Allseas to Build Single-Lift Vessel Larger than Pieter Schelte Swiss-based Allseas has decided to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel. JO Tankers Orders Eight Vessels from China O Tankers has confirmed that the company placed its largest ever order for eight 3
Kongsberg has won a bid to deliver “Full Picture” solutions to highly advanced and environmentally friendly container ships. The contract has a value of more than NOK 150 million (approx. USD 24.3 million) with an option of seven additional ships. In strong international competition Kongsberg Mariti
Strategic Marine, a leading specialist shipbuilder in Asia, has launched the Shanna, the first of two 45-metre ro-pax catamarans to the National Ferries Company of Oman. The vessel is the first of its kind built by Strategic at its Vietnam shipyard, underscoring the operation’s multi-markets shipbui
The regional maritime industry is facing a demand surge for multi-purpose vessels on the back of dramatic growth being witnessed by the offshore sector. According to statistics revealed recently, 2013 is set to see massive expansion for the region’s oil & gas industry, with regional players going on
UAE-based Tristar Transport Company has reached an agreement and placed a firm order for 6 New MR Product /Chemical Tankers with Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. The vessels are expected to be delivered in 2016 and will be built to the latest specifications with an improved hull form design
Russia: Construction of World’s Largest Icebreaker Progresses Baltiysky Zavod, a subsidiary of United Shipbuilding Corporation, yesterday held a keel laying ceremony for the new generation nuclear icebreaker of Project 22220. When finished, the icebreaker LK-60 will be the largest and most powerful
Two Ships Collide in Kiel Canal, Germany A coastal cargo ship Siderfly collided with Dutch-flagged gas carrier Coral Ivory early Monday morning in the Kiel Canal, in Northern Germany, according to Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies (CCME). USA: First Zumwalt Class Destroyer Launched
A new warship has been handed over to the Royal Navy of Oman amid colourful celebrations on HM Naval Base Portsmouth this morning. AL RAHMANI is the second of three 99 metre corvettes designed, built and delivered for the Royal Navy of Oman as part of Project Khareef. Her Interim Acceptance, in whic
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) from Ulsan, South Korea, signed on October 29th 2013 two contracts worth circa $492 million for the construction of sixteen Medium Range (MR) tankers. The vessels were ordered by an unnamed ship owner from the Middle East. Hyundai Mipo revealed in a regulatory filing to t
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) announced that it has received on Tuesday, October 29 a new vessel specialized in general cargo with a size of 26,000 DWT. The ship was named Bahri Jazan and it was built by Hyundai MIPO in South Korea. This is the fourth vessel delivered from th
On the 23rd of October, 2013 the ‘Sea Hotel’ was named by sponsor lady Mrs. Marieke Regoor. This Name giving Ceremony took place at the Dubai Festival City Marina in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Seacontractors and Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld look back on a festive event of this new Shoalbuster t
Qatar: Nakilat Damen Shipyards Signs Newbuild Orders Qatar’s premier marine company Nakilat has secured vessel building and operations contracts for the Port of Ras Laffan via its joint ventures, shipbuilder Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) and towage operator Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller (NSW). AI
Qatar’s premier marine company Nakilat has secured vessel building and operations contracts for the Port of Ras Laffan via its joint ventures, shipbuilder Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) and towage operator Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller (NSW). NDSQ has signed to build seven vessels — two 60-ton bol
Float-On and Transport of Costa Concordia Onboard Dockwise Vanguard Following the successful parbuckling of Costa Concordia, and in anticipation of the pending refloat, Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., provides some basic information on how the float-on will be
