DECEMBER 19, 2013 — Viking Cruises reports that Fincantieri’s Marghera, Italy, shipyard has laid the keel for Viking Star, marking the next construction phase of the company’s first-ever ocean product. The shipbuilder
DECEMBER 17, 2013 — Mexican national oil company Pemex yesterday took formal control of the Barreras Shipyard in Vigo, Spain, in which it now has a 51% stake. At a ceremony to
DECEMBER 16, 2013 — Shipyard DeHoop, Tolkamar, Netherlands, has been awarded a contract to design, build and deliver 10 Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). The PSVs
DECEMBER 13, 2013 — Algoma Central Corporation’s brand new ship – the Algoma Equinox – made her way into the Port of Duluth-Superior on Wednesday to load iron ore for Cleveland Cliffs
DECEMBER 12, 2013 — Underscoring the fact that Chinese shipyards that originally targeted the largest ships are now looking much lower down the tonnage scale, Singapore-listed JES International Holdings Limited has commenced
DECEMBER 12, 2013 — Dubai based United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) plans to give LNG fuel capability to the containerships it has on order at South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.,
DECEMBER 12, 2013 — Hayato Suga, the General Manager of ClassNK’s Natural Resources and Energy Department and one of ClassNK’s foremost experts on tanker vessels the next Chairman of the Tanker Structure
OCTOBER 22, 2013 — Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven has won its largest contract yet. Worth NOK 1.4 billion ( about $236.7 million), it comes from Haugesund based shipowner Østensjø Rederi and covers the
OCTOBER 23, 2013 — Piraeus headquartered Eletson Holdings Inc. has partnered with private equity giant Blackstone to create a $700 million LPG shipping company, Eletson Gas. Eletson will contribute its existing fleet
OCTOBER 23, 2013 — Rederij Groen, Scheveningen, The Netherlands, has returned to Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, with an order for two more 35 m x 8.7 m seismic
