With defence ministry shipyards unable to meet the Indian Navy’s growing need for warships, New Delhi had no choice but to look to Russian shipyards… Read more [mappress] Source: business-standard, August 11, 2011
Zelenodolsk Shipyard launched two vessels on the eve of the Russian Navy Day – sea-going tug MB-12 and anti-terror boat Grachonok, told the yard’s press service to Central Navy Portal. The shipyard effectively executes this year’s production program building ships both for Russian Navy and for expor
Ensco plc announced today that it has taken delivery of ENSCO 8504, the fifth of the seven ENSCO 8500 Series rigs constructed by Keppel FELS Limited in Singapore. After mobilizing to Brunei to complete deepwater sea trials and final outfitting, ENSCO 8504 will commence a previously announced drillin
Costa Cruises announced that it has placed a new order with San Giorgio del Porto shipyard in Genoa for major restyling operations on the ship Costa Romantica presently operating for the Costa fleet. Costa Cruises is investing a total of around 90 million euros for this work. San Giorgio del Porto s
Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT) has during a couple of months contracted three shuttle tankers that will be built at Huyndai Heavy Industries in Korea. The first shuttle tanker will be 157,000 dWt and will be delivered end 2012. The shipping company has signed a contract with Spanish oil company
BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announces that it has won an order for the design of a 25m all electric, 150 passenger ferry in China. In order to demonstrate the practical use of a battery powe
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, will supply the main engines for the first series of eight ‘Bangkok-max’ container ships being built at the Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China, thus establishing these engines as the standard for this type of vessel. The ships will serve
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and Iceni Marine Services Ltd. announce that the two companies have signed a contract for the construction of a South Catamaran 14m RRV to be named ‘Iceni Pride’. The ‘Iceni Pride’ is a first of class South Catamaran 14m RRV developed from the very successful 12m RR
The 105.000 Dwt shuttle tanker M/T Recife Knutsen was delivered on August 3rd 2011 from COSCO Nantong Shipyard to Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS (KNOT). Like her sister vessel M/T Fortaleza Knutsen, that was delivered from the yard March 30th this year, she will sail under technical management of K
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. today announced that it has taken delivery of the Halki, a 6,270 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker newbuild from Qingdao Hyundai Shipyard in China. The vessel is expected to be deployed to the Company’s market located in Gibraltar, increasing the number of vessels
Starting of works over new shipbuilding project was marked for Zaliv by complex preparation process. Order, initially placed on SevMorZavod for construction of the vessel for offshore supply of drilling platforms (project 832 CD from design bureau of famous shipbuilding group Havyard International A
Just a year after Exuma, the 50m Picchiotti M/Y, was consigned the Perini Navi Group has launched Galileo G, a 55m Picchiotti Ice Class motor yacht from the Vitruvius® series. The yacht, launched on July 10th, is the second of three motor yachts sold by the Group. It has been built in collaboration
Moonen Shipyards in the Netherlands has launched the fourth yacht in its much admired range of Moonen 97 steel-hulled displacement cruisers. With sister ship Livia (the third in the series) a finalist in the World Superyacht Awards, Moonen is confident that a buyer will soon be found for a yacht tha
JSC Shipyard Zaliv completed works over next shipbuilding order for Norwegian holding Ulstein Hull AS. The seismic research vessel project SX 134 became the sixth built by Zaliv by order of this company. Kerch shipbuilders commenced works over this vessel in February current year, and the vessel lay
