On March 30th, 2013, the Cabo de la Vela departed Uzmar Shipyard in Turkey on her delivery voyage to Columbia. The Cabo de la Vela was constructed at Uzmar Tug and Work Boat Factory in Izmit, Turkey. This is the second of a two boat order from Carbones del Cerrejón for the AVT 3000 Class [...]
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Four new Royal Fleet Auxiliary tankers which will be bought as part of the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) programme will be called the Tide class. The 37,000 tonne ships will come into service from 2016 to replace the RFA’s single hulled tankers and will maintain the Royal Navy’s dedicated bulk fuel Replenishment At [...]
Crowley Maritime Corporation will christen the first two of four tugboats in the ocean class series, Ocean Wave and Ocean Wind, today in New Orleans. The tugs were built at Bollinger Shipyards, based in Amelia, La., generating 600 important jobs for people living in the U.S. Gulf region. The vessels were designed by Crowley subsidiary [...]
The world’s largest classification society ClassNK announced that the world’s first specialized vessel for the carriage of Nickel Ore has been built and registered to the NK class. The vessel, the Jules Garnier II, was built by Naikai Zosen Corporation and delivered to Japanese shipping major JX Shipping Co. Ltd on 19 September 2012, and is the first [...]
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division on Saturday christened the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6). The ship, the first in a new class, is the fourth U.S. Navy vessel to be named America, extending a legacy dating back to 1861. Lynne Pace, wife of retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, former chairman [...]
Ambush, the second of the Royal Navy’s Astute Class attack submarine, leaves her builder’s yard to begin sea trials. In the next few days, the 7,400-tonne submarine will leave the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, where she was built, and sail to Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde in Scotland. The seven Astute Class [...]
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JSC Moscow Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant signed a contract for construction of Project 21770 Katran general service launch… (rusnavy) Source: rusnavy, September 14, 2012
On 8 September 2012, the SIGMA Class Frigate, Allal Ben Abdellah, built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) in Vlissingen, was transferred to the Royal Moroccan Navy. For this occasion DSNS had the unique opportunity to let the ceremony take place in Rotterdam, during the 35th edition of the “World Port Days”. The delivery of [...]
Vyborg Shipyard JSC have signed a contract with Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS) regarding classification during construction of icebreakers, project 21900M. The vessels will be built under RMRS class with class notation KM (*) Icebreaker 6 [2] AUT1-ICS FF2 BWM EPP ECO HELIDECK Special purpose ship, and operated under the flag of the Russian [...]
ABS will class the first-of-its-kind Arctic Containment System (ACS), slated for deployment in June 2012 to serve all exploration activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas offshore Alaska. The non self-propelled ice-strengthened barge will be converted to a floating offshore installation and will feature a modular oil containment system installed on its deck. The dedicated [...]
