Great Lakes Shipyard continues to make progress on the construction of two tugboats for SEACOR Holdings, Inc.’s new Aura Class. Hull 9201 was the first of the tugs to be launched using the Shipyard’s 770-ton Travelift. The tugs will undergo various testing over the upcoming weeks. Great Lakes Shipya
On March 28th, 2013 keel-laying for the tenth 7,150 dwt dry-cargo «river-sea» type vessel of project RSD49 (Yard Number 410) took place at Nevsky Shipyard, LLC. The Shipyard is building the vessels for North-Western Shipping Company (NWS), JSC. The vessels of RSD49 project, developed by Marine Engin
U.S. Navy and contracted salvage personnel embarked onboard the U.S. Navy contracted crane vessel M/V Jascon 25 completed on March 30th the removal of the grounded mine countermeasures ship Ex-Guardian from the Tubbataha Reef. The final section of the hull, the stern section, which weighed approxima
Norwegian Cruise Line on Friday announced that the line’s newest and most innovative ship to date, Norwegian Breakaway, successfully completed her technical and nautical sea trials which took place off the coast of Norway and Denmark. Over the course of several days beginning on March 25, Norwegian
In Harlingen (The Netherlands), two newly-constructed Damen ‘Twin Axe’ catamaran ships of the FCS 2610 type were officially named on Friday 22 March. In the near future, these ships will be deployed in the completion stage of a large-scale wind farm on the North Sea, 90 km north-west of the island o
One Injured and Three Missing after Tanoto Shipyard Fire (Singapore) One man has been seriously injured while three are still missing due to a fire that broke out yesterday at Tanoto Shipyard off Shipyard Road in Jurong, Singapore. SBM Offshore Wins Two FPSO Contracts from Petrobras (Brazil) SBM Off
The foundation of a large converter platform has been pulled out of the dock hall at the Wismar shipyard. Prior to this, the shipbuilding hall was completely flooded, NDR.de news site informs. The next step is shipping the foundation of the “HelWin alpha” platform to the North Sea. It will be anchor
It seems that another shipbuilding contract is to be signed between a Chinese shipowner and a Taiwanese shipbuilder. Namely, China’s SITC International Holdings is set to order eight 1,800 teu container vessels worth USD 192 million in total from Taiwan’s state shipbuilder CSBC Corp, Asian news port
Sentinel Marine has placed orders with Nam Cheong to construct four Multi-Role Field Support Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRVs). The vessels will feature dynamic positioning, redundancy of propulsion and thruster systems, cargo carrying capabilities and advanced rescue and recovery equipm
An agreement is to be reached between Chubu Electric and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI) for execution of a shipbuilding contract for a 164,700m3 Moss (independent spherical tank) type LNG Carrier, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) announced. KHI’s newly-developed hull form design will be
Huntington Ingalls Industries welcomed the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) to its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division today, following a six-week delay in its arrival. Lincoln was originally scheduled to arrive Feb. 14 for its refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH), but it was amon
Palumbo Shipyard in Naples was entrusted by the Canadian Groupe Desgagnés for the completion of M/V Bella Desgagnés. The vessel was built at 60% by a Croatian Shipyard that went bankrupt. Some of the biggest shipyards in the Mediterranean were called to bid for the Tender regarding her completion an
Astrakhan Shipbuilding Production Association (ASPO) floated out yesterday the first two tug boats in Astrakhan. The vessels were ordered by OMS SHIPPING in the framework of Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) project to set up a fleet for the support of marine operations in the Caspian Sea. Marat Jau
Chengxi Shipyard Co. Ltd. today held a naming ceremony for the 63,800 DWT bulk carrier “Amber Champion”. A representative of Chengxi Shipyard said in a speech during the ceremony: “In recent years, Chengxi Shipyard seized every crucial opportunity of giving full play to constant innovations, diversi
