Month: December 2007

The Baku-based shipbuilder Krasnoye Sormovo, part of the MNP Group, has won another contract from Palnali Shipping Company for five IMO2 tankers of "New Armada" type of RST22 project with high "ECO…

Milan-based Saipem SpA will build a new deepwater field development ship (FDS)to be named 'Saipem FDS 2?, at an overall cost of 380 million euros. The order with the shipyard is expected…

Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd in India has placed an order for building two 57,000 DWT dry bulk carriers. The order has been placed with Cosco (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co Ltd and the…

"K" Line LNG Shipping (UK) Limited (KLNG) in London has taken delivery of its brand new 145,000 m3 LNG carrier ?Celestine River?. This Moss LNG tanker was constructed at the Kawasaki Shipbuilding…

The Icelandic shipping company Eimskip-CTG has received its fifth new reefer vessel in approximately two years. The newbuilding, a combined reefer and container vessel, was built at Myklebust Verft AS in Norway…

Bocimar, part of the Belgium CMB Group, has expanded its newbuilding programme with the acquisition of two newbuilding Capesize vessels. The first vessel is a 180,000 DWT bulker that has been ordered…

Mumbai-based ABG Shipyard has delivered its third anchor handling tug vessel (AHTV) to Egypt-based Maridrive & Oil Services SAE. The AHTV, named ?Maridive-229?, will assist in the offshore oil and gas field…

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract for approx EUR 30 million for the manufacture and supply of the main diesel generating sets and their auxiliary and support systems for the Royal Navy's…

The last in a three-ship order for double-ended ferries for Canadian ferry operator British Columbia Ferry Services (BC Ferries) was recently launched at Flensburger shipyard and delivery is planned for May 2008.…

Aries Marine Corp, based in Lafayette, Louisiana, has signed a letter of intent with Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, Florida, for the construction of two Aker Yards PSV23 DE supply vessels.…