Eidesvik new building, Viking Princess, was named in an official ceremony in Bergen, Norway, on September 14th Lady sponsor of the vessel is H.K.H. Crown Princess Mette-Marit. Viking Princess is by ggnr. 347 from Kleven Shipyard, and is the sister ship to Viking Prince, which was delivered in March this year. Eidesvik Offshore and Kleven [...]
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KND has been awarded a design contract for a new 14m Interceptor. KND has taken a deep plunge, not just designing a remarkable new Interceptor, but also moved away from the traditional way of placing transverse and longitudinal frames. KND’s new method will increase the fairness of the topside and hull bottom plates. All this [...]
The official launching of removal activities of the 230-metre bulk carrier MV Miner, scheduled to begin with the arrival of plasma cutting machines on Thursday has still not been confirmed by the selected salvage company, namely the Bennington Group, the Herald News reports. The vessel in question, owned by Arvina Navigation SA of Turkey, ran [...]
The German navigation system manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz has won a contract about the supply of NautoSteer Advanced Steering Gear Control Systems to two prototype cruise ships. The cruise ships are being built at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard for the British-American Carnival Corporation. Carnival will operate the new cruise ships under their Princess Cruises brand. At 141,000 [...]
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According to jamaicaobserver.com, the Kingston Wharves’ port expansion project will cost up to US$50 million. This very important project can be done just in time for the completion of the Panama Canal – scheduled for the first half of 2015. The project includes: - creation of the new area for ships at the wharf, - [...]
On 21st, August of 2012 , 58.7m AHTS ADS ARENDAL built by Yuexin Ocean Engineering has been Delivered to Lion AHTS AS Company successfully. Applying the preliminary design of KHIAM CHUAN MARINE, the vessel is built under the survey of Bureau Veritas. It measures in length of 58.7m with 14.6 breath moulded and 4.5m max [...]
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Progress was made on Rena this week, despite salvage operations being suspended for two days due to high winds and swells. The project remains on schedule. The total combined weight of steel removed is now approximately 430 tonnes, which is more than 20 per cent of the total weight to be removed. The RMG 280 [...]
The Navy will christen the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) Choctaw County, named for three U.S. counties, located in Mississippi, Alabama and Oklahoma, which share the county’s name, during a ceremony in Mobile, Ala., Sept. 15. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will deliver the ceremony’s principal address. Women from Ackerman High School’s class of [...]
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Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has delivered the WILLIAM FLORES, the third Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. The announcement was made by Bollinger executive vice president of new construction, Chris Bollinger, “We are very pleased to announce the delivery of the WILLIAM FLORES, to USCG Sector Miami. We look forward to the [...]
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The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa has invited expressions of interest (EOI) from consulting firms to draw up a Maputo port gateway and freight corridor strategy. According to engineeringnews.co.za, this strategy would form part of a coordinated approach focused on the Maputo port and transport corridors development. The Maputo corridor links the landlocked [...]
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