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). [...]
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a fixed-price incentive, multiyear contract for construction of five Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (DDG 51s) for the U.S. Navy. The contract, announced today, has a total value of $3.33 billion and includes options for engineering change proposals, design budgeting requirements and post-delivery availabilities, which, if exercised, would [...]
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Essar Ports Limited (EPL), through its wholly owned subsidiary Vadinar Oil Terminal Limited, has emerged as the highest bidder by quoting 31.01% revenue share for mechanization and operation of three iron ore berths (two outer harbour berths and one inner harbour berth) at Visakhapatnam port on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis for a concession period of 30 [...]
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 [...]
Cargotec’s MacGregor has received EUR 22 million order to deliver a 900-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) MacGregor subsea crane to the South Korean shipyard, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd. The crane will be installed on a 150m multi-purpose offshore construction vessel (MOCV) ordered by Sealion Shipping, on behalf of Toisa Ltd. ”This is the largest active [...]
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A symbolic keel-laying ceremony on the 17th of April 2013 in Gorinchem, The Netherlands, officially launched the construction phase of 14 Damen ASD Tugs for Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). The series consist of two types, being 9 tugs of Damen’s recently launched 3212 model and 5 units of the well-known 2810 design, with 80 and [...]
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The Ministry of Defence in Oman has awarded Damen Shipyards Group a contract for the construction of a Sail Training Vessel (STV). The 87-metre square rigged, three-masted steel clipper will take up her role as a flagship. In addition to its key role of training young Omani navy cadets and officers, the new clipper will [...]
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The dredger IHC Beaver 5014C, manufactured by the Dutch IHC Beaver Dredgers B.V. Company, was delivered to Lung Lo Construction Corporation, reports vir.com. This modern dredging machine, once operational, will contribute to promoting productivity and quality of the group’s port constructions activities. IHC Beaver® 5014 C This type of dredgers is equipped with a single [...]
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Subsea 7 S.A. today announced that it has signed a contract to build a new heavy construction vessel which will be delivered in 2016. The new vessel will be one of the most capable heavy construction vessels in Subsea 7’s fleet of over 40 ships. She will be deployed globally to meet increasing market demands [...]
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Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen yesterday held a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction work on a new R&D test facility at Plant 1. The company plans to invest more than €60 million in the project by 2015. In future, technicians will be able to run function tests on newly developed engines on [...]
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