Navgathi Marine recently announced its new application in iOS platform “XShip Empirical”. This application opens a new performance management solution for the naval architect and design engineers of shipbuilding industry. XShip Empirical will ensure accurate design calculations with increased operat
VARD Tulcea in Romania on Friday launched the hull of what will become the Solstad Offshore’s new state-of-the-art construction service vessel (CSV), the Normand Reach (NB 825). As planned, the hull will now be moved to the VARD’s Aukra yard (Norway) for final outfitting. The new vessel is 121 meter
Navigator has entered into a contract with Jiangnan to construct a 35,000 cubic meter gas carrier for delivery in April 2016. This vessel will be the largest ethane gas carrier on the market enabling efficient transportation to customers for this essential petrochemical feedstock. The Company has an
Mercy Ships to Build New Hospital Ship Mercy Ships announced that it has reached an agreement with Asian and European shipbuilding firms to purpose-build a new 36,600-GRT hospital ship for Mercy Ships. Contracts were signed between Mr. Dong Qiang, VP of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC)
Precious Shipping Public Company Limited (PSL), a pure dry cargo ship-owner from Thailand, has entered today into eight shipbuilding contracts for four 39,000 DWT bulk carriers and four 64,000 DWT bulk carriers with Chinese shipbuilder Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. The delivery of the ves
Mercy Ships announced that it has reached an agreement with Asian and European shipbuilding firms to purpose-build a new 36,600-GRT hospital ship for Mercy Ships. Contracts were signed between Mr. Dong Qiang, VP of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), and Donald K. Stephens, President/ Fo
Astrakhan’s Krasnye Barrikady shipyard has begun construction of the living quarter platform (LQP-2) for the second stage of Vladimir Filanovsky field developed by LUKOIL in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea. The shipyard will construct two bearing blocks, the topside of the LQP and a catwalk br
After 14 months of construction at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) yard, the Shell Prelude FLNG project continues to create history. Measuring nearly half a kilometre in length and weighing over 200,000 tonnes, the facility’s enormous hull took to the water for the first time. The video below shows t
Navis Engineering has completed work on its latest project involving fast-growing Singaporean offshore specialist Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO), following the commissioning of the DP2 system on board the 70m ROV and diving support vessel Resolution. After successful sea trials and a christening cere
Viking Cruises yesterday announced the keel was laid for its first ocean cruise vessel, Viking Star, marking the next construction phase of the company’s first-ever ocean product. The ceremony took place on Wednesday, December 18, at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard outside Venice, Italy. Viking Star
The future USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3), completed builder’s sea trials at the Austal USA shipyard on Dec. 13, in Mobile, Ala. Successful completion of builder’s trials marks the end of the first phase of a set of rigorous trials during which all of the ship’s systems and capabilities are evaluated to
Wilson Sons Limited (Wilson Sons)announced that through its subsidiary Wilson Sons Estaleiros Ltda, has signed a contract with Oceanpact Serviços Marítimos Ltda (Oceanpact) for the construction of four Oil Spill Recovery Vessels (OSRVs), with recovered oil storage capacity of 1,050 m³, length of 67
Austal Limited announced the handover of a 79.8m RoPax Catamaran, the most recent iteration of its enduring Auto Express ferry range, to French Polynesian operator and repeat customer SNC Aremiti Ferry. The vessel is due to arrive in Papeete just before Christmas and will then enter service between
Ferus Smit shipyard in Leer (Germany) yesterday, Dec 18th, held a launching ceremony for the ice-classed multipurpose vessel m.v. Reggeborg. The vessel, with a cargo capacity of 23.000 tons, measuring nearly 170 meters in length and 20,40 meters in width, is the largest vessel Wagenborg ever owned.
