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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The U.S. President Barack Obama spent several hours at Ellicott’s headquarters and factory in Baltimore, MD, USA, on Friday, May 17, meeting with workers, inspecting dredge machinery, and making a policy speech on U.S. Government plans to accelerate infrastructure projects. He spoke to over 500 people in attendance. Customers and vendors flew in from around [...]
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BAE Systems yesterday held a keel laying ceremony for the first of four platform supply vessels it’s building for Jackson Offshore Operators. The new vessels, which will support drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico, reflect BAE Systems’ continued growth in U.S. commercial shipbuilding and its support to the offshore oil and gas industry. The [...]
IHC Merwede has delivered the ALBERTO ALEMÁN ZUBIETA to Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP) in Panama City. The formalities were handled by ACP’s Contracting Officer, Mrs Regina Donelson, after a successful trial period of 30 continuous days on the Panama Canal. IHC Special Dredging Equipment, part of IHC Merwede, that specialises in the design [...]
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Indian Coast Guard Ship Vaibhav, the 3rd in the series of 90-meter class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) was commissioned on May 21 at Tuticorin by Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal, Director General of the Indian Coast Guard. This OPV has been designed and built indigenously by Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) and is fitted with the [...]
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that René Mathieu has been named vice president and general manager of Avondale Industries Inc., effective May 20. He is responsible for all non-Navy aspects of HII’s energy infrastructure business in Avondale, La., including production operations, human resources, business management, engineering and design, facilities management, and fabrication. Mathieu will work in [...]
Exheat have been awarded the contract to supply the hazardous area electrical heaters and control solutions for the Petronas floating liquid natural gas facility. The Petronas FLNG will be among the world’s leading FLNG vessels, scheduled for operation in 2015. With a 1.2 million tonnes per annum capacity, it is expected to operate 365 days [...]
The keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future USNS Fall River (JHSV 4) was held at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala., May 20. Mrs. Diane Patrick, the First Lady of Massachusetts and ship sponsor, served as the keel authenticator. “The keel laying is a major milestone in bringing a ship to life,” [...]
Estaleiro Atlantico Sul shipyard (EAS) has delivered Transpetro’s new Suezmax oil tanker, the Zumbi dos Palmares, the second built by the Pernambuco based shipyard. The Zumbi dos Palmares is a giant 274 meters long, with capacity to transport almost half of the national daily oil production. This is the fifth ship to enter into [...]
Offshore Wenduine (0W3) has been converted into a multi-purpose Catamaran Work Boat and been finalized by shipyard Den Breejen under the supervision of Workships Contractors B.V. OW3 is MCA Classed and has been inspected by Eelsing for Prinses Amalia Windfarm without issues. Also, the manoeuvrability of the ship in the area of the landing point [...]
