Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) was awarded a $2.6 billion cost-plus-incentive-fee contract on March 29 for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The work will be performed at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. The ship arrived at NNS Thursday using planning contract funding. Lincoln was [...]
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The power & control area in China is experiencing more activities, and a need for more space for offices and production arised. Therefore, Ulstein Marine Equipment in Ningbo recently moved into new and spacious premises in Nordic Industrial Park. Ulstein Marine Equipment was established in Ningbo in 2007, mainly producing electrical cabinets for the maritime [...]
The Naming Ceremony for 25,000 DWT IMO II Chemical/Product Tanker (MD096) was successfully held in Nantong prince dock today. On the ceremony, God mother Mrs. Pinker named the vessel “Reinhold Schulte”. More than one hundred people attended the ceremony, including friends from Bernhard Schulte, SMC, DNV and trading house as well as Shipyard’s own employees. [...]
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Leon Muhammad, Director General of the Directorate General of Sea Transportation, said that Indonesia needs US$46.112 billion for port development projects until 2030. According to Bernama, the government can only provide 31.7 per cent or US$14.613 billion, while the remaining 68.3 per cent or US$31.499 billion will be from foreign investors. Leon said 26 ports [...]
Tsuji Heavy Industries Jiangsu shipyard, on August 28th, started the construction works on one of the world’s first LNG-powered sea-going cargo vessel. The two Rolls-Royce NVC 405 cargo vessels will be built at the Tsuji’s Jiangsu shipyard in China. The vessels will enter service from October 2013, operating along the West Coast of Norway. Rolls-Royce [...]
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA, a leading U.S. commercial shipyard has delivered to Crowley a Veteran Class MT-46 product tanker. This is the thirteenth product tanker that the shipyard has completed and the seventeenth vessel overall. The product tankers are 600 feet long and have a cargo capacity of 46,000 dwt. The ship is named the [...]
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry finalised its preparations for the outgoing trade mission to Hamburg to participate in the 25th edition of the Shipbuilding, Machinery and Marine Technology (SMM 2012 Expo) which will be held in the strategic Germany city from September 4 to 7. The pre-mission briefing session, which was held at [...]
On August 12, 2012, Jumbo successfully completed the transport and discharge of twenty-five MOF caissons for the Gorgon Project. These concrete caissons will form the base of the heavy lift Material Offloading Facility for the Chevron LNG Plant, to be constructed on Barrow Island in Australia. The crew of the Jumbo Jubilee accomplished a discharge [...]
The Belgian heavy lift and special transport group Sarens will transport and install the 16 new lock doors of the Panama Canal. Land transports will be carried out with SPMT’s (Self-Propelled Modular Trailers), for inland water transport Sarens will use their own barges. Sea transport will be carried out by Italian Geodis Wilson using STX [...]
Otto Marine Limited, a leading offshore marine company which specializes in building complex offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offers specialized offshore services, is delighted to report that it has secured a long term time-charter contract for its Landing Craft, CS Ann Marie, through its subsidiary, Go Offshore Pty Ltd with an extension option. The [...]
