A cutting edge ferry, which is the second of two unique ‘hybrid’ vessels, was launched on the Clyde yesterday at Ferguson’s shipyard in Port Glasgow. The ferries are being built following a Scottish Government investment worth over £20 million, which has continued the proud heritage and tradition of shipbuilding on the Clyde. The hybrid ferry, [...]
Ship number two of totally twelve platform supply vessels of ULSTEIN’s PX105 design, ‘Sea Flyer’, was delivered from Zhejiang, Ningbo, to Seatankers Group on 14 May 2013. ULSTEIN delivers twelve design and equipment packages to the Chinese yard, where all the vessels for Seatankers Group will be constructed. The packages include design, engineering and equipment [...]
Another giant piece of the jigsaw that is the Navy’s future carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is finished with her aft island rolled out of the construction shed. The second of two islands on the 65,000-tonne leviathan, the aft one will control flight deck operations by her F35 jets, Merlin helicopters and other aircraft. From this [...]
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited, a leading product, crude and LNG tanker operator today announced the successful delivery of its second fully coated DP2 suezmax shuttle product tanker, Brasil 2014, from South Korea. The Brasil 2014 is a sister vessel to the Rio 2016 that was delivered in March. Both vessels are being deployed on 15-year [...]
The Wilson Sons Group inaugurated the second Wilson Sons Shipyards unit in Guarujá (SP, Brazil) on April 18th. As a result of a US$ 60 million investment, the shipyard, which builds tugboats and offshore support vessels, is expected to double its capacity. The shipyard, which has been named Guarujá II, is equipped with a dry [...]
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announced that the second rig ordered by its associate Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (“AOD”) from Keppel FELS Limited (“Keppel”) in Singapore, ‘AOD II’, has been successfully delivered to AOD’s wholly owned subsidiary, Asia Offshore Rig 2 Limited. ‘AOD II’ will now be mobilised to the Middle East to commence its [...]
Arctic offshore vessel NB 507 was named after Russian Navigator Aleksey Chirikov at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard 11 April 2013. The vessel will be delivered to the largest Russian shipping company Sovcomflot the next week and it will continue its path straight to Sakhalin area in Far East Russia, where it will supply the Arkutun-Dagi oil [...]
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) has announced the winning name for the world’s second hybrid ferry. The innovative ferry, which is being built at Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd in Port Glasgow, is due to be launched in May and will be called MV LOCHINVAR. The names of all ships in the new hybrid fleet will follow [...]
Today (15 March 2013) global petroleum tanker operator, AET, maintained its industry leading position in the world tanker fleet with the delivery of a second “eco-design” VLCC that is fully compliant with the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention. Named Eagle Varna, this 320,000dwt vessel is fitted with a range of innovative technology that significantly [...]
Tarua 302 has been recently delivered by Italthai Marine Limited of Samut Prakarn Thailand to her owners, the Port Authority of Thailand. This is the second RAmparts 2800 Class tug built for the Port Authority of Thailand to this widely accepted design from Robert Allan Ltd., Naval Architects of Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Working in close [...]
