Attended by numerous guests and representatives from Politics, Navy and Industry, as well as the Blohm + Voss workforce, the laying-down ceremony for the 125-class (F125) frigate took place at building dock 12 at the Hamburg shipyard. The ceremony was organized by the F125 Work Group (ARGE F125), co
The next successfully delivered project confirms the status of the Kerch Shipyard Zaliv as the active participant of the world market of offshore shipbuilding. The vessel “Polarcus Adira” (building number 01293) purposed for seismic shelf research became the seventh built by Zaliv within the coopera
Okskaya Shipyard laid keel for 6.900dwt product carrier of project RST27 ordered by Volga-Balt Tanker (a Volga Fleet Tanker subsidiary), UCL… (PortNews) [mappress] Source: PortNews, November 2, 2011
The split hopper dredger“Omvac Diez” has been handed over to its owner Canlemar after successful sea trials. The dredger has been built in Spain to a Spanish design yet has been fitted out with Dutch Damen dredging gear. The vessel has started its productive life already, doing a harbour maintenance
On Oct 21, 2011 state commission accepted the second Project 705B harbor tug RB-10 (serial number 002) built by Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant (affiliate of JSC Zvezdochka). Project 705B was developed by JSC Vympel Design Bureau (Nizhny Novgorod). First ship of this project (serial number 001) harbor t
Danaos Corporation, a leading international owner of containerships, announced that on October 26, 2011, it took delivery of one more newly built containership, the CMA CGM BIANCA, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 58 containerships aggregating 282,619 TEU. The CMA CGM BIANCA, built at S
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has signed a Letter of Intent with Astilleros Armon, in Vigo, Spain, for the construction of two new state-of-the-art Anchor Handling Tugs. Both tugs will be equipped with a retractable bow thruster and will have DP2 capabilities. With a length of 72 meters and a wid
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd has completed two shipbuilding contracts with Carnival Corporation & plc, for the construction of two large-sized cruise ships for Carnival’s AIDA Cruises brand. Delivery of the two ships is scheduled for spring 2015 and spring 2016 from MHI’s shipyard in Nagasaki.
World’s leading shipbuilding industry fair highlights key issues of maritime industry at its 25th anniversary event 25th SMM, shipbuilding, machinery, marine technology international trade fair hamburg, at Hamburg Fair site from 4 to 7 September 2012 The 25th SMM focuses on four major areas next yea
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced that COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has delivered another windmill turbine installation vessel (WTIV) “MPI DISCOVERY” to its European buyer. The “MPI D
In October Cargotec secured two contracts worth around EUR 15 million for complete MacGregor RoRo access and transfer systems for deepsea Container/RoRo (ConRo) vessels. “Both of these contracts are for vessels that will carry general and project cargo, as well as various type of RoRo cargo, and thi
One of the leading shipbuilders in the world, Samsung Heavy Industries, has selected Amarcon to provide an integrated Wave and Motion Monitoring System for four new build Shuttle Tankers. The vessels shall be operated by Teekay. Part of the scope of supply is a wave radar interface module that is ab
LNG, as a promising fuel alternative, has not been used for container vessels. DSME and Germanischer Lloyd (GL) have proved the feasibility of running large container vessels on LNG in a recently completed joint project. At a press conference held during the Kormarine Trade Fair in Busan, both parti
Sartor Offshore AS, Norway based company annaunced that it has take delivery of new addition in its fleet. Offshore Vessel Ocean Alden has been delivered from Wison Heavy Industry, and will begin its voyage to Norway in a few days. Ocean Alden (VS 465) represents a multi role FSV designed by V&S (No
