Shipbuilding News


Rolls-Royce to Design & Power Chinese OSV's

Nov 16, 2012

Rolls-Royce wins a £12 million order to design and equip two platform supply vessels (PSVs) to be built at Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industries in China.Rolls-Royce UT 755 LN vessels are designed specifically for transporting solid and liquid…

Ultra-Deepwater Drillship Order for Korean Yard

Nov 16, 2012

QGOG Constellation S.A. exercise a Samsung Heavy Indurstries contract option for an advanced capability DP3 drillship.This will be the third drillship ordered from SHI in South Korea and is scheduled to be delivered in December 2014.The…

NNS Employee Named Outstanding Apprentice 2012

Nov 16, 2012

Newport News Shipbuilding employee Greg Hoefflin has been named an Outstanding Apprentice for 2012 by the Virginia Apprenticeship Council.Hoefflin, a 2012 graduate of The Apprentice School at NNS, is the ninth Apprentice School graduate to receive the honor since it was first awarded in 1998…

New Evergreen Container Ship Christened 'Ever Lawful'

Nov 15, 2012

The seventh L-type containership for Evergreen Line, launched and named at Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard. The new ship  was christened by S.S. Lin, the Evergreen Group's First Vice Group Chairman, and the ceremonial rope cutting for the new 8…

BAE Sytems Agrees to Acquire Marine Hydraulics Intl.

Nov 15, 2012

BAE Systems  entered into a definitive agreement with American Maritime Holdings, Inc. to acquire Marine Hydraulics International, Inc. (“MHI”), a privately held company that operates a shipyard, pier and waterfront facilities in Norfolk, Va…

British Navy Names New Fleet Support Ships

Nov 15, 2012

'Tide-class' the name given to four new Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) tankers to serve as part of the RN's fleet replenshment programme.The 37,000-tonne ships will come into service from 2016 to replace the RFA's single-hulled tankers, and…

New Icebreaker Could Keep Northern Sea Route Open

Nov 15, 2012

Russia's Baltic Shipyard starts construction of the first LK-60 nuclear-powered icebreaker.The LK-60 will be the largest and most powerful icebreaker ever built, making commercial traffic along the Northern Sea Route possible all year around…

New Offshore Construction Vessel Joins Multraship Fleet

Nov 14, 2012

Multraship takes delivery of Multrasalvor 3 built by Damen Shipyards for work offshore UK.Multraship continues to invest in its diverse fleet of towage and salvage vessels to help provide the highest levels of responsive service to the international shipping industry…

USS Anchorage Maiden Voyage Panama Canal Transit

Nov 14, 2012

Amphibious ship 'USS Anchorage' (LPD 23) transits the Panama Canal while in 4th Fleet's area of operations for the first time.USS Anchorage departed the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Shipbuilding site in Avondale, La. Oct. 30, 2012 to sail to her future homeport of San Diego…

Grandweld Delivers Aluminum Crew Boat

Nov 14, 2012

Grandweld Shipyards delievered “Zamil 101” the first of three fast aluminum crew boats to Zamil Offshore. The vessel was part of a contract, which was signed in November 2011, to build and deliver three sister crew boats. The 33.5m fast…

BV Classes World's Largest Containership

Nov 14, 2012

Bureau Veritas has classed what is currently the largest containership in the world. Built by DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering) in South Korea for French operator CMA-CGM, CMA CGM Marco Polo is the first in a series of three 16…

ASL Marine Group Buys Out Vosta & CFT

Nov 13, 2012

Vosta LMG Group of Companies & CFT International acquired by ASL Marine Group subsidiary Leo Dynamische Investering BV.Vosta LMG’s business is complementary to the Group’s current business segments of shipbuilding, ship repair and conversion and ship chartering…

USNS Montford Point Floated from NASSCO Building Dock

Nov 13, 2012

General Dynamics NASSCO completed the complex float out operation for the first Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) ship, USNS Montford Point. Construction of the USNS Montford Point is progressing ahead of schedule, with the ship currently at 91% complete…

Singapore's JES Holdings' PSV Newbuild Option Taken Up

Nov 13, 2012

JES International Holdings Limited reports Norwegian customer has exercised option for four more UT 755 LN Platform Support Vessels (PSV's).The ships will be delivered in early 2015.
“The group is thrilled that our expansion plans into the offshore space have taken off…

China Shipbuilders Woeful, Many Face Uncertain Future

Nov 12, 2012

Many Chinese shipbuilders flounder in the face of a declining world shipping slowdown according to the latest industry reports.Production at Chinese yards, the world's biggest shipbuilders by tonnage, declined steeply during the first three quarters of the year…

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