Jensen Maritime Consultants, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company, announced today that the company has been awarded a new construction management contract for four new 330,000-barrel, Jones Act product tankers, being built by Aker Philadelphia Shi
VWS MPP Systems, subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has been awarded a contract by a leading shipbuilder, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), to supply a Macro Porous Polymer Extraction water purification (MPPE) unit for the Ichthys LNG Project’s Floating Production St
Yesterday in Buenos Aires the President of Argentina, Christina Fernandez de Kirchner became the “Godmother” to a vessel built in Australia. Named Francisco in honour of the Argentine born Pope, the 99 metre World’s Fastest Ship, and the first large dual fuel high speed Ro-Ro to use LNG as its prima
Grandweld Shipyards, the Middle East’s largest shipbuilder, secured a repeat order worth $5 million to build a new 42 meter aluminum crew boat for Khalid Faraj Shipping. This is the third order received by Grandweld from Khalid Faraj Shipping over the last five months. The contract signing took plac
MS Naval Architects of Mystic, CT was competitively awarded a contract from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to provide concept through contract-level design, shipyard bid support, and owner’s rep services for VIMS’ next research vessel. The VIMS research vessel will be used for scientific r
Wartsila introduces a new series of both steerable and transverse thrusters that will further develop the current portfolio. The new Wartsila Steerable Thruster series (WST) is being introduced to replace the company’s Modular Thruster and Compact Thruster series, while the new Wartsila Transverse T
After two very successful RoRo and RoCon designs for CMN and BAHRI, KNUD E. HANSEN A/S focus has moved into the reefer market. KNUD E. HANSEN A/S is the Naval Architect behind the Reefer RoRo, which has been developed in close co-operation with REEFER INTEL and STENA RORO. The vessel is intended for
Algoma Central Corporation will name one of its new environmentally-advanced Equinox Class vessels after the City of Sault Ste. Marie. Greg Wight, President and CEO of Algoma Central Corporation, revealed the news as part of a keynote speech delivered at a luncheon hosted by the Sault Ste. Marie Cha
The Almak, Maritime Training Vessel (MTV) of 44 meters, was officially delivered on September 27 by Piriou group during a launching ceremony held in Concarneau, in the presence of the painter Anne Smith, patron of the vessel and official painter to the Marine. The Almak is the result of close collab
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced yesterday it has commissioned the construction of a subsea support vessel from BAE Systems. Expected delivery of this vessel is by the end of the first quarter of 2016. This vessel will be U.S. flagged and documented with a coastwise endorsement by the U.S.
Global petroleum owner-operator, AET, today named two VLCC newbuildings at the DSME shipyard in Korea. One vessel (Eagle Verona) will be delivered immediately with the other (Eagle Versailles) following in December. Both 320,000dwt vessels are built to the latest “eco-design” to ensure they are the
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. entered into agreements with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (SWS) for the construction of two 208,000 dwt Newcastlemax drybulk vessels, each with fuel efficient specifications and expected deliveries during the first half of 2016. The Company signed the contracts
Lee Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Jackson Offshore Operators, announced today that the company has entered into a multi-year agreement worth over $100 million dollars with BP America to build two Jones Act deepwater PSVs (platform supply vessels). The M/V SQUALL and the M/V LIGHTNING will be 252-feet
Leading offshore energy services provider, Jaya Holdings Limited ( Jaya), today confirmed the on-time delivery of its second new Multi-Purpose Platform Supply Vessel (MPSV), the Jaya Vigilant. She sailed from Jaya’s shipyard in Batam yesterday and was immediately on hire by its charterer for a term
