On Saturday evening in Marseille, France, the latest jewel in the MSC Cruises’ fleet, MSC Divina, was christened in suitably elegant style by international screen legend Sophia Loren. The exclusive high-profile event included a gala dinner and entertainment from illustrious performers in the company
Besiktas Shipyard on May 24th 2012 successfully carried out the launching ceremony for the sixth tanker of RST22M Project named Bakhtiar Vahabzade being constructed for Palmali Group. The vessel is a 7.100 DWT tanker, under Armada series, of Project RST22M that Palmali Group ordered from Besiktas Sh
Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in Northumberland, recently announced the delivery of the first of its new ‘Wave Captain’ class of Wind Farm Support Vessels. The new design is a derivative of the larger Wave Master class vessels which have proved highly successful in service
Pallas Shipping has developed a new vessel concepts in the form of a tanker that is designed according to the latest environmental and safety requirements. The Tanker, which has a cargo capacity of about 1700 tons are designed to operate as a bunkering vessel which place high demands on maneuverabil
The AIN SNAN was delivered after a nine-month building phase in January of this year. The UMM SALAL, the first of nine UASC new builds in this size class already went into service in June 2011. During the course of the first five months of this year all nine vessels have been delivered from the [&he
The works on construction of floating dock by the order of company Estaleiros Navais de Peniche SA (ENP) became principally new for JSC Shipyard Zaliv. According to the words of sales/marketing director Mr. Y. Dovgiy works over this order coherently fitted with Zaliv’s diversification politics due t
The shipbuilding giant Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. and NLI, a Norvegian total supplier to Oil & Gas business, announced the signing of a collaboration agreement, supporting the aim to penetrating the Mobile Drilling Units construction market. This agreement includes the development o
Pemamek Oy Ltd has agreed on design, construction and delivery of a flat panel line for Baku Shipyard LLC from Azerbaijan. After commissioning in early 2013, Baku Shipyard will operate a latest-technology flat panel line for ship panel fabrication in their new facility. The scope of the delivery is
CTruk Boats, innovative UK shipyard on the east coast, has secured five new orders at Seawork 2012. The company will build the first CVenture40, which offers year-round utilisation for owner-operators, and four 19m multi-purpose catamarans (MPC). Andy White, Chairman of CTruk Boats, said, “These ord
Craig Group celebrates completion of £35million investment programme with launch of Grampian Defiance The last in the series of new D class Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRVs), commissioned by Craig Group in a £35million investment programme, has been launched. The Grampian Defiance, the l
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Sperry Marine business unit is supplying advanced integrated bridge systems (IBS) for the new class of patrol boats being built for the Swedish Coast Guard. The IBS for the new Swedish patrol boats is based on Northrop Grumman’s advanced VisionMaster FT™ technology, wh
Leading towage and salvage specialist Multraship is to take delivery of a new design of ASD 3212 tug from the Galati, Romania yard of the Damen Shipyards Group. The new ASD 3212 Multratug 19 has been built to a completely new design specification developed after a period of intensive research. Multr
Seajacks has taken delivery of Seajacks Zaratan, a state-of-the-art jack-up vessel purpose built for the offshore wind industry. The jack-up vessel was built by Lamprell Energy at their Hamriyah facility and increases Seajacks’ fleet to three self-propelled vessels. The contract for the construction
Few days ago, Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard launched VF Tanker-3 of project RST27 for the VF Tanker LLC. The shipyard and V.F. Tanker inked construction contract for 5 tankers in June 2011 with an option for five more signed in October. The lead ship of project RST27 was launched on February 17th. Proje
