Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has broadened its capability in ship design with the establishment of a new team dedicated to the development of naval ship designs. Rolls-Royce has been at the forefront of innovative ship design for nearly 40 years, designing over 800 vessels, used ma
General Dynamics NASSCO yesterday delivered USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14) to the U.S. Navy, marking the completion of a highly successful U.S. shipbuilding program that has spanned more than a decade. USNS Cesar Chavez is the fourteenth and final ship of the T-AKE class of dry cargo ammunition ships
On October 5, 2012, Austal completed main engine light off of the two MTU 9,100kW 20V 8000 M71 propulsion diesel engines and the two 22,000kW GE LM2500 gas turbine engines on the 127-meter Littoral Combat Ship Coronado (LCS 4). The light-off of the main engines follows the fuel load and the testing
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded the contract to supply integrated power and automation systems for two new icebreakers being built for a Russian state-owned enterprise by Vyborg Shipyard JSC, a long-time partner of Wärtsilä. The contract was
Today, Crowley Maritime Corporation will christen the first two of four tugboats in the ocean class series, Ocean Wave and Ocean Wind, tomorrow in New Orleans. The vessels were designed by Crowley subsidiary Jensen Maritime, which has a recently opened office located at 1515 Poydras Street, Suite 20
The world’s largest classification society ClassNK, announced that the world’s first specialized vessel for the carriage of Nickel Ore has been built and registered to the NK class. The vessel, the Jules Garnier II, was built by Naikai Zosen Corporation and delivered to Japanese shipping major JX Sh
With the global naval sector looking to deploy more energy efficient vessels, GE’s Power Conversion business is supplying its electrical propulsion drive train technology for the U.K. Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s (RFA) new fleet of Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) tankers. When completed,
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has delivered Paradise 400, a high-specification KFELS B Class jackup rig to Safin Gulf FZCO (Safin) ahead of schedule and with a strong safety record. The rig is a refurbishment and upgrade of a KFELS B Class jackup rig that Keppel FELS purchased in 2011. Developed
On October 23rd, 2012 the self-propelled dry-cargo vessel “NEVA-LIDER 2″ (project RSD49) returned to Nevsky Shipyard from builder’s sea trials. The Sea Trials Program was successfully completed during the builder’s sea trials. Designer – Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-SPb, JSC. The vessel will hav
ABS, a leading provider of classification services to the marine and offshore industry, yesterday announced the release of the new Energy & Environmental Manager module within NS5 Enterprise, the industry-leading asset management software suite. This module complements the ABS portfolio of services
Moments ago, a contract signing ceremony for a new tug vessel took place at Damen booth at the Offshore Energy 2012 Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam. The contract was signed by the Dutch shipbuilder and a privately owned towage company Iskes Towage and Salvage. The new vessel, of ASD 2810 Hybrid
YM Unanimity, an 8,626 TEU full-container vessel built for Yang Ming by CSBC CORP., TAIWAN, was delivered and named at a ceremony held at CSBC Kaohsiung Shipyard on October 19, 2012. The ceremony was presided over by Dr. Frank Lu, Chairman of Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp., and Mr. Robert Lai, Cha
BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design and engineering consultancy, announced that the first 26m XSS Windfarm Support for Turbine Transfers has been launched at the Sepers B.V shipyard in Holland. The XSS (Extreme Semi-SWATH) offers significant improv
An affiliate of American Petroleum Tankers Parent LLC (APT), a company majority owned by funds managed by Blackstone on behalf of its investors, announced its commitment to build two new state-of-the-art tanker vessels at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego. Th
