Defense-oriented Zvezdochka Shipyard held, on Dec 20th, a keel-laying ceremony for new Project 20183 sea-going transport vessel “Academic Alexandrov”. The vessel, developed by the Saint-Petersburg-based Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, will be built for the Russian Navy. This is the third ship of this class that is going to be built at Zvezdochka Shipyard. According [...]
BAE Systems Southeast Shipyard Alabama LLC held keel laying ceremony for the first of two dump scows for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company on November 26th 2012. When complete, the entire first vessel will weigh about 1,600 tons and measure 295 feet long and 62 feet wide, with a draft of 17 feet. The [...]
Hyundai – Vinashin Shipyard held, Nov 14th, a keel laying ceremony for two 37.000 DWT bulk carriers. The vessels, with the yard No. S073 & S074, are the third and fourth in the series of 6 vessels contracted with Densa Denizcilik Sanayi e Ticaret AS (Turkey). Main particulars: Length: 187 m Breadth: 27.8m Depth: 15.6m [...]
The official keel laying ceremony for the icebreaker of the project 21900M took place at ОАО Vyborg Shipyard on October 17th 2012. Construction of the ship is carried out within the Federal Target Program “Development of Transport System in Russia (2010 – 2015)”. Under the agreement signed in late August, RS will perform survey during construction [...]
On 10 October 2012 the keel of a new 25 MW diesel icebreaker was laid down at OOO Baltiysky Zavod – Shipbuilding. The ship is built under the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) survey with the class notation КМ✪Icebreaker8 [2] AUT1-ICS OMBO FF2WS DYNPOS-2EPP ANTI-ICE HELIDECK-H WINTERIZATION (-40) ECO-S special purpose ship. The icebreaker [...]
Vyborg Shipyard JSC will, on October 17th 2012, hold official keel-laying ceremony for an icebreaker of project 21900М. State contracting authority is Federal Agency of Marine and River Transport, building owner – FSUE “Rosmorport”. Icebreaker project 21900М is a two-decker of unrestricted navigation with two full-revolving rudder propellers and bow thruster. Displacement about 10 000 [...]
The Keel Laying ceremony for the first of the new class of Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard was held at Goa Shipyard Ltd on September 28th 2012. Significantly, the steel cutting ceremony for first of the vessels was done few days after signing of the contract for the construction of six Offshore [...]
Ardmore Shipping Ltd has completed the Keel Laying Ceremony of the first of four MR product tankers at SPP Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Sacheon City, South Korea. This marks a key stage in the construction of the vessel and is a landmark event for Ardmore Shipping, with the keel being the first of its new construction [...]
Hantong Shipyard (HTS) on August 15th 2012, carried out keel-laying ceremony for the fifth 57.000 DWT bulk carrier (hull no. HT57-115) which is being built for HHI. HTS, Vice general manager Mr. Yu Gang, owner and class representatives attended the keel-laying. The vessel comes as a new type of supramax bulk carrier optimised to burn less [...]
The hull assembly of arctic offshore vessel NB 507 was started with the Keel Laying Ceremony at Helsinki Shipyard 3 July 2012. The ship is the sister vessel of NB 506 that was launched on Saturday 30 June. The offshore vessels are being built for Russian Shipping Company Sovcomflot and they will be delivered in [...]
