SHI delivers world’s first Very Large Ethane Carrier

NOVEMBER 10, 2016 — Classification society ABS confirms that the ABS-classed Ethane Crystal, the world’s first Very Large Ethane Carrier (VLEC), has been delivered to India’s Reliance Industries Ltd. by shipbuilder Samsung

Rolls-Royce power and propulsion for third Blue Sea Jet

NOVEMBER 10, 2016 — Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with China’s Afai Southern Shipyard (Panyu Guangzhou) Ltd. to provide power and propulsion for a third Blue Sea Jet fast ferry for the

SENER designs shipyard MARPOL waste barges

NOVEMBER 8, 2016 — Spain’s SENER engineering and technology group is to carry out the basic and detail engineering for two double-hulled vessels being built to collect liquid oily waste and solid

Fincantieri Bay delivers Kirby ATB

NOVEMBER 7, 2016 — Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding’s Sturgeon Bay, WI, shipyard has delivered the Kirby 155-01, a 155,000-barrel capacity barge, and the MV Heath Wood, a 6,000HP tug for Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX).

BAE Systems set to cut first steel for Type 26 in 2017

NOVEMBER 4, 2016 — BAE Systems says that the first steel will be cut on the Royal Navy’s Type 26 Global Combat Ships in Glasgow in summer 2017, subject to final contract

MV Werften now has its own cabin factory

NOVEMBER 2, 2016 — MV Werften Fertigmodule GmbH has officially taken over its own cabin factory in Wismar, Gernany MV Werften Fertigmodule GmbH is part of Genting Hong Kong’s shipbuilding operation, MV

MV Werften now has its own cabin factory

NOVEMBER 2, 2016 — MV Werften Fertigmodule GmbH has officially taken over its own cabin factory in Wismar, Gernany MV Werften Fertigmodule GmbH is part of Genting Hong Kong’s shipbuilding operation, MV

Chem tanker newbuilds to be largest of their kind

NOVEMBER 2, 2016 — Bergen, Norway, based Odfjell has firmed up an earlier letter of intent and signed shipbuilding contracts with China Shipbuilding Trading and Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) for four chemical tankers

Multi-purpose vessel named Danish Ship of the Year

OCTOBER 26, 2016—Today at Danish Maritime Days in Copenhagen, Maritime Denmark named the multi-purpose vessel OV Bøkfjord as the Danish Ship of the Year 2016. The 44m vessel’s concept design was developed in close

Bomin Linde LNG inks LOI with Furetank Rederi

OCTOBER 25, 2016 — Hamburg, Germany, based Bomin Linde LNG has signed a letter of intent with Swedish shipping company Furetank Rederi on long-term cooperationon the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

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