Despite the considerable hold-back in the economy, according to the Golden Destiny’s Annual Newbuilding Report, 62% of the overall orders for the first quarter of the year in bulk carrier sector belong to Greece, Shipping Herald reports. It appears that Greece managed to outnumber the Chinese market
Bergen Group Fosen has been awarded a contract from Volstad Maritime AS for building a large and high end offshore vessel. The contract has an estimated value of NOK 750 million, and this is the second contract awarded from the shipping company this year. The signed contract is subject to final boar
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XIX, in today’s ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. It is building the innovative vessel for Dredging Corporation of India Ltd. The ceremony was performe
Vroon announced today, Monday 2 April 2012, that the company has taken delivery of MPI Cardenio. MPI Cardenio is a windfarm-service vessel, built at the South Boats Medina Shipyard on the Isle of Wight. She is the seventh addition to the MPI Workboats fleet and will commence operations immediately f
Following the launch of the “Carlo Bergamini” last July, yesterday Riva Trigoso (Genoa) shipyard celebrated the launch of the frigate “Virginio Fasan”, which is due for delivery at the end of 2012. The vessel is the second of a series of Fremm vessels – Multi Mission European Frigates – which were o
Huisman, the Netherlands-based specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured a new contract from Allseas for the design and manufacturing of an 850mt Offshore Mast Crane. The crane will replace the current 300mt Offshore Mast Crane onboard Allseas’ pipelayer “Solitaire”, the larg
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has placed a £6 million(approx USD 9.6 mln) order for a Mooring Maintenance Vessel (MMV), with MPI Services (UK) Limited, trading as Manor Marine. The contract for the MMV is the PLA’s largest single investment in over 20 years. The vessel will replace the PLA’s tw
OceanSaver has secured a contract to supply two Mark II ballast water treatment systems for two chemical tankers owned by CMM, a Greek-owned tanker company. The vessels will be constructed in South Korea at one of the major South Korean shipyards. The agreement with CMM represents OceanSaver’s first
Hamburg Süd celebrated the christening of the container ship “Santa Teresa” at the Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam (Netherlands). Sponsor of the “Santa Teresa” was Dr Angela Stieglitz, BASF SE. The “Santa Teresa” is the seventh newbuilding of a series of ten identical container vessels which feature a
Damen Shipyards is the new operator of French shiprepair yard Sobrena. The yard will be renamed Damen Shiprepair Brest and will continue to serve the maritime and offshore industries with shiprepair and conversion services. The yard has three drydocks (up to 420 x 80 m) and will be available for rep
“Stavanger Fjord” – a ropax ferry is almost ready! On Thursday, the 8th of April at 12 PM, the vessel will be launched from the B1 slipway at Gdansk Shipyard. Just like at the ceremonies of steel cutting and keel laying, guests from Norway – Fjord Line ship owner and Bergen Group Fosen (for whom [&h
Eckelmann Group and TUI Cruises have signed a declaration of intent to provide power supply that will conserve energy and reduce emissions during lay times of ships of the TUI Cruises fleet in Hamburg. The scheme provides for electric power to be generated on board a floating power station, or so-ca
Kleven Maritime delivered the LNG powered offshore supply vessel Viking Prince to Eidesvik Offshore on 30 March. ‘It is a great pleasure to deliver this advanced, environmentally friendly vessel to a ship owner that has a proven track record of taking every aspect of their environmental foot print v
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has secured a £50 million order to design and equip two advanced offshore anchor handling vessels for Norwegian ship owner Farstad Shipping. The UT 731 CD vessels are designed and equipped to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow rigs to location and also se
