The Japan Bank for International Cooperation signed on October 10, two loan agreements amounting up to 10,754 million Japanese yen (approx. USD 107.1 million) and 10,955 million Japanese yen (approx. USD 109.1 million) respectively, with LNG FUKUROKUJU SHIPPING CORPORATION (FUKUROKUJU) and LNG JUROJ
Royal Caribbean International announced yesterday that a mechanical issue has made it necessary to perform unscheduled repairs to Allure of the Seas. The repairs will take place at Grand Bahama Shipyard, in Freeport, Bahamas, the week of February 24, 2014. As a result, it will be necessary to cancel
ABB has won two orders in the third quarter to provide the waste heat recovery systems, each powered by a power turbine generator (PTG), for fourteen new 8,800 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) container vessels. The first seven post-panamax vessels will be built at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co.
BMT Defence Services Ltd (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, received a royal seal of approval yesterday at its offices in Bath, recognising the company’s outstanding performance in export growth and contributi
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division’s multipurpose amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) returned Saturday from successful builder’s sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Ingalls’ test and trials team started with dock trials Monday and then spent five days operating the ship
CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has announced a second of its vessels, the CWind Resolution due to be named later today in Brightlingsea, has gained the new class notation ‘Wind Farm Service Ships’ introduced by Bureau Veritas earlier this year. The CWind Resolut
THHE Fabricators Sdn. Bhd. (TFSB), a subsidiary of TH Heavy Engineering Berhad (THHE), has received a Letter of Award from Lundin Malaysia B.V. (Lundin) dated 4 November 2013 for the fabrication of Wellhead Platform (WHP) in relation to the PM307 Bertam Field Development Project. Under the Contract,
The contract for the design of a 1,200 passenger vessel was signed between SENER and POSCO PLANTEC (part of the South Korean group POSCO Family) in Madrid on June the 13th, 2013. The vessel is to be build and designed for the following operational areas: Northern Mozambique, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar,
The Dutch weather routing software supplier Meteo Consult and Amarcon, have received an order from Maersk Line to equip a minimum of 110 Maersk Line container vessels with SPOS Seakeeping. The Seakeeping plug-in is a feature within Meteo Consults weather routing software SPOS. With this plug-in the
The fifth of twelve PX105 designed platform supply vessels for Seatankers, ‘Sea Frost’ was delivered from Zhejiang, Ningbo, on 13 November 2013. ULSTEIN delivers twelve design and equipment packages to the Chinese yard, where all the vessels for Seatankers Group will be constructed. The packages inc
Baltic Trading Limited announced yesterday that it has agreed to acquire two 64,000 dwt Ultramax newbuildings for an aggregate purchase price of $56.0 million. The Company also has an option exercisable in January 2014 to acquire two additional Ultramax newbuildings under the same specifications and
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced that COSCO Shipyard Group Ltd have secured contracts totaling over USD380 million to build two jackup drilling rigs and one bulk carrier. COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co. Ltd secured contracts from a Bermuda company for two (2) LeT
Kongsberg has won a bid to deliver “Full Picture” solutions to highly advanced and environmentally friendly container ships. The contract has a value of more than NOK 150 million (approx. USD 24.3 million) with an option of seven additional ships. In strong international competition Kongsberg Mariti
Incat Crowther announced the launch and delivery of BS Maresias. Built by Arpoador Engenharia Ltda, BS Maresias is the first of three 45m Monohull Crew Boats meeting the specifications of the Petrobras P3-type crew boat for service in the Brazilian offshore oil fields. The vessel’s design features a
