For the third time nearly five years, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has stepped down from a three-month command of the multi-national Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, after coordinating operations to deter and disrupt maritime organized crime in the Gulf of Aden as part of international counter-piracy efforts. The fact that there were no [...]
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Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced recently that the Nave Titan, a new building MR2 product tanker vessel of 49,999 dwt, was delivered on June 10, 2013 from a South Korean shipyard. Nave Titan has been chartered out to a high quality counterparty for three years at a rate [...]
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Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has revealed today that its Nigerian subsidiary has won a USD 3 billion worth order for the construction of an FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) unit for an unknown customer. The FPSO will be the largest one in the world to be built until now. SHI’s South Korean yard will [...]
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Norway based Jahre Marine AS has inked a contract with Avic Dingheng Shipyard for building of an LNG bunkering tanker with a capacity of 6200 cbm, SinoShip reports. “Avic Dingheng Shipyard has long experience and knowledge in building LNG, LPG and Ethylen carriers as well as product and chemical carriers, ” the Shipyard’s Spokesman Ni [...]
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Clean Marine AS has been selected by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea to supply Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) for two new shuttle tankers being built for AET. The order will enable the new AET vessels to comply with future legislation relating to sulphur emissions without switching to more expensive fuels. According to Nils [...]
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OW Bunker, a suppliers and traders of marine fuels and lubricants, announced that it has completed its first physical supply test to a customer using a Coriolis Flow Meter in Singapore. The company is currently trialing the introduction of a physical supply service in the region, in order to expand its presence and ensure customers [...]
Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd.(SHI) announced today in its filing to the Korea Stock Exchange that it has received an order for the construction of two large-scale jack-up rigs from Statoil. SHI also revealed that the value of the contract is approximately $1.3 billion. The delivery of the rigs is expected in October 2016. World [...]
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Almi Tankers S.A. announced that on June 10th, 2013, it assumed the management of M/T Almi Navigator, following her delivery to the owners at DSME’s Okpo Shipyard. This 157,787 DWT tanker is the eighth Suezmax of Almi’s newbuilding programme and was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME) to the highest industry [...]
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Leading offshore energy services provider, Jaya Holdings Limited, announced it has reached an agreement to sell a second new state-of-the-art anchor handling tug supply vessel Jaya Sovereign to Canadian buyers, Atlantic Towing Limited. The vessel’s delivery is expected by the end of 2013. The Jaya Sovereign is a sister ship of the Jaya Supreme which [...]
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Incat Crowther and Marine Engineering Consultants (MEC) announced commencement on the construction of a 24m long-range Catamaran Patrol Vessel to work in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA). The GBRWHA is jointly managed by Queensland’s Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing (DNPRSR) and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA). [...]
