During this year’s traditional and busy “Herring-Party” in Rotterdam on Monday June 6th, KOTUG performed the christening ceremony of the… (HME) [mappress] Source: HME, June 14, 2011.
Aluminium BoatBuilding Co Ltd has recently delivered “Viking” to Excel Marine Services Ltd in Whitstable, this 18.25m aluminium catamaran is the 16th “Catfish” catamaran whose design was specifically developed for UK and surrounding waters. The vessel is the 8th “Catfish Crewcat” supplied into the g
Concordia Maritime has taken delivery of the product tanker Stena Premium, which will soon enter into a 3-year charter contract with Glencore subsidiary ST Shipping. The Stena Premium is the tenth and last P-MAX tanker in the so-called P-MAX series ordered from the Croatian shipyard Brodosplit. The
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and Seacat Services Ltd. announce the two companies have signed a contract for the construction of a pair of South Catamaran 19m Wind Farm Support Vessels. The two craft will be built at South Boats’ new facility in Cowes and will be delivered in May and June 2012 r
On Friday 27th of May, yard number 9423, m.v. ‘Beauforte’, was christened in Harlingen. Vessel is built to transport of bulk cargo, steel coils, containers, forest products, general cargo, etc. Equipped for dangerous goods according to SOLAS reg. 54 II2, excl. Class I and VII. Strengthened for heavy
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, today announced the Company clinched a USD 500 million order to build the world’s first two new LNG Floating Storage Regasification Units (FSRU) for Hoegh of Norway on June 12. This contract also includes an option exercisable by Hoegh to or
Royal Niestern Sander today, from yard number 842, delivered m.s. Elbeborg to shipowner Wagenborg Shipping, Delfzijl. Royal Niestern Sander is well established in the area of shipbuilding for merchant shipping and inland shipping. The reference list contains building orders for chemical tankers, res
Vroon Offshore announces that yesterday, Thursday 9 June 2011, the company took delivery of VOS Vigilant. VOS Vigilant, a field-support vessel, is the penultimate in a series constructed for Vroon at the Astilleros Zamakona Shipyard, Pasaia. She will join Vroon’s extensive fleet of modern vessels pr
Programme of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg presence in Gdansk, Poland, is expected to include attending the ceremony of first steel cutting for the construction of innovative, environmentally friendly, LNG powered ferry for Norwegian Owners at REMONTOWA Shipbuilding (formerly Northern Sh
On 7 June 2011, at the Damen yard in Galatz, the keel was laid down for the Joint Support Ship (JSS). The ceremony was performed by Rear Admiral K. Visser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Further construction of the vessel will largely take place at Damen Shipyard Galatz, supervised by Damen Schelde N
DNV has initiated a concept study together with industry partners – FKAB, MAN Diesel & Turbo, TGE Marine and Cargotec – to design a very large ore carrier (VLOC). The objective is to introduce innovative solutions that increase efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of bulk ship operations w
Sanco Shipping AS has signed a contract with Kleven Maritime for one seismic ship with an option for additionally one. With this contract, the order reserve stands at 11 ships with a combined value of about 4.2 billion NOK. Kleven Maritime, Norway’s biggest Norwegian-owned shipbuilding group, has si
STX OSV Holdings Limited , one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it has secured new contracts for the construction of two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) for Island Offshore. The total value of the contracts amounts to approximately NOK
Earlier this year the Alnmaritec Wave Handler class boat, ‘Wave Force’ commenced line handling duties at a bulk carrier terminal near Dampier in Western Australia. This is the second of it’s line handling vessels that Alnmaritec has supplied to this region, the first boat has been successfully opera
