‘Bow Pioneer’, the first ship built by DSME, has been revived after thirty years. The naming ceremony for Hull No. 2018, the world’s biggest 75,000 DWT chemical tanker ordered by Odfjell SE was held at E2 quay on 29th April. Mrs. Arnhild Odfjell, spouse of Mr. Bernt Daniel Odfjell, the former chairman of Odfjell, named [...]
Chengxi Shipyard Co. Ltd. today held a naming ceremony for the 63,800 DWT bulk carrier “Amber Champion”. A representative of Chengxi Shipyard said in a speech during the ceremony: “In recent years, Chengxi Shipyard seized every crucial opportunity of giving full play to constant innovations, diversification and sustainable development. By the end of the eleventh [...]
OOCL announced the naming of the OOCL Memphis in Shanghai today, the newest 8,888 TEU vessel to join its fleet for the Super Shuttle Express (SSX) service on the Trans-Pacific trade, connecting Asian and North American markets. By incorporating the latest state-of-the-art technologies, improved sailing performance at sea can be realized to enhance OOCL’s competitive [...]
Vessel-naming ceremonies for Shansi and Shantung, the first two of eight S31 Class multi-purpose ships, were greeted by fireworks and traditional lion dances at Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding’s Ouhua shipyard in Zhoushan, China. The vessels will be delivered to the China Navigation Company (CNCo) in 2015 and CNCo’s Chairman Barnaby Swire thanked the yard, CNCo’s site [...]
Friday last week Havyard Group delivered its sixth newbuilding to the Indian shipping company Global Offshore Services and the naming ceremony were held Monday in Aberdeen and Arlie Snellen was Godmother. The platform supply ship (PSV) “Ben Nevis” is a Havyard 832 design. This was the sixth PSV Havyard has built and delivered to the [...]
Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering organized, few days ago, a naming ceremony for Costamare’s two new 8.800TEU containerships. The vessels, named ‘MSC ATHENS’ and ‘MSC ATHOS’, are the largest that Sungdong has built so far. Costamare in 2011 ordered from Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. of Korea five newbuild containerships. All five newbuilds [...]
On February 28, the Christening ceremony of 13,386-TEU container ship MV. COSCO BELGIUM was grandly held at Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co.,Ltd (NACKS) . Mr. Li Yunpeng, Executive Vice President of COSCO Group, Mr. Wan Min, Managing Director of COSCON, Mr. Gao Ping, Secretary of Party Committee of COSCON, Mr. Nobumitsu Kambayashi, the Senior [...]
In the morning of February 21st 2013, Naming Ceremony of Hull No. S051 successfully took place at Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard (HVS). At the ceremony, the vessel was honorably named “Capital” by HVS President’s spouse, Mrs. S. O. Kwon. After the unveiling ceremony, the ceremonial horn-honking and a ship tour on board smoothly followed. The delivery-related document [...]
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus, attended a ship naming ceremony in Seattle at the Port of Seattle in front of guests who included the Governor of the State of Washington, Jay Inslee, Feb. 7. USS Washington (SSN 787) is currently under construction in Newport News, Va. “I am really happy to [...]
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XX, in a ceremony on 2 February 2013 at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. It is building the innovative vessel for Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI). The ceremony was performed by Mrs R Mohanty, the spouse of [...]
