Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a contract to supply a high-strength controllable pitch propeller for a new ice-breaking cargo ship which will transport highly valuable nickel and copper concentrates from Canada, through the Arctic ice, to customers in Europe. Canadian company
The CMA CGM Group announced the christening of the world’s largest containership, the CMA CGM MARCO POLO (16 000 TEU), today at the Container Terminal of Zeebrugge, in presence of her godmother, Mrs. Naila Saadé, President of the CMA CGM Corporate Foundation and wife of Mr. Jacques R. Saadé, CMA CGM
The increase in offshore activities means a lot of new work for the repair and conversion industry – and Shipdock is busily improving its position in this market: most recently with the lengthening of the GMS Endeavour’s four massive ‘legs’. New orders are streaming in at Shipdock Amsterdam from the
Alewijnse Marine Systems announced the formation of a new subsidiary – Alewijnse Turkey, located in the southern coastal port of Antalya. The new company is the result of Alewijnse acquiring Turkish electrical engineering company Aquaelecs, managed by Serdan Küçükkuru. Aquaelecs and Alewijnse had pr
In today’s meeting of the creditor committee, and acting on the suggestion of the insolvency administrator, Berthold Brinkmann, P+S WERFTEN decided in favour of the Lürssen Group (Bremen) as the buyer of the Peene shipyard in Wolgast. This decision is subject to approval by the creditors holding lie
BLRT Grupp´s Turku shipyard has finished the repairs of oil tanker SCF Baltica. The specialists of ship-repair yard have dismantled machined, assembled back and balanced the shaft line and propeller (weight 35 tons) of the vessel. Also, main propulsion unit (B&W 7S60ME-C 16660 KW, 105 rpm, weight ap
Scana Industrier ASA has, through its subsidiary Scana Volda AS, entered into an agreement with VT Halter Marine, Inc, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, for delivery of the main propulsion systems and controls for two offshore supply vessels (OSV). The deliveries will take place second half 2013. These
d’Amico International Shipping S.A., an international marine transportation company, operating in the product tanker market, announces yesterday that its operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers Limited (Ireland), will enter into shipbuilding contracts for the construction of two additional new product/
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District officially launched its newest survey vessel – SWART – with a Nov. 30 christening ceremony at the Engineer Repair Yard. The boat is named after Dirk Swart III (1935-2011) who served as captain and operator of District survey vessel GILLETTE from 1
COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced today that COSCO Nantong Shipyard Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co. Ltd., has secured a contract valued over USD370 million from a European company to build a floating production storage and offloadi
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded the contract to supply a sophisticated survey suite to a vessel currently under construction and for use by a consortium of German universities. The universities are the first to specify the high-end 0.5º x 1º configuration of the EM 122 multibeam echo sounder sys
Amarcon, a member of the ABB group, today announced that it has received an OCTOPUS-Onboard order for the new build Dockwise Vanguard. This vessel is the largest and most advanced heavy lift vessel ever built. The vessel was launched in November 2012 and is currently undergoing her sea trials. Dockw
Rickmers Linie, a specialist in the global transportation of break-bulk, heavylift and project cargoes based in Germany, announced today that the company has ordered two vessels from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (China). The newbuildings are multipurpose heavy lift vessels with the carrying capacity
Rem Offshore ASA has entered into a charter agreement with Lundin Norway AS for the PSV vessel “Rem Leader”. The vessel is of VS 499 LNG design. The vessel will be delivered from Kleven Verft AS on 3(rd) January 2013. The firm contract period is 5 or 6 wells, estimated to approx 500 days. In [&helli
