DUNCAN, the sixth and final Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, set sail on November 16 from the company’s Scotstoun shipyard on the Clyde to embark on her second stage sea trials off the west coast of Scotland. During the next 19 days at sea, DUNCAN will undertake an extensive programme of trials, including [...]
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PM Coast Maritime Pte. Ltd. has completed sea trials of PMS 1386, the first of two RAstar 3200 tugs to be built by their own shipyard in Singapore. The RAstar class of tugs is intended for operations in exposed areas such as many new LNG terminals where a high standard of sea-keeping is required. With [...]
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On November 10th, 2012, the second RSD49 project self-propelled dry-cargo vessel “NEVA-LEADER 2″ of deadweight 7150 tons, successfully completed the acceptance trials. The vessel was built by Nevsky Shipyard for North-Western Shipping Company. The KM Ice2 R2 AUT1-C class vessel is designed by Russian Marine Engineering Bureau Design-SPb. It is able to transport general and [...]
The amphibious transport dock Arlington (LPD 24), the eighth built at Huntington Ingalls Industries, recently returned from successful builder’s sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Dock trials started last week, and the ship left HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division on Aug. 21 for three days of at-sea testing. “Our shipbuilding team worked diligently to get [...]
Frigate INS Tarkash (F46) built by the Yantar shipyard for the Indian Navy has successfully completed its sea trials in the Baltic Sea. After enduring various types of testing, INS Tarkash is heading back to the shipyard where the vessel will receive the final touches in preparation for its hand over. Yantar has been building [...]
MV ROYAL SESA, built by Chengxi for SESAGOA, successfully completed its three-day sea trails and returned to the outfitting quay of Chengxi Shipyard on 15th August, 2012. MV Royal Sesa is a floating transfer station built for SESAGOA India. The ship is 92.4m in length, 28m in breadth, 6.5m in depth with two cranes and [...]
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore is leading the way in saturation diving safety in the North Sea after recently carrying out fully successful evacuation trials. The trials involved mating a Self Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboat (SPHL) from the company’s Diving Support Vessel (DSV), Bibby Sapphire, to a Portable Hyperbaric Reception Facility onshore. Saturation diving requires [...]
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday the completion of another successful sea trial as the amphibious transport dock Anchorage (LPD 23) returned from a three-day testing voyage in the Gulf of Mexico. The company’s seventh ship in the LPD 17 class returned Friday following rigorous testing of most of the ship’s systems. The ship is currently [...]
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The 98 meters long SIGMA class frigate, the third frigate built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the Royal Moroccan Navy, left Vlissingen on the 22nd of May for her sea acceptance trials (SAT) in the North Sea, right on schedule as agreed in the contract. During the SAT, an intensive program was carried out [...]
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INS Vikramaditya is going to take the sea for very important pre-induction trials on June 8. The extensively modernised former Soviet-era carrier Admiral Gorshkov was scheduled to take the sea from the Sevmash shipyard on May 25th. However poor weather forecast delayed the ship’s trials. But, according to the Sevmash shipyard, the delay will not [...]
