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 [...]
Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (BSIC), China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation’s subsidiary, has been awarded a construction contract for four 250,000 dwt very large ore carriers (VLOCs) by Chinese state-owned Shandong Shipping Corporation, Sinoshipnews informs. The vessels are expected to be completed within the following three-year period. The four VLOCs will be engaged in transportation [...]
ChartCo announced that following a period of evaluation and trials, SeaSpan Corporation, a leading independant owner of container ships has placed an order with ChartCo to fit its navigation data management system across the entire fleet. ChartCo will be installing its full software suite, including PassageManager™, and supplying paper and electronic chart updates to each [...]
Carnival Corporation & plc has signed an agreement with JOWA Technology and JOWA W.F.E. for the purpose of supply and installation of equipment and related training on board Carnival Corporation & plc cruise ships. This agreement follows a period of extensive testing on board the Princess Cruises’ cruise ship Grand Princess. The tested Diesel Switch [...]
On April 7th, 2013, Dredge Technology Corporation will introduce its well-known Simulator Training to the USA. The training will be presented in collaboration with the Netherlands-based Training Institute for Dredging (TID) and make use of TID’s own Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) Simulator. For a period of three weeks, starting from April 7, 2013, a series [...]
International Shipholding Corporation yesterday announced the purchase of a 1999-built Pure Car Truck Carrier (PCTC). The vessel acquisition was funded by a $3.5 million cash payment and the sale of the Company’s 1994- built PCTC, Green Cove, to the seller in a transaction valued at approximately $27.5 million. The newly purchased PCTC, which will [...]
The German navigation system manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz has won a contract about the supply of NautoSteer Advanced Steering Gear Control Systems to two prototype cruise ships. The cruise ships are being built at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard for the British-American Carnival Corporation. Carnival will operate the new cruise ships under their Princess Cruises brand. At 141,000 [...]
A Chinese state-owned shipyard has ordered MacGregor variable frequency drive cranes and folding-type hatch covers for Greek bulk shipping operator Ariston Navigation’s six new generation 35,000 dwt bulkers. The contract is booked into Cargotec’s second quarter order intake. Deliveries are scheduled for 2013 and 2014. Ariston Navigation Corporation, part of the family-owned Xylas Group, has [...]
Danaos Corporation, a leading international owner of containerships, announced that on June 7, 2012, it took delivery of one more 13,100 containership, the HYUNDAI SPEED, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 63 containerships aggregating 349,949 TEU. The Company expects delivery of its last 13,100 TEU vessel by the end of June, at which [...]
Seaspan Corporation announced today that it accepted delivery of a 13100 TEU containership, the COSCO Fortune, on April 27, 2012. The new containership, which was constructed by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., is Seaspan’s fourth delivery in 2012 and expands the Company’s operating fleet to 69 vessels. The COSCO Fortune is on charter to COSCO [...]
