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Greek Shipowners Place Orders for 142 Newbuildings at Chinese Shipyards

Greek Shipowners Place Orders for 142 Newbuildings at Chinese Shipyards

Greek Shipping Minister, Kostis Moussouroulis revealed in his recent official visit to China that the Greek shipowners had placed an order for 142 newbuildings at Chinese shipyards. According to Official Chinese news agency Xinhua, the Minister said that, the order, which was signed last month, represents 60% of all Greek newbuilding orders placed worldwide. Greek [...]

ShipTek’s ‘Best Repair Yard’ Award Goes to Drydocks World (Dubai)

ShipTek’s ‘Best Repair Yard’ Award Goes to Drydocks World (Dubai)

Drydocks World, one of the most renowned and prolific maritime service providers operating from the Middle East, received the Best Repair Yard Award at the 6th Marine BizTV International Maritime Awards organized in conjunction with ShipTek 2013. The shipyard has done exemplary work, by diversifying from its traditional domain of ship repair, and offering its [...]

GD NASSCO Delivers USNS Montford Point to US Navy

GD NASSCO Delivers USNS Montford Point to US Navy

General Dynamics NASSCO recently delivered USNS Montford Point (MLP-1), the lead ship of the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) class, to the U.S. Navy. The ship is named in honor of Camp Montford Point, the Jacksonville, N.C., site where the first African-American Marines were trained. Construction of the USNS Montford Point began in May 2011, incorporating [...]

Hornbeck Offshore Orders Two MPSVs from LEEVAC Shipyards

Hornbeck Offshore Orders Two MPSVs from LEEVAC Shipyards

LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings LLC, of Jennings, LA, a subsidiary of LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC has signed contracts with Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, an affiliate of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. of Covington, LA for the construction of two STX Marine SV 310 Multi-Purpose Supply Vessels; 302’ x 76’ x 26’, 12,070 BHP diesel electric powered MPSV’s. “These [...]

MacGregor Secures New Offshore Cranes Contract from South Korea

MacGregor Secures New Offshore Cranes Contract from South Korea

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a new contract for one 120-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) MacGregor offshore crane and two 10-tonne offshore cranes from South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). The cranes will be installed on a new 123m specialised dive support vessel being built for UK-based Subsea 7, a construction and services contractor [...]

Two Environmental Service Vessels Launched at Zvezda Shipyard (Russia)

Two Environmental Service Vessels Launched at Zvezda Shipyard (Russia)

Two newly built environmental service vessels—the boom layers and oil/debris skimmers of the R 2010 design were launched at Zvezda shipyard. The compact and maneuverable vessels are intended for emergency oil spill response situations, debris collection and many other uses typical for harbor vessels. The twins, built at Zvezda shipyard, a part of Far Eastern [...]

COSCO’s Subsidiaries Deliver Two Bulk Carriers (China)

COSCO’s Subsidiaries Deliver Two Bulk Carriers (China)

The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited today announced that subsidiaries of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd have made the following deliveries: 1. COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd has delivered a bulk carrier of 35.000 DWT, “CHIOS LUCK”, to its European buyer. The bulk carri er measures 179.99 meters [...]

ClassNK: Rules and Guidance for Survey and Construction of Steel Ships

ClassNK: Rules and Guidance for Survey and Construction of Steel Ships

Classification society ClassNK has announced the release of the latest versions of its Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships. These versions include all amendments dated 17 May 2013. Among the amendments made to the Rules and Guidance this time is the establishment of the “Rules for the Inspection and Registration [...]

Russia: Rosmorport Delegation Visits Vyborg Shipyard

Russia: Rosmorport Delegation Visits Vyborg Shipyard

On 14 May 2013 Igor Levit, Acting General Director of FSUE “Rosmorport”, visited the Vyborg Shipyard, LLC, where 3 diesel-electrical icebreakers of project 2900M are being conducted by order of FSUE “Rosmorport”, which acts as a client constructor. Igor Levit observed the construction progress, and visited the workshops, where formation and welding of icebreaker sections [...]

RS Carries Out LSP1 Plan Approval for First Facility of V. Filanovsky Field

RS Carries Out LSP1 Plan Approval for First Facility of V. Filanovsky Field

On 15 May 2013, supporting blocks for the ice-resistant fixed platform (LSP1) were launched by the LOTOS Shipyard, JSC (Astrakhan Region), this being the first facility of  V. Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. LSP1 plan approval was carried out by the Head Office of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). Consideration of work design [...]

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