The newly-built 62-meter Sea Owl exits the Feadship shipyard for sea trials.Although the official launching is not scheduled until July, her service launch offers the first daylight glimpse of Sea Owl’s signature jade mist green and oyster white colour scheme…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build a 7th pea-pod superstructure shape 'Sayaendo' LNG carrier for a 'K' Line/INPEX subsidiary joint venture.Sayaendo series ships feature a unique structure that integrates the LNG tank cover with the ship hull…
The famous Gdansk shipyard is once again in trouble as Its new Ukrainian operator has run out of money to pay wages.In its golden years, the 1980s, 17,000 people worked in Gdansk shipyard, reports Deutsche Welle.Those times are long gone…
Uljanik Shipyard delivers the 26,000 dwt trailing suction hopper dredger 'Bartolomeu Dias' to Luxembourg's Jan De Nul S.A. This is the second such dredger constructed at the yard, with a LOA of 147.6 m and breadth of 30 m.The ship and the…
CIC Boluomiao Shipyard, Zhuhai, delivers 3 oil-spill response vessels to regional safety agency.The delivery ceremony of the oil spill emergency response vessels “GUANGZHOU SANJIANG 1”, “GUANGZHOU SANJIANG 3”, “GUANGZHOU SANJIANG 4” for Sanjiang…
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that Don Perkins has been named vice president of contracts and pricing for the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding division.Operationally, Perkins' organization is responsible for contract administration…
Rear Adm. Thomas S. Rowden, Director of Surface Warfare, gives insight into the two 'Freedom' & 'Independence' LCS variant programs:'Today, I want to provide my perspective on where we are in the development and maturation of these two ship variants…
Incat Crowther designed 'CrewZer Class' 58m Catamaran Crew boat, 'SEACOR Lynx', is the first of two to be constructed in the Louisiana shipyard.SEACOR Marine pioneered the use of large, fast catamarans in the offshore industry with the commissioning…
Keppel FELS delivers the harsh environment rig to Discovery Offshore, which is managed by Hercules Offshore.Named Discovery Triumph at the delivery ceremony, the first KFELS Super A Class jackup has been delivered 46 days ahead of schedule and with a perfect safety record…
Kvichak Marine Industries deliver the 'Patrol 28', a 28’x 9’3” all-aluminum vessel to the Boston Police Department Harbor Unit (BPD). Designed by Kvichak/Amgram Ltd., UK and built by Kvichak Marine, the Patrol 28 is effective for operation in port and coastal waters…
American Shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, announced that it has entered into a contract with an affiliate of American Petroleum Tankers (APT), a company majority owned by funds managed by Blackstone on behalf of its investors…
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announces 16 newbuilding agreements and US$ 525-million in commitments to its 2013 Credit Facility.The company has reached agreements with five shipyards in Korea to construct 16 newbuilding vessels consisting of eight LR2…
Sembcorp Marine's PPL Shipyard secures US$220.5-million contract to construct a jack-up rig for Bot Lease Co.BOT Lease Co., Ltd. is a leasing company of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ which is under the umbrella of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group…
Royal Caribbean Cruises contracts for a third Quantum-class cruise ship to be constructed in the Meyer Werft shipyard.The delivery is for mid-2016 and the price and terms of the new ship are similar to the price and terms of the first two Quantum-class ships…
Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) engineers conducted preliminary Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) seaworthiness model tests in the David Taylor Model Basin, April 22 - May 17.SSC is the replacement for the Navy's existing fleet of Landing Craft…
