Month: April 2004

Wärtsilä Corporation has received an order for four engines for installation on the first Sakhalin icebreaker to be built in Finland by Kvaerner Masa-Yards (KMY). The vessel will be equipped with three…

BAE Systems Naval Ships is preparing for the launch of the first of its Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) vessels from the Govan shipyard in Glasgow on 9 April. This will be the…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has achieved a 70 day reduction in the construction of the first 46,000DWT product carrier in a 12 ship series order from BP Shipping. Named British Tenacity, the tanker…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will build its first electronically controlled diesel engine for a large pure car carrier (PCC) ordered by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) to be constructed at Toyohashi Shipbuilding. This…

Primorsk Shipping Corporation signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for two ice-classed 166,000DWT Suezmax tankers for delivery in 2007. Ship particulars are 285 metres long, 50 metres wide and a draught…

Athens-based Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the Spanish shipbuilder Izar for the construction of one 145,000 cubic metre LNG tanker for delivery in July 2007.…

Austal Ships of Australia today announced a contract to build an 85 metre ropax ferry for Greek operator Hellas Flying Dolphins (HFD). The catamaran is the fifth fast ferry HFD has ordered…

ABS has signed a new agreement with the Greek Shipping Ministry expanding its authority to perform statutory certifications on their behalf. This expanded agreement includes survey and certification services for passenger vessels,…