ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, signed a long-term Preventive Service agreement with China LNG Shipping International Co. Ltd (CLSICO) to provide maintenance services to all ABB equipment onboard of its six LNG vessels in the next five years. The contract commenced January 1, 2013. The new service agreement will help CLSICO with [...]
The Pilbara Apollo, the latest addition to the RAstar 3200 escort tug series was delivered to its owners, Rio Tinto Ltd. earlier this year. The vessel was constructed at Uzmar Shipbuilding Industry Co. in Turkey and will operate at Rio Tinto’s iron ore export facilities at Cape Lambert (Port Walcott) and Dampier, Australia. The Pilbara [...]
In addition to the announcement covering three newbuilding units made by Ultrabulk on March 19 th, Ultrabulk now confirms having added five further units to its long term fleet. The new units are one additional 61,000tdw Supramax bulker to be built at a Japanese yard and scheduled for delivery 2016, joined by another 81,000tdw Kamsarmax [...]
Sluggish newbuilding market has proven a great time to invest for the long-term, especially for Wisdom Marine Group, one of the largest bulk ship owners in Taiwan, that decided to add nine new dry bulk carriers to its expanding fleet. Three Japanese shipyards, those being Sasebo Heavy Industries Co Ltd, Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co Ltd and [...]
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. and Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation have executed a binding letter of intent to acquire ten vessels, composed of five product tankers and five container vessels with an average age of 5.5 years, from debtors of HSH Nordbank AG through a new joint venture. Angeliki Frangou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of [...]
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has received an order for its Aalborg XS-TC7A waste heat recovery (WHR) economizers for installation after auxiliary engines onboard the entire fleet of the United Arab Shipping Company, the largest regional container ship operator. Delivery is scheduled for later this year. Alfa [...]
Leading Norwegian exploration seismic contractor Dolphin Geophysical of Bergen has awarded VERIPOS a new three-year contract for provision of satellite positioning services aboard its fleet of specialist high-capacity vessels, Artemis Arctic, Artemis Atlantic, Polar Duke and Polar Duchess; the services will also be extended to include Sanco Swift, a new 96-metre vessel due to be [...]
Wan Hai Lines held a christening ceremony for the latest addition to its fleet, a 4,680 TEU container ship “WAN HAI 516″. The ceremony was organized at CSBC CORP., TAIWAN Kaohsiung shipyard on April 10th, Mr. Po Ting Chen, Chairman of Wan Hai Lines presided over the ceremony. There is a total of 14 vessels [...]
Rickmers-Linie has decided to charter in to its fleet the 19,100dwt Pacific Winter, which is a sister ship of Baltic Winter, originally chartered in by Rickmers in December 2011. Rickmers will also extend the existing charter on Baltic Winter. With her 800 tonne lift capacity, the 2011-built Baltic Winter has proven to be a highly [...]
With an estimated crowd of more than 5,000, USS Arlington (LPD 24) was officially commissioned on Saturday. Built by Huntington-Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., Arlington’s keel was laid on May 26, 2008, and she was christened on March 26, 2011. With a projected service life of 40 years, she was delivered to the Navy on [...]
