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Damen Delivers Shoalbuster 3209 to Acta Marine

Mar 06, 2013

Coastal voyager on its way for offshore wind farmsLady sponsor Annemie van der Ven- Scheeren, who named the ‘Coastal Voyager’ of Acta Marinein Amsterdam (The Netherlands) on 28th February, has not taken her task lightly. The spouse of the…

Marinette Marine Awarded Two Navy Contracts

Mar 06, 2013

Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC) has been awarded options to build two additional Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). These are the fifth and sixth LCS ships that MMC has been contracted to build under the 2010 block buy contract. The award of…

Dutch Superyacht 'Larisa' Launched by Feadship

Mar 05, 2013

Feadship has launched the 57.60-metre twin-screw motoryacht with an interior from Bannenberg & Rowell Design.Larisa features a contemporary classic exterior profile, with a wide range of modern features. The strong curvaceous signature lines…

STX OSV Becomes VARD

Mar 05, 2013

Shipbuilders & designers STX OSV adopt new brand name following sale of STX Europe’s majority stake in the company to Fincantieri Oil & Gas.Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of VARD, Roy Reite, said, “I am excited to announce that VARD will be our new name…

RS Platou: Shipbuilding Capacity Lower

Mar 05, 2013

RS Platou Economic Research AS said in a monthly report that global shipbuilding capacity is significantly lower than it was at its peak five years ago.Though a dramatic increase in building capacity among global shipyards has been observed over the last decade…

New Azerbaijani Shipbuilding and Repair Unit Opens

Mar 05, 2013

President Ilham Aliyev reportedly participated in the opening ceremony for the newly built ship repair and shipbuilding production unit of the State Caspian Sea Shipping, News AZ reports.Chief of the Azerbaijani State Caspian Sea Shipping…

Submarine 'HMS Ambush' Commissioned

Mar 05, 2013

The Royal Navy's latest, most advanced attack submarine commissioned into the Royal Navy at HM Naval Base Clyde.Ambush was commissioned into the Royal Navy during a ceremony overseen by the submarine’s crew, naval base workers and around 500 invited guests…

First Maersk Triple-E Container Ship In the Water

Mar 05, 2013

The first of  20 giant Triple-E ships for Maersk Line comes out of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Mechanical Engineering Co. drydock for fitting out alongside.The name 'Triple E' is derived from the class's three design principles: 'Economy of scale…

Danish Ocean Research Vessel Keel Laid

Mar 04, 2013

The hull of the new vessel is being built in Szczecin, Poland, for later delivery for completion at Denmark's Hvide Sande Ship & Bådebyggeri yard.The Roman goddess Aurora gives her name to Aarhus University's new research vessel which from the summer of 2014 should be ready to sail…

Robert Allan Designed Tugboat Delivered to Colombia

Mar 04, 2013

New AVT 3000 Class Voith Schneider tugboat for Carbonnes del Cerrejón completes delivery voyage from Turkey to Colombia.The  new tugboat, Media Luna, sailed into Puerto de Bolivar, Colombia to be welcomed by other Cerrejón towing vessels providing fire monitor displays…

Austal LCS Contracts Signify Navy's Program Commitment

Mar 04, 2013

The US Navy has exercised contract options with Austal USA for the construction of LCS 14 & LCS 16.Austal USA’s order backlog has grown by approximately $681.7 million dollars as a result of two additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contract options being exercised by the United States Navy…

GD NASSCO USNS 'Montford Point' Christening

Mar 03, 2013

General Dynamics NASSCO San Diego Shipyard the venue of the christening by Alexis (Jackie) Bolden.The U.S. Navy's newest ship, USNS Montford Point (MLP-1) named in honor of Camp Montford Point, the Jacksonville, N.C., site where the first African-American Marines were trained…

New Cutter Suction Dredger Launched by IHC Merwede

Mar 01, 2013

IHC Merwede has launched the first IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP at the company's Sliedrecht shipyard in The Netherlands. The successor to the highly successful IHC Beaver® 6518 is part of the renowned IHC Beaver® series of standard cutter suction dredgers…

Scorpio Tankers Ink Six Newbuilding Contracts

Feb 28, 2013

Scorpio Tankers exercise options with Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockard for altogether six new tankships.The contracts are for the construction of four MR Product tankers for approximately $33.0 million each and two Handymax ice class-1A (37,000 DWT) product tankers for approximately $31…

China Shipyards Take the Lead from Korea

Feb 28, 2013

Korean shipbuilders outperformed by their Chinese competitors in 2012 exports, 11 years after Korea in turn overtook Japan in 2001. 
The Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry analysis of data from the Korea International Trade Association puts exports by Korean shipbuilders at US$37…

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