The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited today announced that COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co . Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co. Ltd., has secured a contract valued over RMB500 million (approx $81.5 Mln) from a Chinese ship owner to build one 28,000 CBM LNG Vessel. The [...]
Hoegh LNG Holdings Ltd has received commitment letters from five international banks for a USD 299 million Limited Recourse Facility for the financing of LNG Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) and Mooring system to be located offshore Labuhan Maringgai, in the Lampung province, at the south east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia (the Project). The [...]
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a new contract for one 120-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) MacGregor offshore crane and two 10-tonne offshore cranes from South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). The cranes will be installed on a new 123m specialised dive support vessel being built for UK-based Subsea 7, a construction and services contractor [...]
LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings LLC, of Jennings, LA, a subsidiary of LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC has signed contracts with Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, an affiliate of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. of Covington, LA for the construction of two STX Marine SV 310 Multi-Purpose Supply Vessels; 302’ x 76’ x 26’, 12,070 BHP diesel electric powered MPSV’s. “These [...]
Washington shipbuilder Penn Cove Shellfish (DBA Everest Marine) has chosen Arkansas-based NAMJet to provide TRAKTOR Jet propulsion solutions for its newest oyster harvest vessel, Pacific Express I. Custom-designed by Stew Everest for Coast Seafoods and operating in Grays Harbor, Washington, the TRAKTOR Jet -powered Pacific Express provides exceptional maneuverability and power in the shallow, windy [...]
Croatian-based Brodosplit shipyard has won two contracts for the construction of five three-mast schooners and one luxury passenger yacht. The three-mast schooners are designed to carry 36 passengers for cruise in service area 2, as per class requirements for passenger vessel. Ships length will be 60 meters, breadth of 10 meters and depth to main [...]
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured new offshore winch contracts from three Chinese shipyards, Fujian Southeast, Fuzhou Baima and Guangdong Yuexin Ocean Engineering. The winches are destined for 22 anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels under construction for a number of international owners. “Our offshore winches have been specified for a run of new-series small and [...]
World’s Largest Boxship Readies for Inauguration The CMA CGM Group announced the arrival of CMA CGM JULES VERNE, the world’s largest containership, sailing under the French flag. CMA CGM JULES VERNE began its first rotation … Nam Cheong Bags Contracts Worth $110 Mln Nam Cheong Limited (Nam Cheong), a leading global offshore marine player and [...]
Focal Marine & Offshore has got a significant order for their 78m PSV (FOCAL 522) design, with quantity up to 10 ships which are to be built in Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in China. FOCAL 522 PSV design is with 4,000 ton deadweight, 800 m2 deck cargo area, complement of 60 men and carriage of multi [...]
Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie) yesterday announced the conclusion of a two ship order from La Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ). The two dual-fuel LNG Ro-Pax ferries will operate on the St. Lawrence River on the Tadoussac-Baie-Sainte-Catherine route and shall enter service in 2015. Alan Bowen, CEO of Davie commented “This project has been [...]
