BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, has announced its latest design, developed in partnership with Claydon Reeves. With her state-of-the-art Extreme Semi-SWATH (XSS) hullform, Oxygen redefines the explorer yacht genre, offering outstanding speed and seakeeping performance with the luxury a
Fr. Lürssen Werft announces that it wants to make it very clear that no agreement has been made with Drydocks World in Dubai in any way. Lürssen says that it is surprised and displeased by the press releases and the content. Contrary to the announcement of Drydocks World in Dubai, Lürssen wishes to
The Navy will christen the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) Choctaw County, named for three U.S. counties, located in Mississippi, Alabama and Oklahoma, which share the county’s name, during a ceremony in Mobile, Ala., Sept. 15. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will deliver the ceremony’s principal add
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has delivered the WILLIAM FLORES, the third Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. The announcement was made by Bollinger executive vice president of new construction, Chris Bollinger, “We are very pleased to announce the delivery of the WILLIAM FLORES
Today, DFDS has cancelled the contracts with the German shipyard P+S Werften GmbH, Stralsund, concerning the construction of two freight ships (ro-ro) ordered in November 2010. The contracts are cancelled on account of the shipyard’s breach of several terms of the contracts. Thereby, DFDS’ investmen
Statoil has, on behalf of the licence owners, issued a letter of intent to Samsung Heavy Industries for construction of a new permanent floating storage unit (FSU) for the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea. The contract is worth an estimated USD 230 million and includes options to buy two additiona
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced that subsidiaries of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd have made the following deliveries: 1. COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd has delivered two bulk carriers of 57000 DWT, “OBSERVATOR” and “VOYAGER”, res
Lienchiang County Government of Taiwan has ordered two 9L32/44CR four-stroke engines to power a Ropax vessel sailing between Keelung and the Matsu islands, an archipelago located close to the Chinese mainland. The medium-speed engines will form part of a complete propulsion system delivered by MAN D
Bangladeshi Shipyard Western Marine has successfully laid the keel for a Germanischer Lloyd classed (GL) tug boat under construction for the Chittagong Port Authority. The new tug will be Western Marine’s 100th newbuilding. Torsten Schramm, COO of GL and Falk Rothe, GL Executive Vice President, Clas
Bollinger Marine Fabricators, L.L.C., Amelia, La., a Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. company, has delivered the OCEAN WAVE, the first of four “Ocean” class tugs, to Crowley Maritime Corporation. “We are extremely proud of our Ocean Class team and the delivery of the first in class tug, OCEAN WAVE“, said C
TTS Group ASA, through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB, has signed two contracts in South Korea worth approximately 72 MNOK – one with Hyundai Heavy Industries and the other with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. is delivery of internal and e
On 10 September 2012 in Busan (South Korea) a naming ceremony of a new SCF tanker Georgy Maslov took place. The vessel was named after a distinguished figure in the modern history of the Russian commercial shipping, a former head of all-Union association “Sovfracht” – Georgy Maslov. It is the second
Precious Shipping dry cargo ship-owner from Thailand has sold its four newbuild bulk carrier orders, placed with ABG Shipyard to Global Carriers Pte Ltd from Singapore amid the shipyard’s failure to deliver the vessels in time. “Due to indefinite delays in delivery dates and passing of the contractu
According to al.com, BAE Systems and Weeks Marine Inc. marked a major milestone in the life of the MV Magdalen, an 8,500 cubic yard capacity trailing suction hopper dredger. BAE Systems Southeast Shipyard Alabama LLC in Mobile hosted the traditional keel-laying ceremony for the ship, during which We
