Shipbuilding News
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Bollinger Shipyards Delivers Final Bahrain-bound Fast Response Cutter to US Coast Guard
Bollinger Shipyards LLC (Bollinger) has delivered the USCGC CLARENCE SUTPHIN to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 170th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 47th Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program. The USCGC…
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UECC’s Final newbuild dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid PCTC
UECC has celebrated the New Year in fitting style with the launch of the third and final newbuild in a series of advanced dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid PCTCs that are being rolled out in rapid succession at China’s Jiangnan Shipyard. “We are rapidly building up our low-emission fleet to become…
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Seaspan’s 70 Vessel Newbuild Program is Now Fully Financed Following Completion of Innovative $1.4 billion Structured Financing
Seaspan Corporation (Seaspan), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp. (Atlas) (NYSE: ATCO), today announced that on December 23, 2021, it secured the last of its financings for its full 70 vessel newbuild program, including three vessels recently delivered (the “Newbuild Program”). The proceeds from these financings total approximately $6.9 billion…
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Jiangnan Shipyard delivered the world’s first LPG-powered VLGC
On January 4, a 86,000 m3 ultra-large dual fuel VLGC “GAS CAPRICORN“ built by Jiangnan Shipyard for Southwest Maritime Limited was successfully christened and delivered. The ship was financed by CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company Limited for Southwest Maritime Limited. CSSC Shipping has taken delivery of 35 new ships in…
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Wärtsilä technologies for 12 LNG-fuelled container ships support CMA CGM in decarbonising their maritime operations
The technology group Wärtsilä has again been selected to supply a broad scope of solutions for new LNG-fuelled container ships ordered by CMA CGM, a global leader of shipping and logistics based in France. This latest series comprises 12 container vessels to be built in China. Six 13,000 TEU container…
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Tallink Grupp’s shuttle vessel Megastar to go for first regular dry-docking in January 2022 to Naantali shipyard in Finland
Tallink Grupp’s Tallinn–Helsinki route shuttle vessel Megastar will go for its first regular dry-docking since the vessel first started operating on the route in January 2017 to Naantali shipyard in Finland in January 2022. The vessel will be in the dock for technical maintenance between 11-16 January 2022. During the…
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Coral Sul FLNG nearing its home off Mozambique
Italian oil and gas company Eni held the naming and sail away ceremony of the Coral-Sul FLNG at Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea The 432 meters long and 66 meters wide unit was on Friday located offshore Mauritius, according to its AIS data provided by VesselsValue. It…
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Damen Shipyards hands over new RoPax 6716 to Port Authority of Timor-Leste
In a ceremony held on the 20th of December, Damen Shipyards officially handed over the new RoPax 6716 ferry to the Port Authority of Timor-Leste (APORTIL). Built at Damen’s Yichang Shipyard in China, the Berlin-Ramelau arrived on the 9th of December at Timor-Leste’s capital city Dili, to start an extensive…
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