shipbuilding

Boston Harbor Cruises completes fast ferry repower

JUNE 9, 2015 — Boston Harbor Cruises’ Provincetown Fast Ferry, Salacia is officially back at work after being drydocked at Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, MA, from January through May to undergo an almost

Lewek Constellation sets pipelay record

JUNE 8, 2015 — EMAS AMC, the subsea division of offshore contractor EMAS, reports that its flagship subsea construction vessel, Lewek Constellation, has established an industry record for pipelay in the U.S

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LNG fueled Kamsarmax bulker gets AIP

JUNE 4, 2015 — In a ceremony at Nor-Shipping today, DNV GL presented Japan’s Oshima Shipbuilding Company with an Approval in Principle (AIP) certificate for an LNG-fueled Kamsarmax bulk carrier. The innovative

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ABS to class first LNT A-BOX LNG carrier

JUNE 4, 2015 — ABS has been chosen to class a new design of medium-sized LNG carrier to be built by China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry for Shanghai-headquartered Landmark Capital. The 45,000 cu.m

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Oman Drydock to convert two more OBOs to VLCCs

JUNE 3, 2015 — Two OBO carriers originally built for Nobu Su’s TMT are to be converted to 319, 869 dwt VLCCs for the Onassis Foundation’s Springfield Shipping. The chosen shipyard for

Ulstein unveils the X-Stern Extender

JUNE 2, 2015 — Ulstein today collected a Nor-Shipping Next Generation Ship Award for its X-Stern solution — and unveiled an X-Stern Extender concept. Introduced last year (see earlier story), the X-Stern

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Vard takes wraps off innovation project

JUNE 2, 2015 — Under the banner “A Step Forward,” Vard Holdings Limited has launched an innovation project that, it says, follows its strategy and long shipbuilding traditions of developing high technology