Together with its Italian partner yard Cantiere Navale Vittoria S.p.a., Damen Shipyards are building two Stan Patrols 5509 to the Italian Guardia di Finanza. The contract, resulting from a European tender, may be considered quite a unique event, says Frank de Lange, sales director North, West and South Europe at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem. Guardia di [...]
The 27th new Tamar class lifeboat was handed over to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) by Babcock yesterday, marking the last lifeboat to be built for the charity by Babcock under the existing contract. The 16 metre Tamar class slipway-launched lifeboat, originally developed by RNLI designers with Babcock, represented a major step forward in [...]
Nor-Shipping announced today that EDDA FERD is nominated for the 2013 Nor-Shipping Next Generation Ship Award. HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway will present the award when announced at the Opening Conference on June 4. The Next Generation Ship Award recognizes the yard, designer or owner with the most promising design idea for a ship [...]
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Marinette Marine Corp (MMC), a parent company of Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani SpA, held on Monday an opening ceremony for its new facility, the Grand Module Construction Building. The ground-breaking is the latest in a recent series of investments made by the shipyard’s parent company, Fincantieri, as part of its five-year plan to modernize [...]
Specialist boatbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered the Njord Puffin to offshore windfarm service fleet operator Njord Offshore for deployment in Northern Europe. “The Puffin is the sixth in a series of eight vessels ordered, a strong signal of our commitment to the global windfarm industry,” said Rodney Davies, Operations Manager at Strategic Marine. “Last week [...]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the current state and development prospects of the United Shipbuilding Corporation. On opening the meeting, the President announced that Vladimir Shmakov has been appointed the new head of the corporation. The United Shipbuilding Corporation was established pursuant to Presidential Executive Order of March 21, 2007 for the [...]
Eco Marine Power (EMP) and KEI System Ltd (KEI) of Osaka, Japan, announced today that they will release later this year, the Aquarius Monitoring and Automation System or Aquarius MAS – a marine computer system capable of monitoring and/or controlling equipment on ships including wind and solar power devices plus being able to monitor fuel [...]
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The first of a pair of 36m crewboats, built by Cheoy Lee Shipyards of Hong Kong, named Swissco Cheetah was delivered recently by the shipyard’s Zhuhai yard to Singapore-based operator, Swissco Offshore. Capable of carrying 50 tonnes of deck cargo, the 70-passenger vessel, represents the first of this type of vessel built by Cheoy Lee, [...]
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ASC has welcomed 43 new apprentices to its submarine maintenance and shipbuilding business, making its apprenticeship program one of the largest in South Australia. ASC Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Steve Ludlam, said the new intake brings ASC’s total number of apprentices to 130. “ASC is committed to developing skill and talent in [...]
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Diana Shipping Inc. signed, on May 17th 2013, through separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, two shipbuilding contracts with China Shipbuilding Trading Company, Limited and Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd., for the construction of two Newcastlemax dry bulk carriers of approximately 208,500 dwt each for a contract price of US$48.7 million per vessel. The Company expects to take delivery [...]
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