Alicat Workboats, a full service offshore wind farm workboat manufacturer and repair business, has successfully completed and launched the first of four offshore wind farm workboats for a major energy utility. The vessel, named ‘Solway Challenger’, entered the water for the first time late last week
Supacat is unveiling the Supacat Multi-purpose Vessel 24 (SMV24) to the defence and security market at DSEi. Launched to the wider marine and renewable energy sectors in July, the SMV24 is a new concept in support vessel design, which also has the potential to perform a range of defence and security
Amid a colorful spray of water jets over vessels in the Houston Ship Channel Wednesday, the Port of Houston Authority formally welcomed the first of a new fleet of high-performance emergency response vessels. The powerful state-of-the-art vessels will be used to help protect facilities along the Hou
Pendennis are delighted to be working alongside esteemed design studio Dubois Naval Architects after recently signing a 31.3m aluminium sloop. Pendennis and Dubois have a long history of working together with this build representing the ninth successful collaboration. The technologically advanced Ta
Family owned shipping and energy services firm, Craig Group, today (insert date) announced the investment of £70million to build six new vessels at the Balenciaga Shipyard in Northern Spain. Four D class IMT 950 Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRVs) and two F class IMT 958 ERRVs will be deli
Otto Marine Limited, a leading offshore marine company which specializes in building complex offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offers specialized offshore services, announced that the Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the newbuilding of 5 cement carriers. The 5 cement ca
The first 31,200 DWT Equinox Class Gearless Bulk Carrier, named Algoma Equinox and built by Mingde Heavy Industry for Algoma Central Corporation, set sail for sea trials on September 3rd 2013. The Algoma Equinox is expected to commence operations in Canada during the 2013 navigation season. It will
Otto Marine Limited, (Otto Marine) will be holding a vessel naming ceremony for ‘ Go Phoenix ’ at Marina Keppel Bay, Singapore, on 6 September 2013. Norwegian designed and DNV classed, Go Phoenix is a highly complex VS491 24,000bhp Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel which is the second of four
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has confirmed that five 180,000 dwt bulk carriers under construction in South Korea at Sungdong Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, will feature MacGregor side-rolling hatch covers operated by MacGregor’s innovative MacRack technology. The order includes the design and
In August, UK based Solar Solve Marine received an order from their Australian Distributor to supply 49 SOLASOLV® roller screens for the vessel HMAS Canberra. The vessel is the first of two new Landing Helicopter Docks which are being built for the Royal Australian Navy. Construction of the vessel b
The fifth Coastal Fast Rescue Vessel DONG HAI JIU 202 built by Afai for China Rescue and Salvage Bureau of Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China has returned from sea trials. During the trials the vessel’s equipment was put to the test. The results showed that the technical perform
Goa Shipyard Ltd. (GSL) on Monday handed over the second state-of-the-art Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel (NOPV) INS Sunayna to the Indian Navy. Rear Adm (retd) Vineet Bakhshi, VSM, chairman and managing director of Goa shipyard handed over the vessel to Cdr Aftab Ahmed Khan, commanding officer designa
Yesterday, OOCL was joined by honorable guests, business partners, and friends in Busan, South Korea, to celebrate the christening of the OOCL Bangkok, a 13,208 TEU newbuilding that will be joining the company’s fleet this year. OOCL Bangkok took center stage at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard
Despite competition from other UK based ship recyclers, Swansea Drydocks has won the MOD competition to recycle the former HMS Cornwall, a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. The vessel was built in 1985 by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Glasgow, commissioned at Falmouth in 1988 and decommissioned in 2011 fo
