Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. together with the Lloyd’s Register, which MOL appointed as a technical consultant, and other concerned parties have conducted a thorough investigation into the causes of the mid-June 2013 hull fracture of the MOL-operated containership MOL Comfort on the Indian Ocean. Also,
Voith will provide Voith Schneider Propellers and turbo couplings for two fireboats designed by Robert Allan Ltd. for the Port of Long Beach, USA. With a water pumping capacity of more than 40,000 gallons per minute they will be among the world’s most powerful fireboats. The numbers are impressive:
Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”) has secured contracts with joint ventures of DOF Subsea and Technip for the design and construction of four Pipe Lay Support Vessels (PLSVs). The contracts constitute the largest order in VARD’s history, with an aggregate order value of approximately USD 1.1 billion (N
Clipper Bulk announced that the company took delivery of the 2nd of a series of four sister vessels from the Shin-Kasado Dockyard of Imabari Shipbuilding Ltd. in Japan on Friday, August 9, 2013. The vessel, MV Clipper Triton, joins the MV Clipper I-Star as the newest member of the fleet. Like Clippe
Ardmore Shipping Corporation (Ardmore) on Thursday announced that it has exercised options on two 50,300-dwt IMO 3 eco-design product tankers ordered from SPP Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, South Korea. This extends the series from SPP to a total of eight with deliveries beginning in January 2014. The two-sh
DOF Subsea USA Takes Delivery of ‘Harvey Deep-Sea’ DOF Subsea USA has taken delivery of the new build DPII Multipurpose Construction Vessel – Harvey Deep-Sea under a 4-year long term charter agreement with Harvey Gulf International Marine. CNPC, CSSC Ink Strategic Cooperation Agreement CNPC and Chin
As 2015 approaches, the anticipated rush to install scrubbers has started and announcements of major scrubber contracts are commonplace. Emsys, the laser based emissions monitoring system from US technology firm WR Systems, Ltd. (WR), have now been selected as the compliance monitor system on 5 diff
Four new gantry cranes arrived yesterday evening at the HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai. These state-of-the-art container gantry cranes are designed for the latest generation of mega-ships. Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is therefore laying the foundations for being able to handle ships
AVEVA yesterday announced its publication of a new business paper – ‘On the Beam: How 3D laser scanning technology brings new opportunities in ship refitting and conversion’. In this paper, AVEVA examines how rapid, accurate and non-intrusive 3D laser surveying can increase shipyard capabilities to
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XXI, in a ceremony on 8 August 2013 at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. It is building the innovative vessel for the Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI). The ceremony was
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announced yesterday that it was recently contracted to assist with the repair and maintenance of a semi-submersible drilling rig in the Mediterranean. Boskalis’ share of the project has been successfully completed. Boskalis subsidiary Dockwise was contracte
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), and Crowley Maritime Corporation are expanding the cooperation initiated with the sale and delivery of two product tankers in 2012 and 2013. The expanded partnership includes four new
DOF Subsea USA has taken delivery of the new build DPII Multipurpose Construction Vessel – Harvey Deep-Sea under a 4-year long term charter agreement with Harvey Gulf International Marine. DOF Subsea will immediately commence the planned mobilization, comprising of structural reinforcement of the ba
Nordic Yards has been awarded the tender for the construction of a deckhouse for a Russian icebreaker. A contract for the fabrication of a deckhouse as part of the superstructure for the icebreaker LK-25 was concluded between the St. Petersburg Baltic Shipyard, which is part of the Russian state-own
