DECEMBER 1, 2014 — Carnival Corporation’s Seabourn Cruises has exercised an option with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri covering construction of a sister cruise ship to the newbuild announced earlier this year, scheduled for
DECEMBER 1, 2014 — Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has concluded a basic agreement on joint ownership and 20-year charter contract for a newbuilding LNG carrier with Tokyo LNG Tanker Co., Ltd.
NOVEMBER 28, 2014 — Royal IHC’s Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands, shipyard today successfully launched Subsea 7’s 550 t pipelaying vessel, Seven Rio. The naming ceremony was performed by Mrs Anelise Lara,
NOVEMBER 28, 2014 — New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart, who already has one mega yacht on order at Kleven, has awarded the Norwegian shipbuilder an order for a second, even bigger, one.
NOVEMBER 27, 2014 —Shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed development of a new design LNG carrier with apple shaped LNG tanks. Evolved from Moss type spherical tanks, their upper half
NOVEMBER 27, 2014 — The new series of six Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (plus four options) ordered from Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven by Maersk Supply Service last month (see earlier story) will
NOVEMBER 26, 2014 — Classification society ClassNK has approved the design of a new 28AHX-DF dual-fuel engine developed by Niigata Power Systems Co., Ltd. After trial operational testing, the engine is expected
NOVEMBER 25, 2014 — Things are getting heated in the debate over whether Australia should build its next-generation submarines at government owned shipbuilder ASC or buy them overseas. In an exchange in
NOVEMBER 24, 2014 — Norwegian ship designer Skipsteknisk AS says the new 261.8 ft freezer trawler ordered from shipbuilder Dakota Creek Industries, Anacortes, WA, by Fishermen’s Finest, Kirkland, WA, will be its
NOVEMBER 24, 2014 — The six Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (plus four options) ordered from Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven by Maersk Supply Service last month (see earlier story) will be assigned Lloyd’s