On Friday, De Hoop shipyard has delivered the 60 person Single Block Barge Accommodation (SBBA) to Global Marine Systems. The SBBA was installed by De Hoop on the semi-submersible seagoing barge formarly known as Smit Anambas. Last week Global Marine has acquired this 130 meter barge and it was rena
TransAtlantic has received the delivery of Brage Viking, an AHTS vessel from the Astilleros Zamakona S.A shipyard in Spain. The vessel will be flagged up in the Danish register of ships, DIS. Brage Viking is the last new-built ship in a series of four, which have been built at the Spanish shipyard.
Sunseeker, a manufacturer of the world’s finest luxury motoryachts, is building a new flagship tri-deck 155 Yacht. With a 4500 nautical mile range, this newbuild accounts for the first ever semi-displacement, round bilge and long keel hull from Sunseeker. The Sunseeker 155 Yacht is designed to accom
The Board of Directors of SapuraCrest Petroleum Berhad announces that its wholly-owned subsidiaries, TL Offshore PLSV1 Ltd and TL Offshore PLSV2 Ltd, has entered into a contract with IHC Offshore And Marine B.V., for the construction of two (2) units of 550 tonne pipelay support vessels, at a fixed
COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited throughout its subsidiaries COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd have made the following deliveries: COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co, close to the international sea route and navigation hub clusters in Asia, and it is a newly built shipyard with one DWT 150,000 dock and f
The LNG Guardian stand-by vessel has been delivered on Thursday 12th January 2012, to its Italian owner, Fratelli Neri S.p.A. The LNG Guardian is the third ship to be built for Fratelli Neri at Gondan Shipyard. This is an FRSU support ship that will assist in the regasification terminal which operat
Carisbrooke Shipping took delivery of the first SUPER GREEN 8500 vessel from Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding. The vessel was delivered after succesful seatrials and started her maiden voyage in the direction of Korea to pick up her first cargo. The shipyard launched first Super Green 8500 vessel fo
The first platform supply vessel (PSV) newbuilding of the PX121 design from ULSTEIN®, M/V Blue Fighter, was named in a formal ceremony at Ulstein Verft, Norway on 12 January. The vessel is the first of two PSVs of the new design under construction at Ulstein Verft for Blue Ship Invest, a shipping co
ABC announced that the work is underway for a new 19m Cat. This is their largest boat to date and will add to ABC’s already extensive range of craft. This boat will once again go into service in the busy offshore windfarm industry. This boat has been commissioned by Carling Charters to enhance their
Vessels “Piana“ and “Orange Star“ will be covered in annual publication of The Naval Arhitects which will be published in February. “Orange Star“ is a handy carrier for transportation of refrigerated fresh fruit juice, the largest orange juice carrier ever built. Her length is 189,90 m and payload 3
Weihai Haida Ferry Co., operating in NE China, has placed an order for a 2,200-passenger/1100-lane-metre Ropax ferry featuring a MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion package. Weihai Haida is the exclusive operator on the route between the major cities of Weihai and Dalian on opposite sides of the Bohai str
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a contract to deliver highly efficient engines and propulsion systems for the world’s first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered tugs. The two vessels have been ordered by Norwegian company Buksér og Berging AS and will enter service in late 2013
MacGregor bulk handling systems are to be installed on four offshore support vessels (OSV) of various types under construction in Asia and Europe. In the last quarter of 2011 Cargotec secured contracts for MacGregor bulk handling systems for installation onboard four offshore support vessels (OSV) n
Leer. Hartmann Shipping, settled in Leer, took over its newest vessel from Severnav S.A. Shipyard, Romania. The modern Ethylene-tanker “GASCHEM WERRA” is a sister vessel to MT “GASCHEM WARNOW”, which was already delivered in June 2010. In the year 2007 the shipping company took over four gastanker o
