by and between the COSCO shipyards
Vroon Offshore Services announced that VOS Sweet has safely completed her voyage from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. Vroon Offshore Services’ latest addition to the subsea-support fleet arrived in the Netherlands on Thursday, January 3 2013. Some final fitting work will be undertaken and her cr
Vroon announced that on Friday 4 January 2013, it has taken delivery of MV Sicilian Express. The vessel is a 92,500-dwt post-panamax bulk carrier and the last in a series of four bulk carriers being built for Vroon at Cosco Dalian Shipyard, China. Sicilian Express flies the Gibraltar flag and has a
DFDS confirmed yesterday that negotiations between DFDS and the German shipyard P+S Werften GmbH, Stralsund, concerning the construction of two freight ships (ro-ro) are ongoing. The offered price of the two newbuildings is EUR 84m. DFDS had cancelled its previous contracts with P+S Werften for the
MEYER WERFT completed today its new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tanker, the CORAL ENERGY, for the Dutch owner Anthony Veder, based in Rotterdam. It is the first ship of a new gas tanker type which is equipped with an eco-friendly dual-fuel engine. The tanker is operated with natural gas bringing the
E.ON has awarded Great Yarmouth based Alicat Workboats a contract to build four new state of the art vessels to support offshore wind generation. The first to be built will serve E.ON’s Robin Rigg Wind Farm off the Solway Firth. Alicat have now started to build the new 19m high speed wind farm servi
STX Europe AS on 31 December 2012 completed the sale of all of the shares in its wholly owned subsidiaries STX Norway Florø AS and STX Norway Design Florø AS to Westcon Group AS. The order backlog of STX Norway Florø AS was NOK 59 million (approx. USD 10.6 million) at the end of Q3 […]
