The first piece of steel was cut at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany today for the construction of Norwegian Escape, the first of two new Breakaway Plus Class ships for Norwegian Cruise Line, set for delivery in fall of 2015. “Norwegian Escape will be the largest ship in our fleet and will continue
Aqueos Corporation have commissioned the build of SPLASH™ (Special Purpose Liveboat and Survey Hull) vessel to specifically address safety concerns with traditional methods of Liveboating. SPLASH™ is a purpose built, 75’, catamaran hull incorporating proprietary technology with water jet propulsion,
P.V. Humber Jupiter, the newest addition to ABP’s Humber Estuary Services (HES) fleet of pilot launches, has been officially named in a ceremony held at the All Weather Terminal at the Port of Hull’s King George Dock. ABP has invested £1.2 million in the new Nelson class vessel as part of an upgrade
MSC Cruises and STX France today signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the construction of two new cruise ships with an option for two more. The first two cruise ships are due for delivery respectively in 2017 and 2019. The ships will be 1033 feet long and 141 feet wide, with a gross tonnage of [&hell
Since the beginning of January, Lloyd Werft craftsmen have been helping Sietas to complete the construction of Van Oord’s new jack-up vessel, the Aeolus. Now, the 14,800 GRT Aeolus has arrived at Bremerhaven where the vessel’s four platform legs will be installed. “We were also able to win this very
Focal Marine & Offshore, a Singapore/Shanghai based OSV designer, has won a design contract for a DP-3 Offshore Construction Vessel (OCV) from one of their regular clients. FOCAL 530 design has a high DP capability, which is achieved by five thrusters, enabling the design to be suitable for operatio
Thorco launched the latest newbuilding in their fleet on Wednesday the 19th of March 2014. The vessel, named Thorco Lineage, was launched from Honda Heavy Industries’ yard in Japan. The vessel is a 16500 DWT general cargo ship, and it is going to sail under Panama flag. Thorco Lineage is the company
Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) has delivered the 32m-long tug Semesma to Milaha. The tug is the eleventh vessel built in Qatar by NDSQ to be utilized by Milaha at the Port of Mesaieed. Semesma is part of a 19-vessel order for Milaha that NDSQ is completing at its facilities at Erhama Bin Jaber
The Korean Register (KR), an IACS member classification society, released SeaTrust-HullScan software solution to analyze and appraise a vessel’s hull structure in accordance with the new harmonized common structural rules (CSR-H). SeaTrust–HullScan is a brand new ship design support program that ena
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) and Huisman Equipment have signed a Letter Of Intent (LOI) for the design and construction of two powerful cranes for its planned New Semi-submersible Crane Vessel (NSCV). The cranes, so-called tub cranes, will be based on a large bearing, similar to cranes Huisman b
DNV GL has launched a new service named Build2Design to help shipyards and shipowners improve the fuel economy of their ships by reducing variations in their building process. Significant improvements have been achieved in the design of more fuel-efficient ships in recent years. The performance of t
Shipbuilding catalyst and shipbuilding software provide shipbuilders with best practices, process support and examples of how to facilitate implementation. There is a major transformation underway in the marine sector. Fleet operators need to develop more energy-efficient, reliable and environmental
Ultrabulk has confirmed the order of four newbuildings with an option for fifth, placed during the second half of 2013 with Japanese shipyards. The contract provides for two, optionally three Handysize 38,000 dwt units, one 61,000 dwt Supramax due for delivery in 2015 and one 82,000 dwt unit slated
COSCO Nantong shipyard has delivered a pipelay heavy lift vessel, ‘SapuraKencana 1200’ to SapuraKencana Petroleum, Malaysia’s premier integrated oil & gas services and solutions provider. The SapuraKencana 1200, developed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions, is designed as a self propelled vessel with a 10-
