Following the launch of the IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP in February, the first vessel has been sold to Advanced Construction Company, a member of the Al Geithy Group, based in Saudi Arabia. Testing was successful completed at IHC Merwede’s shipyard in Sliedrecht, The Netherlands, in early March and delivery
On April 16, the Finnish Transport Agency signed a contract with Aker Arctic Technology Inc for the design of the new icebreaker for the Finnish Government. Aker Arctic in cooperation with ILS Oy will design the vessel and prepare the technical documents needed to arrange the tender for its construc
In view of the ongoing disastrous situation in the shipping business and also due to missing impulses for action from the recent 8th Maritime Conference in Kiel, a small group of ship-owners from Leer, Germany, appeals for a concerted action to reduce capacity in the market. A jointly executed strat
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) recently launched the third Anti Submarine Warfare Corvette (ASWC) from its main yard. Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM AVSM YSM NM VSM ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff, Rear Admiral (Retd) A K Verma, VSM, Chairman & Managing Director, GRSE, Kolkata and other di
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, will supply a comprehensive, fully integrated power, propulsion and positioning system for a DP3 Dynamically Positioned offshore accommodation rig being built in China. The contract was signed in January with Cosco (Qidong) Off
Building on a legacy of more than 40 years of innovation and creative design, Royal Caribbean International yesterday unveiled first details of the next generation of cruise vacations – Quantum cruising. The Quantum class of ships will take a dramatic leap forward, introducing more game-changing “fi
Vroon Offshore Services announced that it has secured a long-term contract with BP for the provision of platform-supply and emergency response and rescue services on the UK continental shelf. These services will be undertaken by A- and B-Class field-support vessels and a platform-supply vessel. In d
Signal International, Inc., announced today that work toward the design of an Articulated Tug/Barge Hopper Dredge for Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD) has been discontinued. Signal and GLDD entered into a contract for the design and build of an AT/B Hopper Dredge in August 2012, with construction
Blue Star Line Pty Ltd Chairman Professor Clive Palmer announced today that the shipping company has signed a contract with Deltamarin for the project development phase for the Titanic II project. Blue Star Line has undertaken the task of building Titanic II, a replica of the original RMS Titanic, w
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced completion of work to install a ballast water treatment system on the very large crude oil carrier (VLCC) Libra Trader at Keppel Shipyard in Singapore. On January 10, the company announced plans to install the system on a VLCC ahead of IMO installation compu
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, is to supply inert gas systems for a Floating Storage Unit (FSU) to be located on Norway’s Heidrun offshore oil and gas field, and for two shuttle tankers that will support the FSU. The FSU is owned by Statoil, the Norwegian st
Western Marine Shipyard has signed a new agreement for the construction of two container ships. These ships will be constructed for Neepa Paribahan Ltd and Mir & Islam Enterprise. The deal was signed by the Managing Director of Western Marine Shipyard Mr. Sakhawat Hossain with the Managing Director
South Korean-based Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores S.A. (CSAV) of Chile entered yesterday, April 15th, into a shipbuilding contract worth approx $576.5 Mln. According to the contract, announced on KRX, the shipbuilder will build seven 9,300 Teu containerships for
As one of the first ballast water treatment systems, RWO’s CleanBallast has received the AMS approval . This certificate is awarded by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and is considered to be the crucial supporting requirement for future purchasing decisions of shipowners and yards. Martyn Ayris
