T.O.S. Transport & Offshore Services announce the delivery of five tugs for Svitzer. For many years now Svitzer is using our ship delivery services to great satisfaction, which resulted in this contract for the delivery of five tugs in 2011. The tugs are newbuilds from China (Qingdao) and all go to
Spanish builder Astilleros Armón recently delivered one tug boat powered by two MAN 7L27/38 four-stroke engines and is close to delivering another powered by two similar 9L27/38 engines. The vessels are bound for separate companies of the Italian ‘Ocean Group’. The first project involved the constru
An 8,000-tonne section of the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier begins a 600 mile journey from Glasgow to a shipyard in the north of Scotland to be assembled. The mid-section of hull, known as “lower block 03″, is the first part of the £2.6bn HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier to g
On August 16 the sixth vessel out of 10 multipurpose bulk carriers under RSD-44 project for Volga Shipping Company was launched at Okskaya shipyard (Navashino, Nizhegorodskaya region). Vessel was called “Captain Kadomtsev”. Ten river self-propelled vessels of RSD-44 project are being constructed at
Cathelco are supplying hull corrosion protection and marine pipework anti-fouling systems for the Europa II, a cruise ship which is to be built for Hapag Lloyd Cruises at the STX yard in St Nazaire. The new ship which is scheduled to enter service in 2013 will have 258 cabins and a maximum passenger
Yesterday in Vyborg, a group of Gazprom experts visited the Vyborg Shipbuilding Plant. The group was headed by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee. Alexander Ananenkov discussed current issues of cooperation with the Plant management. Above all, the meeting ad
MAN Diesel & Turbo signed a contract on 7 July 2011 in Frederikshavn, Denmark for the supply of 4 × MAN 8L32/40 engines to power a seismic vessel ordered by Sanco Shipping of Norway. The vessel will be built by Kleven Maritime at Myklebust shipyard in southern Norway and is scheduled for delivery by
The offshore construction vessel, Island Intervention, of the SX121 design from ULSTEIN was named today. Shipowner Island Offshore has great expectations for the new vessel, which will carry out advanced operations in the Norwegian Sea this autumn. Island Offshore is a world leader within light well
The Royal Brunei Armed Forces recorded another significant milestone in its history with the official acceptance of the final DARUSSALAM Class Patrol Vessels, namely KDB DARULAMAN. KDB DARULAMAN is the last of the DARUSSALAM class, which have been commissioned to Luerssen Shipyard by the Government
The next 25m SWATH@A&R Pilot Tender is leaving the shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder. Today the “WIELINGEN” was handed over to the Belgian Pilots. Two SWATH@A&R Pilot Tenders are now available for their service on the Scheldt. The first Pilot Tender “WESTDIEP” was delivered in May 2011. The th
STX Finland’s Turku Shipyard started the production of the innovative and versatile multipurpose deck cargo vessel ordered by Oy Gaiamare Ab. NB 1379 is an environmentally friendly specialised ship that will be delivered during spring 2012. The vessel has a length of approximately 105 metres and a w
The “Rossita” is the vessel tasked with transporting radioactive material from the dismantlement of Russian nuclear submarines. RS completed survey over construction of a new vessel for the carriage of irradiated nuclear fuel. The modern vessel Rossita with displacement equal to 4 000 t was designed
Murmansk hosted Wednesday a working meeting between Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Dmitry Dmitrienko, Governor of the Murmansk Oblast. The parties discussed the prospects for developing the regional shipbuilding sector placing an emphasis on a possible r
Second ship of Project Gepard-3.9 built by Zelenodolsk Shipyard (developed by JSC Zelenodolsk Design Bureau) was delivered to Cam Ranh naval base (Vietnam) on July 25. When all sea and acceptance trials were finished and all weapons and life support systems were tested, the ship was embarked on a sp
