Shipbuilding News


Russian Icebreaker Keel Laid Down

Oct 22, 2012

A ceremony to mark the keel laying of the project 21900M icebreaker, to be classified by RS, was held at the ОАО Vyborg Shipyard.The Icebreaker is to be constructed according to the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS)  class with…

USS Fort Worth Completes Maiden Voyage

Oct 22, 2012

The Freedom-class littoral combat ship 'USS Fort Worth' (LCS 3) arrives in her San Diego homeport.The ship, named for Fort Worth, Texas, the 17th largest city in the United States and the 5th largest city in Texas, was built in Marinette…

ACL's New CONRO's to be Built to UK Standards

Oct 22, 2012

Atlantic Container Line (ACL) confirm that their five new roll-on roll-off containerships (CONROs) will be built to UK standards.The five new vessels are being built at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co. Ltd in Shanghai China.…

HII Yard Christening of LHA 6 'America'

Oct 21, 2012

Lynne Pace, wife of retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, served as the ship's sponsor. The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) built by Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division…

Brunswick Deliver Law Enforcement Boston Whaler

Oct 21, 2012

Brunswick Commercial & Government Products (BCGP) deliver a Boston Whaler 27' Vigilant patrol boat to the Ottawa County (MI) Sheriff's office. The Sheriff's office is tasked with law patrol, law enforcement, and fire suppression activities for the local river…

Seaspan Breaks Ground on $200m Shipyard Modernization Project

Oct 19, 2012

A groundbreaking ceremony today at Vancouver Shipyards, in North Vancouver marks a significant milestone in the re-development of the shipyard into a world-class facility that will build a new generation of vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy…

China Shipyard Gets Five ACL CONRO Orders

Oct 19, 2012

Atlantic Container Line (ACL) contracts Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding to build world's largest largest RORO/Containerships (CONRO's).The G4 (Generation 4) vessels will replace ACL's existing fleet of G3 CONROs operating in the company's transatlantic service…

Oceanex: Flensburger to Build Largest Canadian Flag Con/Ro

Oct 18, 2012

Representatives from Oceanex Inc., were in Flensburg, Germany last week for the cutting of first steel of what will become the largest Canadian flag container/roll on roll off (Con/Ro) ship. This twenty knot, ice-class vessel, to be named the Oceanex Connaigra…

Contruction Starts on World's Biggest Offshore Floating Facility

Oct 18, 2012

At 1601 ft. long  x 242.7 ft. wide, the Prelude FLNG facility will be the largest offshore floating facility ever built.  A new milestone was reached in the world’s use of LNG as fue, as Shell celebrated the cutting of first steel for the…

Austal Gets Turbine Transfer WFSV Order

Oct 18, 2012

Austal to design & construct three wind farm support vessels (WFSV) for UK's Turbine Transfer.The 27 metre catamarans will be used by UK-based Turbine Transfers to support wind turbine installation and maintenance activities in European waters…

US Shipyard Lays First Aframax Tankship Keel

Oct 18, 2012

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard holds ceremonial keel-laying for first Aframax Tanker for SeaRiver Maritime, Inc.The ceremonial keel-laying was for the first of two Aframax tankers that it is building for SeaRiver Maritime, Inc. (SeaRiver), Exxon Mobil Corporation’s U…

US Port Commissions Clean-up Boats

Oct 17, 2012

Port of Cleveland commissions two custom-made boats, named 'Flotsam' and 'Jetson', for removal of floating debris.The two new vessels will remove floating debris from the Cuyahoga River and downtown Lake Erie shoreline. They are part of…

Yankee Fleet Receives Incat Crowther Ferry

Oct 17, 2012

'Yankee Freedom III', a 34m Catamaran Ferry, was developed in partnership with Yankee Fleet and Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding.The new vessel, designed to provide exceptional passenger comfort and minimal environmental impact on the local environment…

Cruise Ship Newbuilding Famine Relieved by NCL

Oct 17, 2012

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) orders new cruise liner from Germany's Meyer Werft with option for a second.The ship's contract price is approximately euro 700 million and the company has export credit financing in place which was arranged and underwritten by KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH of Germany…

BSM to Manage Thenamaris LNG Newbuilds

Oct 17, 2012

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has announced that it has been awarded the ship management contracts for three TFDE 160,000 cu m capacity LNGCs belonging to Thenamaris LNG Inc.The vessels are due for delivery from Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd…

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