Spanish concern Empresa Naviera Elcano, S.A., the international shipping group, has placed an order for two medium-speed MAN L27/38 engines as part of a propulsion package for a new vessel. The units will be constructed at the MAN Diesel & Turbo facility in Frederikshavn, Denmark, and will power a 7
Designers of JSC Sevmash shipyard are resolving complex technical issues when working on Project 11430 aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya being modernized for Indian Navy, reports the shipyard’s press service. For Sevmash, INS Vikramaditya is one of the major projects to be completed in 2012. Main we
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today that it has signed a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. of South Korea to construct a 52,000 DWT MR product tanker, entered into agreements to sell three of its Handymax vessels, and agreed to time charter-in two MR product tankers. Newbuilding Vessel
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is developing a mandatory Polar Code in order to set standards for ship construction and operation in polar waters, according to INTERTANKO’s Technical Director, Dragos Rauta, who was at IMO this week. The Polar Code will be based on an existing set of I
Offshore Ship Designers has sealed ten new design contracts for large diesel-electric Platform Supply Vessels for two major offshore operators building at three shipyards in Brazil, Japan and Spain. Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Limited has ordered four IMT-997 Platform Supply Vessels to b
The AMC Connector is known as the largest and most advanced cable- and pipe-laying vessel for deep ocean operations. The vessel will be docked at GMC Yard in Buøy outside Stavanger until March 11th 2012. The 156-meter long multi-purpose vessel, AMC Connector, is an advanced ship with a high cargo ca
St. Petersburg based JSC Severnaya Verf Shipyard has been contracted by the Defense Ministry to construct 13 warships for the Russian Navy. The contract includes construction of six corvettes of the Project 20385 and the Project 20380, six Project 22350 frigates and a reconnaissance ship. Official k
Damen Modular Dock (DMD) 4020 is being constructed, at Damen Shipyards, for – and will be delivered to – Djibouti. Djibouti’s busy port is one of the most important gateways to the African continent and is strategically located at the confluence of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Besides maintenan
HOCHTIEF Solutions has commissioned the construction of a further heavy-lift jack-up vessel from the Crist shipyard in Poland for the installation of offshore wind farms. The vessel, dubbed “VIDAR,” is to start operating in 2013 to meet the huge demand for special-purpose equipment in this booming m
With the addition of two new vessels ARKLOW MOOR and ARKLOW FOREST, the Arklow Shipping fleet rises to 44 vessels. The ARKLOW FOREST has become the tenth vessel in the ‘F’-class series to be delivered from Astilleros de Murueta SA.. The 2,998 GT newbuild, has a single-box hold with two portable bulk
Bank of London and The Middle East plc (BLME), the largest Islamic bank in Europe, has announced that it signed a £14 million leasing deal with Global Marine Systems Ltd., the largest independent provider of submarine cable installation, maintenance and engineering services worldwide. Under the term
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and Seacat Services Ltd., both Isle of Wight, UK based companies announce the signing of a contract for the construction of two further vessels. Both are South Catamaran 24m WFSV’s, named ‘Seacat Defender’ and ‘Seacat Volunteer’, and will be the fifth and sixth vess
Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, successfully delivered the 600mt Wind Turbine Installation Crane onboard GeoSea’s DP2 jack-up vessel “Neptune”. The crane was handed over to the builder of the vessel IHC Offshore and Marine BV, part of IHC Merwede, who subcontracted
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announces the launch and commissioning of its 53rd offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Iceni Defiant’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 17m designed to operate from the locks at Grimsby Fish Dock. This vessel is the third built for Iceni Marine Services Ltd. wi
