Mobimar’s most recent archipelago service vessel left her outfitting quay in Turku. The sea trials had been approved by the classification and the new owner. The final approval was quite easy for all parties to sign as all the requirements were fulfilled. For instance the requested speed 30 knots wi
Malaysia-based international offshore oil and gas services provider, Bumi Armada Berhad, and an India-based diversified business group Shapoorji Pallonji Company Limited on Saturday announced the ready for departure of its FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) vessel, “Armada Sterling”
As part of the company’s industry-leading new vessel build program, Crowley Maritime Corp. christened the first two of four tugboats in the ocean class series, Ocean Wave and Ocean Wind, on Friday, October 26th 2012, in New Orleans, La. Both tugboats are scheduled to begin work this year in the U.S.
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) accepted delivery of a Panamax Bulk carrier, m.v. Vishva Vijay on 25th October, 2012. The vessel is the third of the series of the four Panamax bulk carriers ordered by SCI with STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., China. Orders for these vessels were plac
On Friday, October 26th 2012, Carnival Corporation & plc announced it has reached an agreement for the construction of two new cruise ships – a 99,000-ton ship for its Holland America Line brand and a 135,000-ton vessel for its Carnival Cruise Lines brand. A memorandum of agreement has been signed w
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has awarded its highest technical honor, the David W. Taylor Medal for notable achievement in naval architecture or marine engineering, to Dr. Kirsi Tikka, currently President of the ABS Europe Division. The award was given at the society’
On October 25th 2012, Damen Shipyards Galaţi (DSGa), member of Damen Shipyards Group, launches its hull number 1226: the Nuclear Cargo Vessel 1600. The NCV 1600 was ordered by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) and will replace her predecessor M/S Sigyn, which has been in se
The self-elevating and self-propelled vessels were designed for Swire Blue Ocean, Denmark, for installation of offshore wind turbines and support in the offshore oil & gas sector. The first of the two vessels was delivered from Samsung Geoje Shipyard in October 2012, and the second is expected to fo
Two newly-built 205,000 DWT bulk carriers “RTM Dampier” and “RTM Zheng He” have been launched by Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd (HHIC-Phil) at the company’s Subic shipyard. The owner of the vessels, the homeport of which will be London, UK is Rio Tinto Shipping Limited. The 299.9 met
In the morning of October 22th, 2012, the keel laying of Coastal High Speed Rescue Vessel “Nanhai rescue 202” took place at Afai Southern outfitting workshop. The leaders from Guangzhou Marine Bureau, CCS Guangzhou branch, ship owners and Afai Southern’s leaders together witnessed the ceremony. The
UK’s marine and investment management company Norse Management placed an order for a pair of 82,000 dwt dry bulk carriers with Chinese shipyard Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, SeatradeAsia reports. The vessels’ price is $28m each and they should be delivered in the second half of 2014. Under the c
A new vessel intended for boosting underwater archaeological search activities will be ready by the end of 2013 to set sail in the Chinese waters, China Daily reports citing a statement of State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH). The challenging 80 million yuan ($12.8 million) task of const
On Oct. 23 the first 47, 500DWT bulk carrier unit “You Hao 1” of Shanghai Friendship Shipping., LTD. was successfully named and delivered at CIC Changxing shipyard’s No.1 outfitting quay of. The vessel was built by China Shipping Industry Jiangsu (CICJS). The ceremony was hosted by Mr. Wang Yiling,
ShipConstructor Software Inc. (SSI) has expanded the capabilities of its Autodesk based shipbuilding software, opening up new possibilities for parallel design and engineering amongst distributed teams. A new product called WorkShare Design allows users of ShipConstructor’s CAD/CAM application to in
