Vroon announced that, during a “Sino-Dutch dinner” held in Beijing on 15 November, the company signed an intention agreement with the ABN AMRO Bank and the Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM), for the financing of some vessels currently under construction in China for Vroon. The trade dinner was att
DHT Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has reached an agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (“HHI”) in South Korea for the construction of two very large crude carriers (“VLCCs”) with a contract price of $92.7 million each, including certain additions and upgrades to the standard spe
His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, attended yesterday the first UAE flag-raising ceremony on a merchant ship. The ceremony was held on the occasion of the first commercial ship classification in the UAE by TASNEEF (Emirates Aut
Hamburg-based Hybrid Port Energy GmbH, a subsidiary of Becker Marine Systems GmbH & Co. KG, has awarded a building contract to Shipbuilding and Machinery of Komárno, Slovakia to build the world’s first LNG Hybrid Barge. In summer 2012 AIDA Cruises and Becker Marine Systems teamed up on a long-term c
Hamburg Süd celebrated the christening of its container ship “Cap San Augustin” at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong on Friday, 29 November 2013. With a nominal slot capacity of 9,600 TEU, the newbuild is one of the largest ships owned by the Group. At the same time, with its 2,100 reefer plu
CS Marine of Shanghai has contracted KNUD E. HANSEN A/S for the development of the design of a 120 m Ro-Pax which will operate out of Hainan Island in the South China Sea. KNUD E. HANSEN A/S has developed Concept and Tender Designs with CS Marine on behalf of the Bo Hai Shipyard in China. […]
AVEVA today announced its release of a new business paper ‘Diversification – The technology aspects.’ This paper explains how the latest generation of marine software can help to overcome the diversification challenges that shipbuilders face by integrating its many individual applications and datase
Damen has delivered a customized CSD500 to CCCC Tianjin Dredging. The cutter suction dredger will perform essential maintenance in the Mao Wei Sea in southern China. The shallow draft of the CSD500 is vital as the lake has silted alarmingly the past decades. The multi phase dredging project required
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading provider of innovative products, solutions and services, has announced that its new 2-stroke, low pressure, dual-fuel engine has been selected by Terntank Rederi A/S, the Denmark based tanker operator, to power two new environmentally advanced, 15,000 DWT tank
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) announced that its subsidiary Bahri Dry Bulk had received a dry bulk vessel named Bahri Arasco in Japan on Friday, November 29, 2013. This is the first of five expected deliveries. The vessels were ordered in 2012. Bahri announced in April 2012 t
Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd has signed a contract with Japanese ferry operator Sado Kisen for the construction of an 85 metre Wave Piercing Catamaran for operation on the 39 nautical mile route from Naoetsu Port in the Niigata prefecture to Ogi, the southernmost port of Sado Island. The 85 metre wave pie
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PrimeServ retrofit team signed an agreement, early November, with Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping) of Mumbai, India regarding a propeller retrofit upgrade for their M/T Jag Lavanya – a Samsung-built 105,000 DWT crude oil carrier from 2004. Kappel fixed pitch propelle
Keppel Corporation confirmed that Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) and its topside partners are currently negotiating conversion and liquefaction contracts with Golar LNG on the conversion of an existing LNG carrier into a Floating Storage and Liquefaction Vessel (FLSV). The terms and condition
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading provider of innovative products, solutions and services, is expanding its engine portfolio with the introduction of two additional auxiliary engines, the Wärtsilä Auxpac 16 and the Wärtsilä Auxpac 32. Both the Auxpac 16 and the Auxpac 32 are pre-engineered gen
