Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. has signed contracts for the construction of in total 6+2+2 sixth generation 180,000 dwt capesize bulk carriers with two EU shipping companies. By optimization design and configuration of linear, propulsion equipment, affiliated energy saving device, Waigao
The President of the Republic of the Philippines, Benigno S. Aquino III, visited Austal’s shipyard in Balamban, Cebu last week to formally mark the facility’s opening. The event was attended by approximately 300 people, including Austal management and employees, local officials and other guests incl
Olympic Shipping awarded contracts with Kleven last summer for construction of a large Marin Teknik design MT 6022 OSCV – which runs under Kleven’s Hull No. 362. Now the optional sister vessel – H/N 363 has been confirmed. PG’s contract with Kleven cover liquid cargo handling, utlity and engine room
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been selected to supply the main engines and auxiliary generating sets for a new Scottish owned ferry. The RoPax vessel, meaning that it is designed for transporting both wheeled cargo and passengers, was ordered by Lloyds
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and leading offshore facilities contractor announced the Company, as a sole EPIC contractor, won a USD 1.1 billion order for the topside facility to be installed on the Aasta Hansteen spar hull, also being built by HHI, from Statoil on
OOCL announced the christening of two 13,208-TEU mega vessels at a ceremonial event held at the Geoje Island Shipyard in Korea on Friday, the first time the company is taking delivery of newbuilds of this size. The first vessel to be christened was m.v. OOCL Brussels by Sponsor Mrs. Hsu Lai, Chao-Yi
On January 16, Heerema Marine Contractor’s new Deepwater Construction Vessel Aegir set sail for the Netherlands after almost 19 months of construction at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) yard in Okpo, South Korea. After a short stopover in China, where Aegir will load the first
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) announces that in connection with the replacement program approved by its board of directors for the general cargo fleet, the Company has sold on the evening of Wednesday 16th of January,2013 it’s general cargo vessel (Saudi Abha) for scrapping a
Höegh Autoliners has placed an order with Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry for three next generation PCTCs (Pure Car and Truck Carriers), with option for more. The vessels will be Post-Panamax type, with a carrying capacity of 8 500 cars and are to be delivered from 2015. These will be state-of-the art
Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) has confirmed it has installed and integrated onboard one of its Great Lake carriers Ecospec’s novel CSNOx system, an emissions abatement system that can remove NOx, SOx and CO2 in one process. The first application of the system, first reported in the November 2012 edit
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd launched, Jan. 15th, an ultramodern LNG carrier VELIKIY NOVGOROD ordered by Sovcomflot (SCF OJSC). The vessel comes as the first of two ordered by Sovcomflot from STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Delivery of the Veliky Novgorod is scheduled for the fourth quar
The UK and Australia will strengthen their long-standing relationship today with a new defence treaty to provide a framework for the many strands of co-operation between the two countries. The treaty, to be signed in Perth today, Friday 18 January, with the Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith,
Work at the Peene shipyard is proceeding according to schedule and the Volkswerft shipyard will resume production on 21 January. Insolvency administrator Berthold Brinkmann gave a report about current developments at the P+S WERFTEN in Stralsund and Wolgast to the meeting of creditors and the credit
BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of BMT Group, announced that it has won a design contract with Penguin Shipyard International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore-based crewboat builder and operator, Penguin International Limited, for the design of two 25-metre monohull Fast Crew Boats. Penguin is bu
