Month: November 2005

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has begun production on the second of ten vessels in the 46,000 dwt product tanker build program announced last spring. Steel cutting for the ship, the sixth built by…

The St. Petersburg-based Admiralty Shipyard has begun sea trials of a fourth-generation Project 677 Lada class diesel-electric submarine, according to the company's press office. During the next few months, the submarine, called…

In the largest ever commercial shipping contract in the world, RasGas (3) signed time charter agreements with JC Nakilat and Teekay Nakilat for $9bn 25-year charter of 12 large Q-Flex sized membrane…

The Vyborg Shipbuilding Yard of Russia has won an international tender to design and build six refrigerated fishing vessels for the State Committee of Fishing Industry of Turkmenistan. The document, which was…

The LoI for a fast passenger/car ferry signed on 21 November by Aker Yards and Viking Line Abp has now been confirmed as a firm contract worth approximately 120 to 130 million…

The Hamburg shipping company E.R. Schiffahrt recently commissioned its 60th ship, with the 8,200TEU ?E.R. Tianan?. This Post-Panamax ship is one of the largest in the world, with length overall 335 metres,…

The Product Development Company(TM), and Guangzhou-based CSSC Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding (HS), announced that HS has expanded its use of PTC Shipbuilding Solution, which includes CADDS(R) 5i to improve its overall design capabilities.…

BP Oil Shipping Co. USA has received delivery of the third of four 193,050 dwt Alaska-class double-hull crude oil tankers being built by National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. (Nassco), San Diego. The…