Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced on Friday that the next Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) will be named USS Indianapolis. USS Indianapolis, designated LCS 17, will be the third ship to bear the name. The previous Indianapolis is best known for its role in World War II, where it op
The ever more stringent environmental requirements in the shipping industry have triggered a myriad of innovative technological solutions when it comes to cutting emissions from ships. One of such examples is Wartsila’s open loop scrubber system aimed at improving air quality by reducing exhaust gas
The pile Gripper Arms have been installed on the jack up vessel MPI Discovery. The Arms, installed this week, stabilise 6m diameter 650t steel piles as they are driven into the seabed by the vessel. Installed on the vessel’s stern below deck level, they provide resistance to wave, tide and current f
The Australian joint venture BAM Clough has taken acceptance of its new built jack-up barge, IB-914, which departed China earlier this week. The new built process was concluded in less than a year’s time and the jack-up barge will be deployed in Australia on BAM Clough’s near shore projects portfoli
Pacific Basin Shipping Limited (Pacific Basin) has finalised terms of 12 – year post – delivery export credit agency (ECA) financing in respect of two handymax vessels. These two handymax vessels are already part of the Pacific Basin newbuild fleet and scheduled to deliver by the end of 2013. The fa
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea has delivered the second Triple-E container ship, the Maersk Majestic to Danish owner Maersk Line. The vessel is now on its way from Busan to Gwangyang with its first cargo load. The third container ship in the series, Mar
GasLog Ltd. yesterday announced that it has ordered two new 174,000 cbm Tri-Fuel Diesel Electric LNG carriers from Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (“Samsung”) in South Korea. The vessels are expected to be delivered in Q3 and Q4 2016, respectively, and upon delivery will commence firm seven-year
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order to provide integrated solutions that include the electrical propulsion system, Azipod® CZ and automation system onboard two offshore accommodation vessels. The 1+1 accommodation vessels will be built by COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division installed the third and final aircraft elevator on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). The elevator, which is used to move aircraft from the hangar bay to the flight deck qui
Almaz Shipyard carried out the launching ceremony for the fourth patrol ship of the Project 22460, the Izumrud (Emerald) on August 14th. In total, 25 ships of the project, which was developed by Severnoye Design Bureau, will be constructed at Almaz Marine Plant till 2020. Designers and shipbuilders
Bardex announced that it has received a Purchase Order from Samsung Heavy Industries of Korea for a mooring system for the Ichthys semi-submersible central processing facilities production vessel. The order comprises four moveable Bardex Linear Chain Jacks and twenty eight Bardex proprietary BarLatc
Sulzer Pumps will supply 69 pumps to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering for installation on a new Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia, scheduled for delivery in several phases betwe
Another fast-track delivery to Chevalier Floatels has enabled the company to yet again deliver a vessel (its third) for service support operations in the 2013 season. Adding another versatile vessel to its fleet, Chevalier Floatels has distinguished itself as an organization that is capable of makin
Incat Crowther announced a contract to design a 34m Catamaran Passenger Ferry for Fullers Group Ltd, the operator of the Auckland ferry network. The vessel, under construction at New Zealand builder Q-West, is the result of a thorough review of the network requirements, in which Incat Crowther worke
