Today, a naming and delivery ceremony for Shagang Sunshine, a new 250,000 DWT class ore carrier built by Namura Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., was held at the shipbuilder’s Imari Shipyard & Works. This is the third building of a 250,000 DWT class ore carrier, referred to as a WOZMAX, which is built to carry the maximum [...]
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The hull of what will be the largest warship ever operated by the Royal Australian Navy – the next HMAS Canberra – arrived today in Port Phillip Bay on its way to Williamstown for further construction. Welcoming the HMAS Canberra’s Spanish-built hull to Geelong, Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade Richard Dalla-Riva said the Landing [...]
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AET – a leading global owner/operator of petroleum tankers – formally gave its commitment to the MPA Green Shipping Programme. President and CEO, Hor Weng Yew, signed-up to the initiative at a ceremony held in Singapore as part of the international bunkering conference, SIBCON. The Green Shipping Programme was established by the Maritime and Port [...]
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Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. has agreed to sell its three pipelay vessels, the Caesar, Express, Intrepid and related equipment in separate transactions for total cash consideration of $252,750,000. On October 15, 2012, Helix entered into an agreement to sell the Caesar, Express and related equipment to Coastal Trade Limited for a total of $238,250,000. [...]
Yankee Freedom III, a 34m Catamaran Ferry, was developed in partnership with Yankee Fleet and Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding to provide exceptional passenger comfort and minimal environmental impact on the local environment (emissions, noise and wake wash). To achieve the regulated environmental and passenger comfort criteria, the team packaged the latest evolution in catamaran technology below [...]
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Global heavylift and transportation company ALE have started the mammoth task of weighing, transporting, loading-out and loading-in sections of the HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft carrier. The project was awarded to ALE by Henry Abram & sons. The specialist heavylift and shipping company is the lead partner in a consortium of contractors, delivering the full transportation [...]
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Wärtsilä Moss AS has won a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) to supply inert gas generator (IGG) units to a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project in the Browse Basin, approximately 200km off western Australia. The vessel is due for delivery in April 2016; [...]
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Two Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs) of 310 Class, have been ordered by Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) from Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. seated in Panama City, FL, Marinelog writes. The vessels will be DP-2 classed and incorporate the STX Marine SV 310 design. With this order Eastern Shipbuilding Group now has 10 vessels under contract with [...]
Ship Finance International Limited, today announced that it has agreed to sell the 21-year old combination carrier Front Driver to an unrelated third party and has simultaneously agreed to terminate the corresponding charter party with a subsidiary of Frontline Ltd. Delivery to the new owner is expected to be in the fourth quarter of 2012 [...]
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and nine key members of the Australian maritime, port and energy sectors have established a four-month study organized as a Joint Industry Project (JIP). This JIP’s intention is to facilitate the adoption of LNG fuelled vessels in Australian waters. Using LNG as marine fuel eliminates SOx and particulate matter emissions, nets [...]
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