Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie) yesterday announced the conclusion of a two ship order from La Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ). The two dual-fuel LNG Ro-Pax ferries will operate on the St. Lawrence River on the Tadoussac-Baie-Sainte-Catherine route and shall enter service in 2015. Alan Bowen, CEO of Davie commented: “This project has been [...]
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Focal Marine & Offshore, a Singapore / Shanghai based OSV designer, has received a significant order for their 78m PSV (FOCAL 522) design, amounting up to 10 ships to be built at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in China. FOCAL 522 PSV design features 4,000 ton deadweight, 800 m2 deck cargo area, complement of 60 men and [...]
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Wilson Sons Limited (WSON11) announced its results for the First Quarter, according to which the Company’s net income reached USD 19.5 million, primarily due to strong performances in the Towage, Offshore Vessels, and Shipyard businesses. “Despite soft exports, we delivered a strong first quarter in terms of cash generation, with bottom-line margins growing significantly,” said [...]
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KONGSBERG has been awarded a significant offshore automation contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The contract covers deliveries to four Transocean owned new-build drill ships, with an option for KONGSBERG to deliver products and services for six more drill ships. “We call this a ‘Full Picture’ solution, as it includes dynamic positioning, position [...]
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The offshore market remains buoyant, with exploration and production driving new fleet investment, design innovation in vessel efficiency and reduced environmental impact. Operations in more challenging offshore environments are also demanding enhanced vessel manoeuvrability, station-keeping and overall safety, in line with tightening regulations. The sector’s opportunities and its cutting edge technology will be on show [...]
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Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. announced the christening and launching of the M/V BRAVANTE V for Boldini S.A. of Brazil. The event was held on March 21, 2013 at Eastern’s Nelson Street facility with hundreds of Eastern employees and guests. Attending were Renato and Regina Nascimento, William Wueman and William Grutter along with several members that [...]
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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 [...]
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Wilh Wilhelmsen ASA and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have today signed an agreement to build two Post Panamax vessels. When delivered in 2014 and 2015, the vessels will commence service for Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics. “Although the car carrying market at the moment might be somewhat weaker than we would like, we believe that the long [...]
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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 [...]
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On Saturday, May 4 dry cargo ship hull number NB 415, MV Alice, was launched at the Ferus Smit Shipyard in Westerbroek, the Netherlands. Swedish shipping company Erik Thun AB is the owner of the vessel. MV Alice was named after Alice Källsson, wife of Helge Källsson who founded the shipping company 75 years ago. [...]
