The platform supply vessel ‘Blue Guardian’ was delivered from Ulstein to Blue Ship Invest on 28 June 2013. The vessel is contracted to work in the North Sea. ‘Blue Guardian’ is the fifth in a series of six platform supply vessels (PSV) of the PX121 design from Ulstein Verft, and the vessel is under
TTS Group ASA, through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB, has signed two contracts in South Korea worth approximately 72 MNOK – one with Hyundai Heavy Industries and the other with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. is delivery of internal and e
The Navy and Lockheed Martin, with Marinette Marine Corp., held a keel-laying ceremony for the future USS Little Rock, the Navy’s ninth littoral combat ship (LCS), June 27, in Marinette, Wis. The keel-laying ceremony recognizes the first joining together of a ship’s components. While modern shipbuil
Alfa Laval has won an order to supply Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems for retrofit installation onboard vessels. The order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Systems segment, has a value of approximately SEK 170 million (approx. USD 25.3 Million). Delivery is scheduled for 2014. Due to
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been contracted to supply propulsion packages for 24 new vessels being built for the Singapore based China Navigation Co. Pte. Ltd (CNCo). The ships are being built at the Chengxi and Zhejiang Ouhua shipyards in China, and
MAN Diesel & Turbo recently signed a contract for the supply of 8L32/44CR B.2 engines as part of a complete propulsion package to power a seismic vessel ordered by GC Rieber Shipping of Norway. The contract contains an option for an extra vessel. Four of the engines, along with 2 × 2-speed Flender T
Alfa Laval announced that th company will supply Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems to DFDS Seaways for three roll-on/roll-off cargo vessels to be retrofitted by the Polish shipyard Remontowa. The contract was signed in December 2012 and an initial announcement made in January 2013. Del
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has signed the classification contract for six 174,000 m3 liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers to be built by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co. Ltd. The project is a key milestone in Chinese shipbuilding and a key indicator in the development of China’s LNG ambitions. Whe
Clipper Bulk took delivery of the first of a series of four sister vessels from the Shin Kasado Shipyard of Imabari Shipbulding Ltd. in Japan on June 26. The vessel, named the “Clipper I-Star” after the vessel class, is a 61,000 dwt supramax bulk carrier representing the latest development in techno
As morning dawned yesterday bright and breezy on the pontoons at Seawork, a Kent company headed for the biggest vessel on the water intent on a purchase. GPS Marine from Chatham signed the contract for the 32m Damen Shoal Buster Tug (berth V30). MD, John Spencer is busy expanding the marine contract
Contracts for building the first LNG-fuelled ferry for domestic Danish trade have now been signed. This represents a major milestone as the ship will be the first LNG-fuelled ferry designed for domestic trade in the EU. 1 October 2014 is the date set for the ferry’s first journey between the island
The German navigation system integrator Raytheon Anschütz was selected by the German-based shipowner NSC to supply the latest generation of the IMO-certified Synapsis Integrated Navigation System (INS) to a series of 9,000 TEU Containership newbuildings. The new containerships are built by Korea’s H
Akdeniz Shipyard, one of the largest in Turkey, managed to win one more shipbuilding contract. The shipyard announced on June 18 that it has signed a newbuilding contract for one Fisheries Control, Audit and Research Vessel with Mediterranean Fisheries Research, Production and Training Institute. No
Leading classification society ClassNK has announced the development of the software, PrimeShip-GREEN/PSTA (Progressive Speed Trial Analysis), to help shipyards comply with the Amendment to MARPOL Annex VI making calculation of a vessel’s EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) mandatory. The software
