Ever Libra, the sixth L-type containership in Evergreen Line’s fleet was launched, Oct 16th, at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) Geoje shipyard in South Korea. The L-class containerships are 334 meters in length, 45.8 meters wide, with 942 reefer plugs and a draft of 14.2 meters. The vessels can cruise at a speed up to 24.5 [...]
On October 1, 2012, Austal USA successfully completed the launch process of the second Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), the recently christened USNS Choctaw County (JHSV 2). This 103-metre high-speed catamaran represents the US Department of Defense’s next generation multi-use platform. It is part of a 10-ship program potentially worth over US$1.6 billion. Brian Leathers, [...]
It’s been a big week for the SpeedDream Team. Finally, after eight months of construction the bright red keel finally made contact with cold Maine water as the fastest monohull on the planet SpeedDream27 was officially launched. Tatiana Murnikov, wife of Lead Designer and project coordinator Vlad Murnikov did the honors with a traditional bottle of [...]
On Wednesday, August 29th, yard No. 407 m.v. Vlieborg has been launched at Shipyard Ferus Smit at Westerbroek. The Vlieborg, having following dimensions: l.o.a. 142.65 m, beam 15.87 m, deadweight 12.000 tons, hold volume 503.500 cft, is the second unit in a series of three ships to be built for Royal Wagenborg. These ships are the [...]
Oka Shipyard launched, Aug 23, the fourth 7030/5428 tons sea/river tanker of Project RST27 named VF Tanker – 14. Project RST27 was designed by Marine Engineering Bureau. New project tanker has increased river function comparing with other MEB projects. River deadweight of RST27 project vessels is increased for 716 t comparing to Armadas, while: hull strength [...]
The Tamanets МРВ14 multi-purpose boat was delivered by motor transport to Kavkaz seaport from the Moscow Shipyard, where it was constructed. On August 16, 2012 the boat was set afloat int he seaport water area and representatives of the shipyard started sea trials in order to check that the boat is ready for operation. The [...]
On August 10th, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Shanghai, carried out the launching of m.v. Alaskaborg. This vessel (yard number 1581A) is the 21st vessel in a larger series of 17.500 tons, 1A ice classed, multi-purpose vessels that the Chinese yard is building for Royal Wagenborg. The vessels in this series are geared with three 60 [...]
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SS-097, under construction at Tsuneishi Group Zhoushan China, and due for delivery in September, was successfully launched on 27 July, on time and on schedule. The vessel is the last in a series of six newly acquired bulk carriers of the same design. Ugland Shipping AS has recently contracted six supramax bulk carriers of the [...]
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ABG Shipyard has launched ‘RV Sindhu Sadhana’, the first indigenously built vessel designed for the oceanographic research, at a ceremony held on Tuesday in Surat, the Indian state of Gujarat. The ship has been specially developed for the needs of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), one of the 38 constituent laboratories of the Council [...]
Last Saturday on 14 July 2012, the Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger ‘Bartolomeu Dias’ was launched at Uljanik shipyard in Pula (Croatia). The ‘Bartolomeu Dias’ is a sister vessel of the ‘Pedro Álvares Cabral’ that was launched in the beginning of this year. After the successful investments between 2007 and 2011 amounting to more than 2 [...]
