Shipbuilding News


Korean Yard Delivers First of Six New Ships for Bahri

Feb 05, 2013

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) receives the 'Bahri Abha' from South Korea's Hyundai Mipo shipyard.The new ship, of 26,000 dwt, was built especially for the general cargo trade and is the first to be delivered of six…

Incat Crowther Design NZ Lake Ferry

Feb 04, 2013

Australia's Aluminium Marine is building an Incat Crowther designed environmentally responsible passenger catamaran.The 26m long vessel has been commissioned by Southern Discoveries of New Zealand’s South Island to operate out of Queenstown…

Scorpio Orders Four New Tankships

Feb 04, 2013

Scorpio Tankers contracts with Korea's SPP Shipbuilding for the construction of 4 MR product tankers.The cost of each tankship is about US$32.5-million.These vessels will be delivered in the third and fourth quarters of 2014 and are a continuation…

Keppel Earn Bonuses For Early Rig Completions

Feb 03, 2013

Keppel FELS complete two rigs early for Transocean and Asia Offshore Drilling, earning a combined US$1.5-milliion bonus.Over two consecutive days Keppel FELS held naming ceremonies for twin jackup rigs built for Transocean, and another jackup rig built for Asia Offshore Drilling (AOD)…

Malaysian Aluminum Crewboat Cummins-Powered

Feb 03, 2013

Long noted for the quality of their steel vessels, the Sarawak Slipways have recently launched an aluminum crew boat.Built to a design by Singapore-based Naval Consult Pte. Ltd., the 38 by 7.85-meter vessel has a molded draught of 1.75 meters…

New LNG Carrier Delivered to GasLog

Feb 01, 2013

LNG carrier 'GasLog Shanghai' delivered on budget ahead of schedule from Samsung Heavy Industries.The vessel is a 155,000 cubic meter Tri-Fuel Diesel Electric LNG carrier that sets new standards for efficient performance and environmental protection…

Singapore Navy Patrol Boat Order for ST Engineering

Feb 01, 2013

Singapore Technologies Engineering wins Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) contract for the design & build of eight new vessels.The Group’s marine arm, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine) will build the eight vessels at its Singapore Benoi Yard…

MacGregor Wins Ship Equip Deal

Jan 31, 2013

More car carriers benefit from established MacGregor electric-drive technology.MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract to deliver electrically-driven RoRo equipment for two new car carriers under construction at Shin-Kurushima's main facility…

Dredger Builder Delivers Workboats Too

Jan 30, 2013

IHC Beaver Dredgers, known for standard cutter suction vessels, continues to deliver workboats to complement its dredgers.For example, the company has supplied another Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1050 to support an IHC Beaver® 1200 for its operations in Nigeria…

Crowley Maritime Tankship Christened

Jan 30, 2013

Crowley Maritime Corporation christen its newest US-flag tanker, 'Florida', at Aker Philadelphia Shipyard.More than 100 guests, including Chairman, President and CEO Tom Crowley; friends and employees from Crowley; representatives from the customer…

Hamburger Lloyd Name Container Ship

Jan 30, 2013

Hamburger Lloyd holds Singapore naming ceremony for the China-built 5000 TEU container ship 'RHL Fidelitas'.The 5000 TEU container vessel RHL Fidelitas, was built by Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industries shipyard and is the third ship of this kind in Reederei Hamburger Lloyd’s fleet…

Leevac Wins Deal to Build PSV Pair for Aries Marine

Jan 30, 2013

Leevac Shipyards Jennings LLC,  Jennings, La., signed contracts with Aries Marine, Inc of Lafayette, La., to build two LEEVAC Design Services “LDS” 270 DE PSV, a 270 x 56 x 21.5 ft. diesel electric Platform Supply Vessels (PSV).  “We are…

MAN B&W Engines in Two New Capesizes EEDI Compliant

Jan 30, 2013

Centrans (Tianjing) Ocean Shipping has received EEDI compliance certificates for two 180,000 dwt newbuildings.The company reports this as being a first in the global Capesize bulk carrier segment. The two ships are each powered by a single MAN B&W 6S70MC-C8…

World's No.3 Shipbuilder Profits Plummet

Jan 29, 2013

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) net profit fell 82% in 2012.The loss is primarily attributed to the decision DSME made in 2009 to book orders for ships at lower rates to stay afloat in the aftermath of the financial crisis…

Two PSV Contracts for COSCO China Yard

Jan 28, 2013

COSCO Singapore subsidiary COSCO Guandong to construct two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV's).The contract is with a European ship owner for the construction of two PX121 PSV's at a value of approximately US$54-million in total.Delivery of the two vessels is expected in the first quarter of 2015…

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