Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday, April 15 that the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford is complete following the addition of the ship’s upper bow section on April 9 at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS). The upper bow extends the overall length of the ca
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the nation’s newest research vessel will be named R/V Sally Ride, in honor of the former UC San Diego faculty member who was the first American female astronaut and the youngest American to fly in space. The ship is owned by the U.S. Navy, will be opera
The German navigation system supplier Raytheon Anschütz exhibits its new, IMO-certified Synapsis Intelligent Bridge Control system as well as the new Horizon MF as a maintenance-free gyro compass. Horizon MF is Raytheon Anschütz’ new strap down compass system which uses Hemispherical Resonator Gyros
DNV now offers shipowners the support they need to make newbuilds and existing vessels ‘LNG ready’ with class approved designs, ready for later, simple retrofit of LNG technology. The service enables shipowners to make smart choices and minimal investments now in readiness for when LNG bunkering bec
The new build “ZP Bulldog” and her sister tug “ZP Boxer” are the latest fleet members of KOTUG in the Port of Hamburg and were christened by family of the two General Managers of Schleppreederei KOTUG GmbH. Mrs. Petra Peukert, wife of General Manager Andreas Peukert, christened tug boat “ZP Bulldog”
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has secured a contract from Singapore-listed Falcon Energy Group Limited (Falcon Energy) through its subsidiary, FTS Derricks, to construct a KFELS Super B Class jackup rig. Mr Wong Kok Seng, Managi
Federal Research Minister Johanna Wanka, together with representatives of the State of Lower Saxony and the Meyer Werft shipyard, held the keel laying of the new deep-sea research vessel SONNE. The first section of the 116 meter long ship was launched in the dock. The ship will be handed over in Jan
The U.S. Navy will name the next San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship the USS Portland, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced on Friday (April 12, 2013). “Oregon has a long history with the U.S. Navy going back to the construction of hundreds of World War II Liberty and Victory ships at thr
Thanks to experience gained in the building of 100 aluminium crew boats ranging in length from 18 to 53 metres delivered in the last 25 years to the offshore oil and gas sector, Piriou is now moving into the offshore wind farm support ship market. So as to respond rapidly to the growing needs of [&h
Dubai based Shipbuilder Grandweld Shipyards has signed a contract to design, build and deliver 33.5M Fast Aluminum Crew boat for LIWA Marine Services LLC, Abu Dhabi. The contract was signed on April 9, 2013. The 33.5M crew boat will be designed by Grandweld Shipyards, and will be powered by 3 high s
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has received an order to supply a comprehensive solutions package for a series Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Carriers being built for Danish operator Evergas, a leading transporter of petrochemical gases and natural gas liquids.
Delegates from 14 countries have registered for next month’s Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology’s 2nd IMarEST Ballast Water Technology Conference, being held in central London (Wellcome Collection Conference Centre, London NW1) on Thursday 9 – Friday 10 May 2013, just prior to I
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured its third identical offshore crane contract for Volstad Maritime AS series of 125m offshore construction vessels being built by Bergen Group Fosen shipyard in Norway. The order is booked in the first quarter 2013 order intake. Two more active heave-compensate
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), on April 12th, successfully handed over “UN ISTANBUL” to Turkey-based operator U.N.RO-RO IŞLETMELERI A.Ş.. FSG Managing Director Peter Sierk expressed both delight and sadness when the ship was handed over to the yard’s longstanding Turkish customer. “On the
