New transport ship for Russian Navy will be laid down at JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center early in Dec 2011, told a source in defense industry to Central Navy Portal. Project 20180TV will constitute an armament support ship. According to some sources, it will be used to supply the newest Borei-clas
The Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers Association (SSA) appointed David McGinley, Business Development Director Babcock as President and Lynn Tomkins, UK Operations Director, Sector Skills Council Semta as Vice President. In acknowledging their appointments David said: “I am honoured to have been appoi
Voith currently is the only manufacturer world-wide to produce thrusters with a power of 1 500 kW based on permanent magnet synchronous machine technology (RIM drives). Recent orders for offshore applications, passenger vessels and yachts underline Voith’s position as global market leader for these
Dockwise’s new heavy lift vessel, the Dockwise Vanguard, will be able to lift and transport units of up to 110,000 tonnes. The maximum capacity of an existing vessel is 75,000 tonnes. With its width of nearly 80 metres and length of 275 metres, this is the first semisubmersible heavy lift vessel to
14 years after the disaster with the Kursk submarine in the Barents Sea, the Russian navy will finally get a modern rescue ship… (BarentsObserver) [mappress] Source: BarentsObserver, November 17, 2011
Kongsberg Evotec AS, a Kongsberg Maritime company, has been awarded a contract with Kleven Maritime (Myklebust), Sanco Shipping and Dolphin Geophysical, for the complete back-deck handling system on Sanco Shipping’s new (up to) 16 streamers seismic vessel built to be operated by Dolphin Geophysical
The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with world-renowned Italian high-tech shipbuilders Rodriguez Cantieri Navalli, controlled by the Italian Immsi Group (Rodriquez), to establish a marine boat manufacturing industry in the Kingdom. The agreem
Today, Wednesday 16 November 2011, Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) took delivery of VOS Artemis from the Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. VOS Artemis is an “A class” anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel. She is the fourth in a series of six vessels being built for Vroon at this yard, with the r
Vroon Shipping announced that today, Wednesday 16 November 2011, company took delivery of Iver Blessing, a 6,187-ton asphalt/oil/chemical tanker. The vessel was constructed at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Ulsan, South Korea and is the last in a series of four vessels to have been built at the Dockyard
Havyard Group AS has signed a contract with the Indian shipping company Global Offshore Ltd for delivery of a PSV vessel, including an option for one further vessel. The Indian shipping company, known as Garware Offshore until just recently, has changed its name due to an expansion from only operati
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced today that the LR1 Product Tanker Nave Andromeda of 75,000 dwt was delivered from a South Korean shipyard and immediately began a 3-year charter-out with two one-year options at a net rate of $11,850 for the
On November 14th 2011 Arcadia Yachts, a team composed of many professionals, launched its latest creation the Arcadia 115′ yacht. The style for Arcadia 115′ is simple, less showy, determined by punctual functional requirements but, at the same time, impressing for innovative contents. rcadia 115′ –
Dr. Sigrid Hubert-Reichling christened one of the most modern non-nuclear submarines in the world today at the shipyard of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, under the name of “U 35”. She is the wife of the Lord Mayor of Zweibrücken, the town that has
In the past months Saltwater Engineering designed and engineered two new generation chase vessels for Rederij Groen. In addition to the technical aspects Saltwater also managed the tender process, which was concluded at the Europoort exhibition by awarding the build of both vessels to Maaskant Shipy
