Evergreen Group yesterday held the naming ceremony for the EVER LOYAL, the eighteenth of the line’s L-type vessels built by Samsung Heavy Industries. In his speech Mr. Raymond Lin, Vice Group Chairman said, “The L-type vessels are a major part of our fleet renewal program. The fuel efficient ships h
Rolls-Royce today announced an order from Chinese state oil company CNOOC, to power Asia’s first gas powered tug. The order is for two tugs to be built at the Zhenjiang shipyard in Jiangsu, China, with an option for an additional two. The first tug is planned for delivery by the end of this year. Ea
Survey ship HMS Echo became the first Royal Navy ship to visit the Middle East’s newest port. The vessel tested the facilities in the Omani port of Duqm to confirm that they could meet the needs of Royal Navy ships in the region. HMS Echo’s forecastle party prepare to bring their ship safely alongsi
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract from Dutch shipbuilding group, Damen Shipyards, for the design and delivery of key components for RoRo access equipment for two 80m ice-class RoPax ferries destined to operate in Canada. The investment in these new vessels is part of the Newfoundla
Petrobras, a Brazil-based integrated oil and gas company, has announced the 7th round of its fleet renewal plan for offshore support vessels (Prorefam). The announcement was made on Monday morning (March 17) at Petrobras headquarters in Rio de Janeiro by the company’s President Maria das Graças Silv
Sanmar, Turkey’s pioneering tugboat building specialist, has delivered the ASD tug ‘Baus’ to the Norwegian owner Buksér og Berging AS. Baus is the sixteenth vessel of the builder’s popular Ulupinar Class ASD tug series designed by Robert Allan Limited of Vancouver, Canada, but with a number of chang
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiaries TTS Ships Equipment AS and TTS Marine GmbH, entered into four new contracts, one for delivery of side-loading systems and three for winches. The total values of the contracts are NOK 110 million (USD 18.4 million). The contract for side-loading systems is
Njord Offshore from Essex, UK, has taken delivery of their first 26m Twin Axe built by Damen Shipyards Group. The vessel was ordered early January 2014 and the delivery took place on 27th February. During this 7-week period the vessel was modified from a basic, standard vessel to suit the specific N
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $602 million contract modification to fund construction of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyer DDG 119 for the U.S. Navy. The yet-to-be-named ship is the second of five DDG 51 destroyers the company was
Pacific Radiance Group has exercised options for two additional ULSTEIN’s PSV designs. In September 2013, Pacific Radiance Group announced the order for two platform supply vessels of the ULSTEIN PX121 design for construction at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding and Offshore Co., Ltd. (SWS Offshore).
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract valued at $642.5 million to build another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for the U.S. Navy. The award brings the total number of ships to be constructed by Bath Iron Works under a multi-year procurement
Scandlines has taken over two hulls of its new vessels, which were under construction at P+S WERFTEN shipyard in Stralsund. The hull purchase agreement with the shipyard, which went bankrupt, was signed in February. Scandlines said that the company will transfer the hulls to another shipyard so that
The world’s largest container ship propeller was loaded onto the Hyundai Together at the HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder on Saturday. The ‘HHLA IV’ floating crane lifted the giant propeller, measuring 10.3 metres in diameter, weighing 113 tonnes and boasting five blades, from its pontoon into th
Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to deliver substantial technology packages for ten new pipelaying vessels ordered by Brazilian multinational energy corporation, Petrobras. In contracts valued approx. NOK 118 Million, the scope of supply includes Kongsberg Maritime’s leading offshore vessel tec
