ULSTEIN’s latest design contract for Vroon Offshore Services pushes the total number of offshore ship designs sold past the 100 mark. This milestone has been achieved in 14 years, with 74 of the contracts signed for the X–BOW® design. The numbers behind that ‘headline hundred’ are a testimony to the
Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. has newly developed a 63,000M.T. D/W Type Bulk Carrier “IS” NEW I-STAR, which is to be called NEW I-STAR. The predecessor of this vessel is “IS” I-STAR (commonly called I-STAR). The first vessel of the series was completed in September 2010, and fifty-five (55) vessels
A new warship has been handed over to the Royal Navy of Oman amid colourful celebrations on HM Naval Base Portsmouth this morning. AL RAHMANI is the second of three 99 metre corvettes designed, built and delivered for the Royal Navy of Oman as part of Project Khareef. Her Interim Acceptance, in whic
Five new apprentices have started work at A&P Falmouth, underlining the company’s long-term commitment to Cornwall and the future of the dockyard. The apprentices beat off stiff competition from almost 70 applicants to be awarded the opportunity with A&P, one of the biggest commercial ship repair co
Cargotec’s MacGregor has entered into an agreement to acquire Aker Solutions’ mooring and loading systems unit for an enterprise value of approximately EUR 180 million. The unit, known by the Pusnes brand name, provides mooring equipment, loading and offloading systems as well as a wide range of dec
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced that COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, has delivered a bulk carrier of 57,000DWT, “GREENER”, to its Asian buyer. The delivery documents were signed by and between COSCO Guangdong and the buyer recently. The bulk carrier mea
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) from Ulsan, South Korea, signed on October 29th 2013 two contracts worth circa $492 million for the construction of sixteen Medium Range (MR) tankers. The vessels were ordered by an unnamed ship owner from the Middle East. Hyundai Mipo revealed in a regulatory filing to t
Continuing the long business relations Maersk Drilling placed the order for upgrading of the jack-up drilling rig Mærsk Gallant (built in 1993) with Fayard A/S located at the previous Lindø Yard in Munkebo, Funen. In competition with other Northern European shipyards, Fayard qualified for the fourth
On Thursday October 24, the Association of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in Spain (AINE) handed over the award for Best Spanish ship built in 2012 to Zamakona Yards. The event took place at a gala dinner held at the Club de Campo in Madrid as a part of the 52nd Congress of Naval Engineering
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works successfully launched the Navy’s first Zumwalt-class destroyer Oct. 28 at their Bath, Maine, shipyard. The future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) will be the lead ship of the Navy’s newest destroyer class, designed for littoral operations and land attack. The ship began its t
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Offshore Handling Equipment AS, signed two new contracts for subsea and specialized cranes with a total value of approximately MNOK 60 (approx. USD 10 million). The largest contract is with IHC Offshore & Marine B.V. in The Netherlands. It concerns deliv
The 28,551 GT MS “Boudicca” is one such elegant ship and on November 5th she will arrive at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven for a six day stay. It will be a packed programm of mainly technical work because the ship has to be back on the English cruise market on November 12th. “Boudicca” – named after [&hell
As a global market leader for efficient dredging and mining vessels and equipment, and a reliable supplier of innovative ships and supplies for offshore construction, IHC Merwede will be among the leading exhibitors at Europort 2013. The maritime exhibition takes place on 5-8 November at Ahoy Rotter
Damen Shipyards Galati has handed over the third Platform Supply Vessel in a series of six to World Wide Supply of Norway. World Pearl is built to Damen’s entirely new PSV 3300 design. The first of the Class PSV 3300, World Diamond, was delivered in July to the Norwegian company. “Delivery of the fi
