Month: October 2006

Matson Navigation in the US has signed a $17 million contract with Atlantic Marine Alabama to convert a Matson containership to one that can partly serve as a vehicle carrier. The ?Mokihana?…

Concordia Maritime in Sweden has exercised existing options and placed an order with the Brodosplit shipyard in Croatia for a further two vessels in the P-MAX series, thus extending the series to…

DEME?s latest trailing suction hopper dredger was christened in the port of Zwijndrecht, Belgium. Named ?Marieke?, the newbuilding was delivered by IHC Holland Dredgers BV on 28 July. The 5,600 m³ Marieke…

Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group has ordered four 44,000 DWT product tankers from SLS Shipbuilding in Korea. The aggregate price for the four ships is expected to be approximately $340 million with deliveries scheduled…

Solstad Offshore ASA has entered into a contract with Karmsund Maritime Service AS for the building of two large anchor handling vessels (AHTS). They are developed in close cooperation between SOFF and…

Two more for MaerskAP. Moller - Maersk AS has announced that they will exercise the option with Aker Yards to build another two Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTS). The value of…