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St. Johns Ship Building Announces Keel Laying Ceremony for Jones Act Compliant Crew Transfer Vessels
St. Johns Ship Building hosted a keel laying ceremony for the first Incat Crowther 30 Crew Transport Vessel (CTV) built in compliance with Jones Act regulations in the United States. St. Johns Ship Building was recently acquired by Americraft Marine …
Jul 22, 2022 / Vessels
Keel Laying Ceremony Held for USCG's Offshore Patrol Cutter 'USCGC Ingham'
Eastern Shipbuilding Group hosted the keel laying ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard’s future Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), USCGC Ingham (WMSM-917), the third vessel in the new Heritage Class built at the Nelson Street facility. The presiding official …
Jul 18, 2022 / Naval
Keel laying for Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigate showcases Babcock workforce
Babcock has started construction of the first of five Royal Navy Type 31 frigates, HMS Venturer, at its Rosyth facility.After cutting the first steel on the programme in September 2021, the traditional keel laying event formally recognised the start …
Apr 27, 2022 / Naval
Finnlines’ new ro-ro vessels celebrate launching and keel laying
Finnlines’ Newbuilding Programme proceeds as planned. The second hybrid ro-ro vessel was launched on 30 August 2021 and the keel laying ceremony for the third vessel took place on 31 August. The series of three ro-ro vessels are being built at the …
Sep 1, 2021 / Vessels
Keel laid for the largest U.S. hopper dredger
Manson Construction and Keppel AmFELS held a keel laying ceremony for the hopper dredger Frederick Paup on August 2. The new dredger will be the largest self-propelled hopper dredger in the USA.The ceremony was attended by dignitaries from the …
Aug 5, 2021 / Vessels
Keel laying ceremony for second Finnlines’ hybrid ro-ro vessel
Finnlines Newbuilding Programme has progressed as planned, on schedule and as budgeted. All three new ultra-green ro-ro vessels ordered are in the production phase and the Nanjing Jinling shipyard has laid the keel of Finnlines’ second hybrid ro-ro …
May 17, 2021 / Vessels
Work progresses on the first LNG supply vessel built in Spain
Project is driven by Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and Enagás, through a Joint Venture of its subsidiary Scale Gas, that will build the bunking vesselThe initiative promotes environmental sustainability in maritime transport, is framed within the strategy …
Mar 22, 2021 / Vessels
Twin ceremony for next generation Ulstein-designed expedition cruise vessels
On 18 March 2021, the CMHI Haimen yard in China celebrated the launch of the Sylvia Earle (CruiseMapper) and the keel laying of the Ocean Odyssey (CruiseMapper), both are Ulstein designed, X-BOW expedition cruise vessels under construction for the …
Mar 22, 2021 / Vessels
Keel laying marks an important milestone for first Taiwanese Offshore Installation vessel “Green Jade”
An official keel laying ceremony for ‘Green Jade’ was held today at CSBC’s shipyard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, marking a major milestone in the construction of this next-generation offshore installation vessel. ‘Green Jade’ is owned by CDWE, a joint …
Mar 5, 2021 / Curious
Fincantieri holds the keel laying for the forward section of the LSS “Jacques Chevallier” for Chantiers de l’Atlantique
The keel-laying of the forward section of “Jacques Chevallier”, the first of four logistic support units LSS (Logistic Support Ship) ordered by Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Fincantieri under the FLOTLOG program (“Flotte logistique”), took place at …
Feb 11, 2021 / Naval