DSME and DNV GL unveil new LNG carrier design
APRIL 7, 2017 — Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), and classification society DNV GL used this week’s Gastech event in Tokyo to present the results of a joint development project (JDP)
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Gladding-Hearn books order from Southwest Alaska Pilots
APRIL 5, 2017 — The Southwest Alaska Pilots Association in Homer, Alaska has ordered a new pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, MA. Delivery from the shipyard is scheduled for
Viking Line signs shipbuilding contract with Chinese yard
APRIL 5, 2017 — Åland, Finland, headquartered Viking Line has signed a conditional shipbuilding contract with China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. concerning a new passenger cruise ferry for the Turku (Finland)–Åland Islands–Stockholm
Australia issues RFT for Future Frigate project
APRIL 1, 2017 — Australia’s AUD 35 billion has reached a significant milestone with the release of the Request for Tender (RFT) to the three shortlisted designers; BAE Systems, Fincantieri and
Mitsubishi Heavy moves ahead with shipbuilding alliances
MARCH 31, 2017 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has reached basic agreements with Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in the wake of ongoing discussions, first announced in
VIDEO: First ice-breaking LNG carrier docks at Yamal terminal
MARCH 31, 2017 — Christophe de Margerie, the world’s first ice-breaking LNG tanker, yesterday successfully berthed at the Yamal LNG terminal at Sabetta Port in Russia— and Russian President Vladimir Putin was
Price cut prompts owner to take newbuild, not cancel it
MARCH 30, 2017 — Athens headquartered Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA) has signed an addendum to its newbuilding contract with China’s Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Co. for Hull Number YZJ 1153, originally entered into
Russian yard lays keel for river cruise ship
MARCH 29, 2017 — Russia’s Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (a United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC, yard located on the Volga River) has laid the keel of the Project PV300 river cruise ship ordered in
Kobe Steel puts turbocharger waste heat to work
MARCH 28, 2017 — Kobe Steel, Ltd. plans to start marketing a new binary cycle power generation system for ships. It says the new system is the first in the world to
Eagle Bulk confirms nine ship Ultramax acquisition
MARCH 27, 2017 — Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq: EGLE) today announced that its proposed acquisition of three contingent vessels from Greenship Bulk has been approved by Greenship Bulk Trust. As originally