Jack-Up Barge has announced signing a multi-year charter agreement with the German BARD Group for Jack-Up Barge’s Self Elevating Platforms JB-115 and JB-117. The contract is valued at in excess of EUR 100 million. Both platforms will be deployed in the BARD Offshore 1 offshore wind farm – the larges
On August 13th 2011, the tugboat building no.620 project 16609 was launched. During current year the tug will be delivered to the customer – Free Port of Riga. Azimuth tug of 16609 design is intended for harbor, coastal and offshore towing and berthing operations as well as for firefighting operatio
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft’s latest newbuilding, “Seatruck Progress” (Hull No. 746), was today successfully named and launched. She is the first of four identical ships ordered by the English shipping company Seatruck Ferries Ltd. “Building four ships one after another for a single custome
The first in a series of four new designated IMT950 emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRV’s) “Grampian Don” was launched at Balenciaga Shipyard in Spain on Tuesday this week. North Star Shipping, a division of the Craig Group, will use the brand new vessel to replace older tonnage. Principal C
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping accepted the tugboat “RB-43” building no. 926 of project 90600. At the moment the tug is transported by inland waterways to Novorossiysk, after that the tug will be put into operation at Black Sea Fleet. Azimuth tug of 90600 design is intended for harbor, coasta
LEHNKERING Reederei GmbH is adding a modern double-hulled gas tanker to its inland waterway fleet. The newly constructed liquid gas vessel LRG GAS 88 picked up its first load in the Netherlands and is currently being used to ship propylene and propane. LRG GAS 88 is the 17th vessel in the company’s
Yesterday the Feadship Royal Van Lent shipyard launched the stunning fifth F45 superyacht, named Helix. She is the first yacht in the series with the Nautical interior theme, which features a modern mix of light fabric covered walls in mahogany wooden frames and a high contrast in carefully selected
AVEVA, a leader in engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries, today announced it has joined the OpenHCM (Hull Conditioning Monitoring) Consortium, an initiative to increase ship safety though transparent electronic processing of assessment dat
In August 2011, Macduff received an order from the Russian Leningrad shipyard “Pella” to produce a concept design for a new 46m autoliner. The design will be based on previous autoliner designs produced by the company but incorporating the latest trends in hull design. This order represents the firs
On August 10th 2011, MV “SENDA J” was taken over from the shipyard and charter employment was commenced under the charter name MV “INDUSTRIAL FAITH”. Herm Jüngerhans traveled to China in order to accept the delivery and receive the necessary documents and certificates. He praised the high quality of
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won an order to design and equip two UT 735 SE offshore supply vessels for Brasil Supply. The order is worth £15 million to Rolls-Royce. The contract includes vessel design and an integrated Rolls-Royce equipment system including propulsion, deck ma
TROMS CAPELLA has arrived to Norway after a successful transit from GOA and is being prepared for new missions in the North Sea. Troms Offshore Management AS received their latest vessel from the shipyard in Cochin, India. The ship, a platform supply vessel (PSV),will this autumn start operating in
A glut of oil tankers competing for Middle East crude has expanded as demand for the vessels has slowed. There are 23 per cent more very… (eximin) [mappress] Source: eximin, August 18, 2011.
SinOceanic III AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of SinOceanic Shipping ASA(“SinOceanic”) has entered into Memorandum of Agreement to purchase one VLCS of 13,100 TEU container capacity from Mediterranean Shipping Company SA, Geneva (“MSC”). The vessel will be constructed and delivered by Hyundai Heavy I
