Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply fresh water integrated scrubbers for a series of six vessels with an option for a further two, being built to transport bulk commodities on North America’s Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, for the Canadian owner, Algoma Central Corporation. The in
Alewijnse Marine Systems has fulfilled the order for the delivery of a complete Raytheon Anschütz bridge system to Bodewes Shipyards hull number 762. The order was given to Alewijnse after Bodewes Shipyards B.V. together with vessel owner Nescos Shipping B.V. undertook a thorough investigation of a
Fincantieri shipyard at Muggiano recently launched the “Ganthoot”, the first of two stealth patrol vessels included in the “Falaj 2” program in progress for the United Arab Emirates Navy who ordered them in 2010. The ship, whose name comes from a geographical area in the Emirates in the neighbourhoo
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has signed an agreement to supply boiler and cooling water dosing control units to ten 13,200 TEU newbuilds under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Korea on behalf of Hapag-Lloyd. Integral to the boiler and cooling water circulation systems, the units moni
Increasing demand and expectations in Maritime Industry call for communities to come up with new facilities and to upgrade outdated systems and infrastructure. The prospect of such developments integrates challenges since each new advanced construction must be sensitively designed, appealing, practi
Arklow Marine Services has officially launched the first 20-metre Wind Farm Service Vessel “Gardian 8″. On 12 January, 2012, the vessel was set for undergoing sea trials in Arklow. Construction of Gardian 8 cost GBP 1.7 million and this development created 10 new jobs. Currently, the company is buil
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Estella, an LR1 Product Tanker of 75,000 dwt, was delivered on January 20, 2012 from a South Korean shipyard. The Nave Estella has commenced a 3-year charter-out at a net rate of $11,850 with 90
Increasing fuel prices and environmental concerns have been stressing the importance for the marine industry to direct its efforts towards the design and operation of vessels which minimize the environmental impact. Featuring originality and innovation, highly advanced technology is becoming more en
Scottish offshore service provider MarineCo UK has placed an order at Damen Shipyards for two more High Speed Support Vessels (HSSVs). Since taking delivery of Damen’s first-ever HSSV 2610 Twin Axe in June and the second one in the last week of December, the MarineCo Shamal and MarineCo Mariah have
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has been contracted to supply the power and positioning system for two new drilling rigs ordered by Songa Offshore AS, the Norwegian arm of the Cyprus-based offshore drilling company. These so called cat D semi-submersible rigs are tailor d
FLEX LNG provide update regarding the status of ongoing discussions with the sponsors of the Gulf LNG Project and Samsung Heavy Industries. As previously disclosed, FLEX LNG and SHI successfully completed Front End Engineering and Design (“FEED”) in December 2011 for the FLNG vessel for the Gulf LNG
China’s Qingshan Shipyard held on January 19, 2012 an official naming ceremony for a new dry bulk carrier FESCO Smolensk ordered by Transportation Group FESCO. Godmother of the vessel – Svetlana Chabrova, wife of Vladimir Chabrova, Director, Department of the Navy branch of OAO “Far Eastern Shipping
Upon fostering the development and advancement of the Maritime Industry, it is of a striking importance to ensure that coastal environments, waterways and oceans are not threatened by shipping and offshore operations. Marine pollution has been recognized as one of many other serious threats to the w
Korea based STX Pan-Ocean has selected to use STX-PARAT boilers in all their new vessels currently being built at the STX Shipyard in Changwon, Korea and STX Dalian in China. The vessel type is 57.000 dwt Open Hatch General Cargo Vessel and the boiler capacity is 1200kgs/hr in the oilfired section a
