Alewijnse RETEC Romania has delivered recently its first designed, produced and commissioned complete electrical package together with the electrical propulsion system and static converter distribution on board of 750 cbm Hopper Dredger, built in Damen Shipyards Galati. Although the overall lenght of the vessel is 59.20m, gross tonnage aprox 700GT, sustaining a crew of 10 [...]
The future USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), and the final ship of the original 62-ship procurement of the DDG 51 class shipbuilding program, successfully completed a combined builder’s and acceptance “super trial” Mar. 9, after spending four days underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Because of the maturity of the class, the Navy holds only one [...]
![PSNS to Complete USS Nimitz Overhaul worth USD 260 Mln]()
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) marked one year since it officially began its docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) in Bremerton, Washington. Nimitz entered dry dock DPIA on Jan. 11, 2011. During the past year, Nimitz has been busy working alongside PSNS & IMF workers [...]
Seaspan Marine Corporation and the Federal Government yesterday formally recognized and celebrated the completion of an Umbrella Agreement that sets out the terms under which Seaspan’s shipyards in North Vancouver and Esquimalt, BC, will build Non- Combat vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy. “This is a significant agreement and important milestone [...]
Project 11356 lead frigate Admiral Grigorovich will join Russian Navy in 2014; presently, the ship is being built by Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, reported a spokesman for Russian Navy. Totally, it is planned to build three Project 11356 frigates. On Dec 18, 2011 the shipyard laid a keel for the second frigate – Admiral Essen, [...]
![Germany: 330 Shipyard Workers Complete MS EUROPA’s Facelift]()
The focus of the works carried out on the EUROPA during her 13-day shipyard stay was a complete facelift of the interior design of the Lido Café, which now boasts a new design of shades of beige and dark blue. Furthermore, the bathrooms on Deck 9 were gutted and redesigned according to the latest standards. [...]
The Managing Director of Iran’s Marine Industrial Company (SADRA) Mehdi E’tesam said on Wednesday that locally made Aframax ships would be handed to Venezuela on time. He said Iran would hand three 113-tone Aframax locally made ships to Venezuela in due time and added, “The first ship launched into water would be handed to Venezuela [...]
Further to recent announcement where Davie were not awarded the first contracts of the Canadian NSPS, Cecon have been assured that this does not alter the long term objectives of the new owners of the Shipyard. Norway’s Cecon ASA still believes that what is now Chantier Davie Canada, Inc., Lévis, Québec, Canada, will complete the [...]
![The Netherlands: Alewijnse Supplies Complete Navigation and Electrical Systems to MV Delamar]()
Alewijnse supplies complete navigation and electrical systems to M/V Delamar. Alewijnse has supplied the complete navigation, communications and electrical systems for the multi-purpose general cargo vessel M/V Delamar for Bodewes Shipyards B.V. Built and delivered by Marine Projects Ltd Shipyard in Poland in cooperation with the operator Briese Schiffahrt GmbH & Co KG, the vessel [...]
![China: Kvaerner and COOEC Complete Fabrication of Module Project]()
Kvaerner and COOEC have jointly invested in engineering and fabricating of a demonstration module to document the partners’ combined capabilities for delivering new offshore oil and gas platforms. After the start of the engineering and procurement in January 2011, the fabrication of the module was completed and presented to business partners at the COOEC fabrication [...]
