Ships & Boats
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Construction Contract Signed for Commercial Sailing Cargo Ship
In recent years, several companies have presented plans to take cargo shipping backward to the age of sail-powered transportation. In the latest advancement in these concepts, French shipping company TOWT (TransOceanic Wind Transport) announced that it has signed a shipbuilding contract for its custom-designed, newbuild sailing cargo ship. The vessel…
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Brittany Ferries new LNG-fuelled Salamanca cruise ferry enters Bureau Veritas classification
Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has taken delivery into class the brand-new cruise ferry Salamanca, built at China Merchants Jinling in Weihai, China. Powered by natural gas, the 1,015-passenger ferry will be operated by Brittany Ferries on its route between Portsmouth, in the UK,…
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Castor Maritime takes deliveries of two vessels
Both acquisitions were completely backed with cash on hand. Cyprus-based shipping firm Castor Maritime has taken delivery of two vessels, namely M/T Wonder Bellatrix and M/V Magic Callisto. On 7 December 2021, the firm agreed to purchase M/T Wonder Bellatrix, a 2006 Korean-built Aframax LR2 tanker. The agreement to acquire…
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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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MMA Offshore announces several contract awards
MMA Offshore has recently been awarded a number of new contracts including two significant long-term vessel contracts, a further hydrographic survey scope for the Department of Defence, and a geotechnical survey scope for the Marinus Link Project – a key project supporting the decarbonization of Australia’s economy. The two-vessel contracts…
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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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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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Havila Shipping to charter out its three PSVs in 2022 to Equinor Energy and Amilcar Petroleum
Havila Shipping has secured three contracts for its Platform Supply Vessels (PSV). The charterers are Equinor Energy AS and Amilcar Petroleum. The chartered vessels include Havila Clipper (daily options until Jan 15, 2022), Havila Borg (daily options until Jan 11, 2022, and delivery to Amilcar Petroleum between Jan 15 and…
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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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