Crowley invests in new Puerto Rico pier for newbuild duo

MAY 11, 2015 — Crowley Puerto Rico Services, Inc. has executed a $48.5 million construction contract for a new pier at its Isla Grande Terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In conjunction

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

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

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