DNV GL gives first GAS READY notation to UASC newbuild
MAY 11, 2015 — Recently named in a ceremony at shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries’ Mokpo, South Korea, shipyard, Barzan is the first in a series of six 18,800 TEU containerships ordered
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Turkey orders Navantia design LPD
MAY 10, 2015 — Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) has signed a contract reportedly worth close to $1 billion with Sedef Shipbuilding, Inc., Turkey’s largest private shipyard. It covers design and
Austal USA christens JHSV
MAY 9, 2015 — Shipbuilder Austal USA christened USNS Brunswick (JHSV 6) today in a ceremony at its Mobile, AL, shipyard. USNS Brunswick is the sixth of ten Joint High Speed Vessels
BC Ferries christens its first cable ferry
MAY 8, 2015 — BC Ferries christened its newest vessel and first-ever cable ferry, Baynes Sound Connector, in a ceremony at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver, BC, Canada, today at which
Zamakona delivers third FSV to Atlantic Offshore
MAY 8, 2015 — Spanish shipbuilder Zamakona Yards reports that its Pasajes, San Sebastián, shipyard has delivered the Field Support Vessel (FSV) Ocean Falcon to Norway’s Atlantic Offshore A.S. The ship is
Meyer Turku hands over Mein Schiff 4
MAY 8, 2015 — Just two days after coming under 100% Meyer family ownership, Finland’s Meyer Turku Shipyard today handed over the cruise ship Mein Schiff 4 to TUI Cruises. “Our expansion
Ulstein marks milestone in construction of giant OCV
MAY 8, 2015 — Norway’s Ulstein Verft has reached an important milestone in the construction of its largest ship thus far, yard number 302, the first of the two giant SX165 design
Royal Caribbean to order fourth Quantum class cruise ship
MAY 7, 2015 — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with shipbuilder Meyer Werft in Germany to order a fourth Quantum-class cruise
IRClass buoy tender delivered ahead of schedule
MAY 7, 2015 — Classification society IRClass (Indian Register of Shipping) reports that it has just completed the new construction survey of a high value, technologically sophisticated buoy tender and multi-purpose vessel
Aker Philly reports profitable first quarter
MAY 7, 2015 — In its first quarter 2015 results, Aker Philadelphia Shipyard (OSE: AKPS) reported EBITDA of $6.9 million compared to $ 24.7 million in first quarter 2014 when adjusted EBITDA