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Naming and Launching Ceremony for the Sunflower Kamuy Held 1st LNG-fueled Ferry on Oarai-Tomakomai Route
MOL Group's 3rd LNG-fueled Ferry to Enter Service in Early 2025, Bringing Fleet to 4 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and its group company MOL Sunflower Ltd. (MOL Sunflower) Thursday (Apr11) announced that the naming and launching ceremony for the …
Apr 12, 2024 / Vessels
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening and Launch Ceremony in Shimonoseki for Salvage Tug Koyo Maru Built for Nippon Salvage
New ship to replace current Koyo Maru, built at MHI's Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works and in service since 1998, with handover scheduled for June 2024 Vessel has one of the highest pulling capacities in Japan, efficient systems for …
Jan 12, 2024 / Vessels
Bristol Harbor Group To Design A Manned Transport Barge
Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI) was recently selected by United Launch Alliance (ULA) to design a river and ocean-going manned roll-on / roll-off barge for the transportation of its Vulcan Centaur rockets. The barge will be supported by an …
May 22, 2023 / Curious
Successful Launching of 2 X 210 000 DWT Bulk Carriers at New Times Shipyard
On November 5, 2022, the launching ceremony of two units of 210,000 DWT Bulk Carriers bearing builder's hull nos.0120833 and 0120834 has been carried out successfully by New Times Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Shipyard’s Chairman Mr. Yuan …
Nov 8, 2022 / Vessels
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening and Launch Ceremony in Shimonoseki for Training Ship OSHIMA MARU Built for Oshima College
Fourth training ship for the school, and the second built at MHI’s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works, following the third-generation vessel currently in operation. Handover scheduled for March 2023, with the new vessel going into service …
Oct 13, 2022 / Vessels
Maersk Supply Service wins solutions contract in Brazil
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded an integrated solutions contract by Shell Brasil, for a station-keeping assignment during the removal of the emergency Gas Lift Riser on the FPSO Fluminense.The scope includes responsibility for the station …
Feb 16, 2022 / Vessels
Thun Tankers’ second NaabsaMAX, Thun Britain, launched in Leer, Germany (Video)
On Friday, January 7th, Thun Tankers' second product tanker “Thun Britain”, with ”NAABSA” design – Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground – was launched at Scheepswerf Ferus Smit in Leer, Germany. Upon delivery in March, the vessel will enter into a …
Jan 10, 2022 / Vessels
Proman Stena Bulk confirms successful launching of first methanol vessel
Stena Pro Patria will now continue construction on the water, ahead of delivery in Q1 2022Proman Stena Bulk has successfully completed the launching of the Stena Pro Patria, the first of three 49,900 dwt methanol dual-fuel MR tankers that Proman and …
Nov 5, 2021 / Vessels
Wuhu Shipyard launched 2nd 22000 DWT Hybrid Chemical Tanker for Sweden Donsö Shipping AB
On June 10, 2021, the launching ceremony of the 2nd 22000 DWT Hybrid Chemical Tanker (CT) built by Wuhu shipyard Co., Ltd for Sweden Donsö Shipping AB, was successfully held. Anhui Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, Wuhu …
Jun 14, 2021 / Vessels
Watch: CSL’s new self-unloader hits the water in China
Chengxi Shipyard in China hosted yesterday the naming and launching ceremony for M/V Nukumi, a new self-unloading vessel being built for Canada Steamship Lines (CSL).The launching comes four months after the ship’s keel-laying ceremony, which was …
May 21, 2021 / Vessels