Following the recent substantial upgrade of the Lobith shipyard, which now boasts a complete range of ‘state of the art’ facilities, the yard is well equipped to perform new building as well as refits, conversions and upgrades. However, in response to the rapidly growing (inland) cruising market, Sh
Sevan Drilling confirmed that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries and LLOG Bluewater Holdings LLC have entered into a three-year charter contract for operation in the US Gulf of Mexico . Sevan Drilling rig no 3 which will be named Sevan Louisiana, which is currently under construction at Cosco Quid
The hull is complete, the steelwork concluded, the building of the deckhouse has begun – in the dock of Sietas shipyard the first jack-up vessel for offshore wind farms developed and constructed in Germany is currently taking shape. Construction started in April 2012; the handover of the ship to the
Drydocks World, the largest shipyards engaged in ship repair, conversion, new building, Rigs and offshore construction, announced the launch of its Drydocks World – Global Offshore Services arm at a special ceremony organised at Dubai Maritime City, the new business units located in Fujairah and Dub
“ICGS Vaibhav”, the 90 meters class of Offshore Patrol Vessel, indigenously designed in house and built by Goa Shipyard Ltd was handed over to the Indian Coast Guard on 31st March 2013 . ICGS “Vaibhav ” is the third in the series of three OPVs built by GSL for the Indian Coast Guard. The vessel [&he
The launch of the second pontoon, from the series of three project GRPN.360 pontoons under fabrication at the yard, based on the leasing model, was conducted at the shipbuilding yard Lotos, Russia (JSC Lotos). The customer of pontoons is the leasing company CJSC Gosznak-leasing, the lessee and the s
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) today announced that it won type approval for the new 35,300 bhp HiMSEN H46/60V engine from nine classification societies including ABS, BV, CCS, DNV, GL, KR, LR, NK, and RINA. The type approval test completion of the IMO Tier III compliant HiMSEN H46/60V exp
A ceremony was held recently to commemorate the completion of the Indonesian submarine’s basic design. It is Korea’s first submarine export so DSME received a great deal of media attention when signing the contract. DSME had 50 basic design drawings approved by the Indonesian Navy and began the stru
Golden Ocean Group Limited announced that it has concluded two newbuilding contracts for 60,000 dwt Supramax bulk carriers with Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) in Japan. The design provided by JMU represents the future design Supramax bulk carriers with the latest technology available in order
On March 22, Mr. Ding Nong, Vice General Manager of China Shipping (Group) Company (abbr. China Shipping) and President of China Shipping Industry Co., Ltd (abbr. CIC), visited CIC to get first hand information on the preparation for building 10,000-TEU container ships. After debriefing the CIC mana
DSME of South Korea said that on 28th March. Hull No. 2288. a 159,800 CBM LNG carrier ordered by Maran Gas Maritime Inc. was named ‘Woodside Rogers’ at Quay F.I by Ms. Jan Rogers, spouse of Mr. Bill Rogers who is the former Chairman of Woodside Energy Ltd. She is the first vessel in a […]
Marine Assets Corporation (MAC Offshore) has announced the successful launching of the CSS OLYMPIA at the Liya Pingtan Shipyard, a yard under the management of Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding in Fujian Province, the People’s Republic of China. During a speech given at the launching ceremony, MAC CEO, Mr.
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) completed and delivered a 72,800 dwt type Open Hatch Jib Crane General Cargo Carrier MV “FINCH ARROW” (MES Hull No. 1837) at its Chiba Works to 311 RAINBOW SHIPPING S.A., Panama on March 27, 2013. This is the 2nd vessel of its series which has a larg
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) was awarded a $2.6 billion cost-plus-incentive-fee contract on March 29 for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The work will be performed at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) divi
