BW LPG Limited has entered into ship building contracts for four Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) newbuildings with Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME). The delivered cost of these vessels, including interest and other costs, is likely to be approximately USD 290 millio
Norway’s Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA (WWASA) has taken delivery of the second of four Post-Panamax car carriers expected to join the group’s fleet in 2015 – the Thalatta. Built at the Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in Mokpo, South Korea, the Thalatta is 36.5 m wide, 199.99 m long and has five liftable deck
Newbuilding contracting of tankers has slowed in the first quarter of the year to the lowest levels recorded since 2012, according to McQuilling Services quarterly review of tanker orderbook. The marine transportation consultancy said that through March 52 orders have been placed, the bulk of which
Russia’s maritime shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF) held a naming ceremony for its fourth Atlanticmax LNG Carrier SCF Mitre at South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding shipyard. The 172,000 cbm SCF Mitre will start the previously agreed long-term charter with Royal Dutch Shell by the end of April,
Singapore-based shipowner and operator Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (SPO) said it has cancelled shipbuilding contracts for four Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) with Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Ilha S.A. (EISA). The update follows a period of negotiations requested by the shipbuilder f
Sweden’s Concordia Maritime has taken delivery of its first chemical and product tanker based on the IMOIIMAX concept – the Stena Image – from the Chinese shipyard GSI (Guangzhou Shipbuilding International) in Guangzhou. The vessel, a 50,000 dwt MR tanker, is equipped with 18 tanks of the same size,
Sixteen sailors have been left to their own devices for months after their vessel MT Surya Kuber got seized in Bahrain due to unpaid debts. The crude oil tanker was banned by a court order in February from leaving the country as its Singapore-based owner 7Seas Ship Management failed to pay Arab Ship
The Marshall Islands-incorporated tanker operator Ardmore Shipping Corporation has taken delivery of three more newbuildings after January 6 and the delivery of the Ardmore Cherokee. In February 2015, Ardmore took delivery of the Ardmore Dauntless and the Ardmore Defender, from the Hyundai Mipo Dock
Rolls-Royce has signed a GBP 5.5 million contract with Bastø-Fosen and Fjord 1 in Norway for azimuth propulsion systems for five new double ended ferries. All five ferries are designed by Multi Maritime and will be constructed in Turkey at the yards Sefine, Cemre and ADA. The ferries are scheduled t
The US-based chemical tanker operator MT Maritime has placed an order for four new vessels to be built by two Japanese shipyards, the company’s newbuilding list shows. Kitanhion Shipbuilding will build two 21,000 dwt tankers, scheduled for delivery in January and March 2018, respectively. MT Maritim
Alfa Laval has entered into a patent licence agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the use of DSME’s patents on high pressure fuel gas supply systems. The agreement signed in March 2015 enables Alfa Laval to further develop the Alfa Laval Fuel Conditioning Modules for us
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has cut steel for the first of six 42,000 dwt Arctic shuttle oil tankers for Russian maritime shipping company Sovcomflot. The 232-meter-long tankers are designed to complete a set of tasks of hydrocarbons transportation from Novoportovskoye field. It is planne
Italian-listed ship operator d’Amico International Shipping S.A. (DIS) has through its Ireland-based subsidiary d’Amico Tankers Limited inked charter agreements for three of its medium range newbuilding vessels with an undisclosed oil major. The three vessels, Hull S410, Hull S411, Hull S424, expect
COSCO Shipping Company Limited (COSCOL) has marked the beginning of construction on its 90,000 DWT Semi-Submersible Vessel, m/v Guang Hua Kou, with a steel cutting ceremony held at Guangzhou Shipyard International at the end of March. This purpose-built heavy lift vessel will have a large open deck
