KONGSBERG has been awarded a significant offshore automation contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The contract covers deliveries to four Transocean owned new-build drill ships, with an option for KONGSBERG to deliver products and services for six more drill ships. “We call this a ‘Full Picture’ solution, as it includes dynamic positioning, position [...]
On May 17, 2013, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will sign an agreement with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. to build a “Sayaendo” series new-generation liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. Sayaendo series ships feature a unique structure that integrates the LNG tank cover with the ship hull, resulting in significantly improved fuel consumption and maintainability. From [...]
Cargotec’s MacGregor has received EUR 22 million (approx $28.3 Mln) order to deliver a 900-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) MacGregor subsea crane to the South Korean shipyard, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd. The crane will be installed on a 150m multi-purpose offshore construction vessel (MOCV) ordered by Sealion Shipping, on behalf of Toisa Ltd. “This is [...]
The shipyard industry seemed to head straight for the output-abyss just 15 months ago. Today the transition from recent years’ record high shipyard output to a more sustainable level of output appears to soft-land with global shipyard output clearly slowing down. This BIMCO analysis compares data from December 2011 with data from March 2013, representing [...]
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s latest G-type engine passed, at the end of April, its Type Approval Test at HHI-EMD, the engine and machinery division of Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea. The ultra-long-stroke G60ME-C9 engine went through its paces under the watchful eye of many interested observers, including representatives from the major classification societies. Christian O. [...]
Austal continues to demonstrate its commitment to enhancing its support offering to the United States Navy and other navies active in the Asia-Pacific region, announcing new strategic partnerships with regional shipyards at the IMDEX Asia defence exhibition in Singapore this week. Following on from the strategic partnership with Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd announced in [...]
The delivery voyages of the tugs “Svitzer Neso” and “Svitzer Nixie” (5.915 BHP and a GT of 630) from Singapore to Newcastle, Australia were contracted by Svitzer to Redwise Maritime Services. The vessels departed Singapore April 15th 2013 and were redelivered May 6th following a safe voyage that took the vessels through the Java-, Flores-, [...]
Hyundai Heavy to Build World’s Largest Boxships for CSCL Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder, today announced that the company has won a USD 700 million order for five 18,400 TEU containerships from China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. The world’s largest containerships will feature … NNS Secures Additional Funding for [...]
A Tasmanian delegation of the state’s politicians, business and union leaders traveled to Canberra, on May 7th, and discussed their plans to secure Australian defence contracts for Tasmanian based shipbuilder Incat. The delegation, led by Federal Labor Candidate for Denison Jane Austin, Labor Senator Carol Brown and Incat Australia’s managing director Craig Clifford, met with the [...]
The Pilbara Apollo, the latest addition to the RAstar 3200 escort tug series was delivered to its owners, Rio Tinto Ltd. earlier this year. The vessel was constructed at Uzmar Shipbuilding Industry Co. in Turkey and will operate at Rio Tinto’s iron ore export facilities at Cape Lambert (Port Walcott) and Dampier, Australia. The Pilbara [...]
