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)

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

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