The world’s largest floating offshore facility, Prelude FLNG, is being built for the energy multinational, Shell. Lloyd’s Register has been actively involved on the project, ensuring it will operate safely and sustainably, and applying our FLNG expertise through classification, equipment certificati
Together with the Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand, Siemens has developed the world’s first electrically powered car ferry. The 80-meter vessel can carry 120 cars and 360 passengers. From 2015 onward, it will serve the route between Lavik and Oppedal, across the Sognefjord. The ship’s batteries will b
History was made at Ras Laffan as HE the Minister for Energy and Industry Dr Mohammed Saleh Al Sada unveiled the name of the 140m steel barge Al Ghatroushah, the first project to be completed by Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) and the first vessel of its kind constructed entirely in Qatar. The
Zhenjiang shipyard has, on 13th Jan 2013, successfully launched the first one of series vessel 78m safety standby & rescue/support vessel ordered by a Singapore owner. These series 78m MFSV can accommodate more than 200 persons, have a four-point mooring system for long-term locating and DP2 system
Subsidiaries of Frigstad Deepwater Ltd have entered into turnkey construction contracts for the delivery of two ultra deepwater semi-submersible drilling units from CIMC Raffles in Yantai, China, with options for another four units. The 7th generation drilling units are of the Frigstad D90™ design,
Ultrabulk announced on Friday, January 11, 2013, that the company has entered into an agreement to secure a new generation Kamsarmax bulker of 81,000 dwt size, to be built by a leading Japanese shipbuilder and upon completion of construction to be placed on long term time charter of up to 13 years t
US Fab, a Vigor Industrial company, will soon begin construction on a 250’x70’x15’8” deck barge for Harley Marine Services at Vigor’s Swan Island shipyard in Portland, Oregon. This purpose built barge was designed by Jensen Maritime Consultants to transport a wide variety of cargo between Dutch Harb
On behalf of the insolvency administrator of P+S WERFTEN the following statement has been released: The signed order for two RoRo special vessels for the Danish shipping company DFDS is now in the hands of the insolvency administrator and is subject to various conditions. As the insolvency administr
The European Union will co-finance with over €250,000 from the TEN-T Programme a project to convert an existing vessel into a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering ship so that it may be used to refuel other ships. The project, which takes place in the Port of Stockholm and contributes to the realis
Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry held, Jan. 11th, the steel-cutting ceremony for the 4th 4.7 million cb ft, Woodchip Carrier with hull number MD148-4.7M CF CC-04. Main dimension: Total length 199.80m ; moulded breadth 32.20m; moulded depth 16.30m; design draft 11.00m; scantling draft 11.90m; service sp
Hyundai Heavy Industries has officially delivered the fourth 318.000 DWT very large crude carrier (VLCC) named Brightoil Grace to Brightoil Petroleum. According to Brightoil the vessel comes as one of the largest oil tankers in the world and is designed with the most modern and fuel efficient featur
BW has signed a ship-building contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for BW’s first Liquefied Natural Gas Floating Storage Regasification Unit (LNG-FSRU). Expected to be delivered in 2015, it will be the latest addition to BW Maritime’s fleet of 16 LNG carriers, building on and increasing the Compan
Together with partners White Smoke Shipping has developed the WS3 project. The vessel is designed for the growing LNG bunkering market of the North European ECA with special focus on the Baltic sea. The WS3 project is developed together with Delta Marine and Omega Marine of Turkey as well as Frederi
The Suezmax tanker AST Sunshine was named yesterday at a ceremony at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in Geoje, South Korea. The vessel is owned by Stena Bulk and Japanese Asahi Tankers, each with 50 percent, in the joint venture Asahi Stena Tankers. The tanker is a third generation, fuel-efficient Su
