Greece based Neptune Lines shipping company is expanding its fleet capacities for two additional car carriers. According to the Shipping Herald, the company has placed an order for construction of two new carriers with the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea. Even though details on the value of the
STX OSV Holdings Limited announces that it has now entered into a contract with Troms Offshore Supply for the design and construction of the Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The vessel, of STX OSV’s own PSV 07 design, is scheduled for delivery in 1Q 2014 from STX OSV in Norway. The hull will be deliver
Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry, announces that it has received a new contract award from Seajacks 4 Limited (“Seajacks”). The Engineering, Procurement & Construction contract,which is valu
Recently the second in a series of four Damen Stan Patrol Vessels 4207, going by the name of ‘Oriku’, has been finalized in the Pashaliman Shipyard in Vlorë (Albania) and delivered to the Albanian Coast Guard. The third Stan Patrol Vessel (SPa), called ‘Lisus’, is presently under construction. The S
The namegiving ceremony for Vroon’s new AHTS vessel VOS Thalassa took place on Saturday 14 July 2012, in Ancona, Italy. VOS Thalassa was christened by Mrs Maria Rosaria Dionisi, wife of Mr Bruno Dionisi, Director, Vroon Offshore Services Genova. VOS Thalassa is a 1,400 dwt, DP1, Anchor Handling Tug
Last Saturday on 14 July 2012, the Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger ‘Bartolomeu Dias’ was launched at Uljanik shipyard in Pula (Croatia). The ‘Bartolomeu Dias’ is a sister vessel of the ‘Pedro Álvares Cabral’ that was launched in the beginning of this year. After the successful investments between 20
Last Saturday 14 July at 11h30, the Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger ‘Bartolomeu Dias’ was launched at Uljanik Brodogradiliste d.d. shipyard in Pula (Croatia). The ‘Bartolomeu Dias’ is a sister vessel of the ‘Pedro Álvares Cabral’ that was launched in the beginning of this year, also at this shipyard
Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with Remøy Shipping on the delivery of a LNG powered platform supply vessel. The vessel is to be built at Kleven Maritime’s shipyard Kleven Verft. Total contract value for Kleven is around 400 million NOK (approx USD 65.5 mln). In addition, the contract also inc
Havyard Group AS has developed a brand new and more functional bridge concept. This first edition will now be fitted onboard the Havyard 832 L designed vessel, “Vestland Mira”. Project Manager Svein Olav Tørresdal of Havyard Power & Systems has been heading the design and the development of this mod
Veka-Group has developed three new LNG tankers, which can also be used as bunker ships. Two tankers are destined for short sea trips and/or coastal services. The third tanker, a LNG inland waterway bunker ship, is the first of its type in the world. The tanker sails almost completely on the ‘boil of
Viking Ocean Cruises and Fincantieri, world leader in the construction of cruise vessels, have signed a contract for the construction of two super luxury cruise ships. Representing Viking Ocean Cruises was the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Torstein Hagen while Fincantieri was represented by its
Four months after the laying down of the keel, the EUROPA 2 left the drydock of the shipyard STX France in Saint-Nazaire on 6 July. In the context of a festive ceremony, the dock was flooded and the new addition to the fleet of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises took to the water for the first time. Now […]
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced today that subsidiaries of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd have made the following deliveries: 1. COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., Ltd has delivered one bulk carrier of 82.000 DWT, “ECOFAITH G.O.”, to its Eur
The European Commission has authorised under EU state aid rules, a state guarantee backing a rescue loan of €152.4 million(USD 186.5 mln) for the German shipbuilder P+S Werften in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The aid is in line with EU rules on rescue aid because it is limited in time and scope. The Comm
