Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. announced the delivery of the M/V HARVEY DEEP-SEA, the fourth of its Tiger Shark Class Offshore Support Vessels constructed for Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC of New Orleans, LA. The HARVEY DEEP-SEA was delivered July 19, 2013. The vessel was launched at Easte
OOCL celebrated the delivery and christening ceremony of its newbuild 13,208 TEU containership at Geoje Island in South Korea on July 18, 2013. Leased to NYK Line of Japan, the vessel was named by Sponsor Ms. Madeleine Sands as the m.v. NYK Hermes. By embracing innovative designs and the latest gree
Seadrill Limited (Seadrill) has signed a contract with Chevron China Energy Company for the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship West Tellus in support of Chevron’s affiliated global exploration program. The contract commences in China immediately upon shipyard delivery and thereafter relocates to Lib
Fire Onboard MV ‘HANSA BRANDENBURG’ Shipmanagement Company Leonhardt & Blumberg Hamburg, Germany reports that on July 15 2013 a cargo container caught fire onboard MV “HANSA BRANDENBURG” container ship, during her voyage from Singapore to Durban about 200 nautical miles northeast of Mauritius. Manni
The keel, which is the first part of the boat to be built, was unveiled at a ceremony at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness by Defence Minister Philip Dunne yesterday, 18 July. It comes as MOD announces that the first 2 of the 7 Astute Class submarines, HMS Astute and HMS Ambush, are nearing
Bergen Group ASA has today entered into a Share Purchase Agreement for the group’s Shipbuilding Division with JSV Zaliv Shipyard, Ukraine, one of the leading hull construction shipyards in Central and Eastern Europe. For a purchase price of USD 18.2 million, Zaliv will acquire 51% of the shares in a
In 2012 and also this year, Carnival Cruises docked two of its globally operating fleet of luxury liners – “Queen Victoria” and “AIDAbella” – at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven AG. Now the traditional Bremerhaven facility has landed yet another attractive repair and conversion contract from the same group.
Tsuji Heavy Industries delivered the 6th vessel of NB series, named PRESEVERANCE to her Philippine-based owner Naess Dispatch Shipping on July 9th, 2013. Shipowner representative Mr. Eric Werwie and Mr. Vincent, Executive Director of Tsuji along with Mr. Wu Qingqing, Commercial Director of Tsuji, Mr
Vinashin held a delivery ceremony of the 53,000 dwt bulk carrier, named Thor Breeze at Ha Long shipyard, located in Quang Ninh Province, to Thoresen Co.Ltd, a ship-owner from Thailand, on July 4. The 109-meter long cargo ship, designed by Danish firm Carl Bro in accordance with the latest internatio
Jiangsu Hantong Group signed a shipbuilding contract with Japanese Shipowner Nisshin for the construction of two more 38,800DWT Handysize bulk carriers designed by SDARI . The vessels will be built at Hantong and delivered in the 2nd quarter of 2015. Currently, Hantong has 9 vessels of this same typ
In July, 2013 Cheoy Lee handed over the second in a series of five 50m Towing/Anchor Handling Tugs for Teras Offshore in Singapore. Departing Kowloon just ahead of ‘super typhoon’ Soulik under command of the company’s own crew, Teras Bethel sailed directly to Batam in Indonesia where it will enter s
June saw more enquiries than May, and more were converted into fixtures, but Drewry’s LNG freight index was stubbornly unchanged according to the latest LNG Insight. However, market sentiment remains positive as Cheniere took three vessels on mid-term charter, plus options. One vessel from Dynacom w
Gudrun sailed away from the yard in Haugesund on Wednesday afternoon, July 17. Now she is well on her way to the field where the jacket has been awaiting her since last summer. It is an approximately 24 hour long journey to the field location. “After two years of hard work, dedicated commitment and
Merseyside shipyard and engineering firm Cammell Laird has formally started the second five year cycle of its biggest single contract. Work began in June 2013 on the second period of Cammell Laird’s through-life support cluster contract to maintain nine of the 13 ships in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (
