Shipbuilding News


Canada's Fednav Orders Six New Great Lakers

Aug 17, 2012

Fednav Limited announce contracts with Japanese shipbuilders Oshima Shipyard.The environmentally advanced vessels will be built in Japan and are destined to become the flagships of Fednav's fleet of over 80 ships.The six additional vessels will be delivered between 2015 and 2016…

Yangtze River Delta Shipbuilders Floundering

Aug 17, 2012

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology  reports that orders in first half 2012 are down by 50.3% year-on-year.The volume of handling orders was a mere 125.87 million DWT by the end of June, down 30.7 percent year-on-year…

Wind Turbine Service Jack-up Order for Nordic Yards

Aug 17, 2012

Northern Germany's Nordic Yards contracted by Denmark's DBB Jack-up Services to construct a Wind Turbine Service Jack Up Vessel (WTSJUV).The production of the vessel will be carried out at the yards in Rostock-Warnemünde and Wismar and will take approximately one year…

Diesel Submarine Keel Laid Down in Russian Yard

Aug 17, 2012

The Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg lays down a new Varshavyanka class diesel-electric submarine for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.Stary Oskol will be the third in a series of six Varshavyanka class submarines which are expected to join the fleet by 2016…

Wärtsilä to Power Four Svitzer Tugboats

Aug 16, 2012

Wärtsilä contracted to supply power systems of four modern diesel-electric tugs building for Australian owner Svitzer.The vessels are being built at the ASL shipyard in Singapore and are scheduled to be in operation by early 2014.Each of…

Hamburg Süd Christen Container Ship

Aug 15, 2012

Hamburg Süd celebrate the christening of container ship “Santa Barbara” at the Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) in Shenzhen, China.The “Santa Barbara” was the last of a total of ten new buildings of the “Santa” class to be christened…

Austal Graduates Four-Year Apprentices

Aug 15, 2012

Part of Austal’s growing talent pool – 3,000 and counting. Austal USA honored 15 graduates of Austal’s cutting-edge four-year apprenticeship program yesterday at a ceremony held in the new Office Complex Multi-Use Room. This was recently…

Planned Floating Production Projects Hits All-Time High

Aug 15, 2012

IMA has just completed an in-depth analysis of the floating production sector. The 175 page report Floating Production Systems: Assessment of the Outlook for FPSOs, Semis, TLPs, Spars, FLNGs, FSRUs and FSOs is the 47th in a series of IMA reports on the deepwater production sector that began in 1996…

Braemar Extends its Commitment to the Industry

Aug 15, 2012

Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association) has announced that the next of its popular programme of Port and Shipyard Familiarisation courses will be run in conjunction with the U35 Marine Insurance Group.Providing a practical insight into port operations…

Jensen Maritime Open New Orleans Office

Aug 15, 2012

New Location Strategically Positions Jensen along U.S. Gulf, West and East Coasts.Seattle-based Jensen Maritime Consultants, a Crowley Maritime Corporation company, announced today that it has expanded its presence to the U.S. Gulf with the establishment of a third office in New Orleans…

Hamburg Süd Christens Containership in China

Aug 15, 2012

On Wednesday, August 15, 2012, Hamburg Süd celebrated the christening of its container ship “Santa Barbara” at the Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) in Shenzhen (People’s Republic of China). Sponsor of the “Santa Barbara” was Johanna Oetker…

China Shipyard Wins Grimaldi Five Ship Contract

Aug 15, 2012

Shangai's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding contracted by Grimaldi Group to build 5 large RoRo container ships.The new generation of 3,800-teu Ro-Ro container ships will replace ACL's existing fleet of such types of ship operating in the company's…

China Shipbuilder Ponders Overseas Yard Acquisition

Aug 15, 2012

China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC) says it has had advanced talks with a European shipbuilder so far.Despite the travails of the lack of orders at home one of China’s shipbuilding majors is looking at taking advantage of the downturn…

Ice-class Tugboat Launched in Archangel Shipyard

Aug 15, 2012

Laysky Shipyard in Archangel, Russia, launches the 'Iskander' tugboat for delivery to Ecotek-Bunker after sea trials.The new tugboat will transport barges laden with coal, firewood, construction materials to remote areas of the Arkhangelsk region: Mezen…

Deepwater Semi-submersible Rig Ordered by Diamond

Aug 15, 2012

A Diamond Offshore Drilling subsidiary contracts with Jurong Shipyard, Singapore for a moored semi-submersible rig.Total cost for the project is expected to be approximately US$ 370-million, including commissioning, spares and project management…

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