On 20 April, Austal christened USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) at its state-of-the-art shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. USNS Millinocket is the third of ten Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) Austal has under contract with the U.S. Navy as part of an overall 10-ship contract worth over $1.6 billion. The 338-foot (103 metre) catamaran vessel was named [...]
On Dec.12th, the naming & delivery ceremony for 48000dwt ocean practice teaching vessel Yu Ming was held in the international shipping center. It was a milestone for China shipping Industry, education and shipbuilding industry. The new building of the subject vessel got the support from Ministry of Transport of P.R.C.，the local government and the leaders [...]
Last Friday “Vestland Mira”, owned by the shipping company Vestland Offshore, was named in Balestrand in the Norwegian county of Sogn and Fjordane. Only seven minutes after the naming ceremony, the Havyard-designed vessel “Vestland Mira”, went straight into work on a contract in The North Sea. “We have started on a contract with SGS, a [...]
The Naming Ceremony for the No.62 53,000 DWT bulk carrier, built for Shanghai Jiahe shipping Co., Ltd, was held at the outfitting quay in Chengxi Shipyard on August 29th, 2012. Mr. Qiu Guoxuan, General Manager of China Shipping Bulk Carrier Co., Ltd, Mr. Xu Guobao, General Manager of SHENERGY Co., Ltd, Mr. Li Shaobo, General [...]
On 10 September 2012 in Busan (South Korea) a naming ceremony of a new SCF tanker Georgy Maslov took place. The vessel was named after a distinguished figure in the modern history of the Russian commercial shipping, a former head of all-Union association “Sovfracht” – Georgy Maslov. It is the second vessel built at Daewoo [...]
The “CBO Flamengo”, the first Brazilian built platform supply vessel (PSV) of the PX105 design from ULSTEIN, was named in a formal ceremony at the Aliança shipyard in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, on 16 August. After her delivery on 30 August, the vessel started operations for Petrobras. Another three PSVs with the same design are [...]
Recently, naming & delivery ceremony for 57.000 DWT B.C. was held at Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry. On 29th Nov. 2011, the vessel built for PD by Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry bearing Hull No.HT079 reached the condition of delivery. The vessel has been Class approved by GL and named “PORTOROZ”. Mr.Pan Xuejun -Vice manager signed the [...]
![China: COSCO Dalian Shipyard Holds Naming Ceremony for 80.000 DWT Bulk Carrier DIANE]()
The second 80,000DWT bulk carrier N225, being built for the Greek owner Chartworld Shipping Corporation, was named DIANE by godmother Ms. Ingrid Papadakis in COSCO Dalian Shipyard. Mr. Antonis Stamos Faraklas, CEO of Chartworld Shipping Corp, Mr. Gong Libing, Party Secretary of COSCO Dalian Shipyard, and Mr. Xu Dongxiao, Executive Director of Commercial HQ of [...]
![The Netherlands: IHC Merwede to Hold Naming and Launching Ceremony for New Dredger]()
IHC Merwede B.V. announces that it will hold naming and launch ceremony of the trailing suction hopper dredger, CHANG JIANG KOU 01, on Saturday 10. September 2011. The ship is being built for Yangtze Estuary Waterway Administration Bureau MOT at the IHC Dredgers yard. The programme on Saturday 10th of September: 13.15 Guests to assemble [...]
![China: Graig and Cheng Xi Shipyard Hold Naming Ceremony for Shang Dian Xiang An 6]()
The delivery of Shang Dian Xiang An 5 and naming ceremony of Hull No CX 0406, the first and second 45,000 dwt bulk-carrier vessels for Shanghai Xiang An Electric Power Shipping Co Ltd, was successfully carried out at Cheng Xi Shipyard, Jiang Yin on 26th July 2011. The second vessel has been named as ‘Shang [...]
