Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and operation of dry bulk vessels, today announced that it has signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of Agreement to acquire a newly-built Post-Panamax dry bulk carrier of 98,704 dwt, built by Tsu
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that Siem Offshore has declared options for the design and construction of two additional Offshore Subsea Construction Vessels (“OSCV”). The vessels will be equippe
In April 2011, PGS ordered two new generation Ramform Titan-class vessels, with options for another two vessels, from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Deliveries of the two first vessels are in Q1 and Q4 2013. Export credit financing in Japan for the new builds has now been concluded. The estimated
SIOFF has entered into a shipbuilding-contract with Fjellstrand AS in Norway. The contract is for the construction of one Installation Support Vessel, with option for one additional vessel. The associated gross project cost for the first vessel, ready for operation, is approx. USD 55 million. The fi
On October 10th Admiralty Shipyards is going to deliver research vessel (RV) Akademik Treshnikov. The RV Academic Treshnikov is a scientific and expedition vessel built for the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of Russia (Roshydromet). The new flagship of the scientif
Yesterday MEYER WERFT delivered the 126,000-gt Celebrity Reflection to Celebrity Cruises (Miami, USA) in the Dutch port of Eemshaven. The Celebrity Reflection is the fith ship out of a series of five cruise ships the shipyard is building for Celebrity Cruises. MEYER WERFT and Celebrity Cruises have
ABC Marine has completed sea trials for recently launched 19m Catfish CrewCat ‘Channel Chieftain VI’, the first in class. This unique design allows for a semi elevated helm yet still retaining full forward visibility for the lower cabin. Powered by twin Doosan 20L diesels producing 1000BHP, driving
In September, 2012, Training Institute for Dredging (TID) opened the doors to their new training location at Krimpen aan den IJssel Shipyard, The Netherlands. The training location includes three training rooms and an office for TID staff. The facility is conveniently located near the quay where the
GTT’s Mark III cargo containment system has been further developed to reduce the boil-off rate from LNG carriers by one third. DNV is the first class society to qualify this new GTT technology called Mark III FLEX. Mark III is GTT’s well-established containment system. This has now been further deve
The 67-metre DAMEN SEA AXE Fast Yacht Support vessel GARÇON was the star of the Monaco Yacht Show, where she made her debut. Captains and Owners responded very positively to this unique concept. The SEA AXE offers a unique performance (18-25 knots) and very good looks with her faired and painted hul
On 10 October 2012 the keel of a new 25 MW diesel icebreaker will be laid down at OOO Baltiysky Zavod – Shipbuilding. The ship will be built under the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) survey with the class notation КМ✪Icebreaker8 [2] AUT1-ICS OMBO FF2WS DYNPOS-2EPP ANTI-ICE HELIDECK-H WINT
REMONTOWA SHIPBUILDING S.A. has finished construction of the first from the series of four gas powered car–passenger ferries built for one of the biggest Norwegian Owners. Construction of the ferry “Landegode” began in 2011. After successful completing of the sea trials, the vessel was delivered to
Ravestein B.V. has been awarded the contract for the design and construction of a backhoe dredger type Ravestein 900B for Jan De Nul Group. The vessel will be delivered in January 2014. This will be the second contract for building a Ravestein 900B in short time, after successful delivery of the bac
A delegation from the Chinese National Ship Recycling Association (CNSA) visited Germanischer Lloyd’s (GL) Head Office. They met for a workshop which focussed on standards, training, and research and development. The CNSA delegation was headed by its president, Mr Xie Dehua, whose address examined t
