On Thursday the 16th of February, Island Offshore took delivery of its newest member of the fleet, the Island Captain. Godmother for the vessel is Mrs. Tonje Tiley from ConocoPhillips. The Island Captains sister vessel, the Island Centurion, was delivered in October 2011. The two vessels make out to
A festive construction-starting ceremony of second serial Project 20380 corvette took place at Amur Shipyard on Feb 17; the ship was christened Gromky and is expected to join Pacific Fleet, city administration of Komsomolsk-on-Amur told Central Navy Portal. The ceremony was attended by Khabarovsk Go
BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design and engineering consultancy, announces that it has won a contract to supply the design for the construction of eight new 20m Windfarm Support Vessels, including options, to be built by Strategic Marine, the Austr
Danaos Corporation, a leading international owner of containerships, announced that on February 16, 2012, it took delivery of its largest vessel in the fleet , the HYUNDAI TOGETHER, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 60 containerships aggregating 304,249 TEU. The HYUNDAI TOGETHER, built a
Coldharbour Marine Limited, based in Alfreton in the United Kingdom, has secured an order to retrofit its ballast water treatment system on board a VLCC with the expected completion set for late March or early April. The company will be responsible for both delivery and installation of the system. T
Viking Line’s new vessel, with the working name NB 1376, will be called the M/S Viking Grace. The vessel, which begins service in January 2013 on the Turku (Finland) – Åland Islands (Finland) – Stockholm (Sweden) route, will officially receive its name during a christening ceremony that will take pl
On 6 February 2012 the Government of the Russian Federation announced the winners of “The Prize for Achievements in Science and Technology in 2011”. SCF Group records that Mr. Sergey Popravko, Member of the Sovcomflot Executive Board and Senior Executive Vice-President, has been awarded one of these
Exactly 100 years ago, the Danish ship Selandia set an example for international shipping as a pioneer within CO2 reduction. Now MAN Diesel & Turbo is ready for yet another environmental quantum leap. The M/S Selandia marked the beginning of the end of steamships. As the first ocean-going ship, she
JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard has obtained license to perform works associated with nuclear reactors, the yard’s director general Andrei B. Fomichev told Central Navy Portal. According to Fomichev, “now Severnaya Verf is authorized to work with nuclear powerplants. Federal Service for Environmental, T
Faergen has reportedly cancelled the third unit ordered from Sietas Werft Shipyard in Germany, while the first vessel Samsoe has been renamed Langeland and the second one will be named Lolland. The first unit ordered as Samsoe was constructed at the end of Summer 2011, and the second unit Langeland
Production on HMS PRINCE OF WALES, the second Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier, has started today at BAE Systems in Portsmouth Naval Base – the future home of the Queen Elizabeth Class. Work on the forward section of the hull, known as Lower Block 02, commenced as Commander-in -Chief Fleet Adm
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announces the launch and commissioning of its 52nd offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Abersoch Bay’ to Turbine Transfers Ltd. Designed as a technology demonstration vessel to ‘live test’ new solutions for the industry, ‘Abersoch Bay’ incorporates equipment th
Drewry Maritime Research’s latest Tanker Forecaster report looks at how surplus tonnage is placing a burden on crude tanker freight rates in the short and medium term, however, product tankers especially MR tankers, are expected to perform better in the coming years. Freight rates for MR product car
Since January 2012, the Voith Turbo market division Marine has been present in the Port of Hamburg with its own office managed by naval architect Sigurd Hildebrandt. In the new Große Elbstraße 42 offices, Voith not only supports customers with regard to all propulsion matters but will also establish
