FEBRUARY 19, 2013 — Bahri (The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia) has taken delivery of the first of six Roll-on/Roll-off Container (RoCon) vessels from Korean shipbuilder Hyundai MIPO. The 220 m
OCTOBER 9, 2012 — Heléne Mellquist has been promoted to CEO of Rederi AB TransAtlantic’s (STO:RABTB)(OMX: RABT) Industrial Shipping Division effective immediately. Ms. Mellquist joined TransAtlantic in January 2012 as CFO. Prior
AUGUST 16, 2012 — Danish naval architecture firm Knud E. Hansen A/S has released more details of the five giant CONRO vessels (RO/RO containerships) ordered from China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding by Grimaldi Group
AUGUST 13, 2012 —Grimaldi Group member Atlantic Container Line (ACL) has signed a contract with Chinese state-owned Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai, to build the five largest RO/RO containerships (CONROs) in the world. The
JUNE 14, 2012 — Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) subsidiary Western Geco has ordered two 127 m seismic ships from German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) for 2014 delivery. “The sector we have succeeded in penetrating
The U.S. Maritime Administration says that it has released a report detailing new designs for shipping vessels specifically engineered for America’s Marine Highways. Unfortunately a link provided to the report by Marad
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has announced that Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland as the preferred bidder for the contract to build the world’s first two seagoing Roll-on/Roll-off vehicle and passenger (Ropax)
Wärtsilä is to supply the engines and propulsion equipment for the six new RoCon vessels on order for NSCSA, the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia, at Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (see
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has exercised its option to build a further two Roll-On/Roll-Off-Container (Ro-Con) ships with shipbbuilder Hyundai MIPO of South Korea. NSCSA signed a shipbuilding agreement
Germany’s Flensburger Schiffbau-GmbH & Co. KG recently laid the keel for Yard No. 747, the second in a series of four Roll-on/Roll-Off ferries for Seatruck Ferries. Just days prior to the keel
