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Philly Shipyard and TOTE Services hold a keel-laying ceremony for 4th of five training vessels
TOTE Services, LLC (TOTE Services), an affiliate of TOTE, LLC (TOTE Group), and Philly Shipyard, Inc. (Philly Shipyard), the sole operating subsidiary of Philly Shipyard ASA (Oslo: PHLY), today marked a significant construction milestone at a keel …
Dec 11, 2023 / Curious
ULSTEIN lays keel For Acta Marine's CSOV
The keel laying ceremony for the Yno 1121, one of the Ulstein-designed Acta Marine TWIN X-STERN CSOVs at the Tersan Shipyard, was arranged on 1 June 2023. The DP2 Construction Service Operation Vessel is powered with Methanol and MDO/HVO. Acta's …
Jun 19, 2023 / Curious
SeaRoad announces newbuild name at keel-laying ceremony
Tasmanian shipping and logistics company SeaRoad has revealed that the name of its new roll-on / roll-off (RoRo) vessel, currently under construction in Germany, will be SeaRoad I. The announcement coincided with the traditional keel-laying ceremony …
Mar 1, 2023 / Vessels
Rauma shipyard begins construction of the second LNG-powered car and passenger ferry for the world’s southernmost open sea route between mainland Australia and Tasmania
On Tuesday 12 December 2022, the start of production of another car and passenger ferry was celebrated in Rauma, Finland, when the construction of Spirit of Tasmania V began with a traditional steel-cutting ceremony. The production of the first …
Dec 20, 2022 / Vessels
Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors (TMC) holds a keel-laying ceremony for NOAA's new research vessel Discoverer
NOAA, the U.S. Navy and Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors (TMC), LLC., held a keel-laying ceremony today in Houma, Louisiana, for Discoverer, a new oceanographic research vessel being built for NOAA. Caption: Illustration depicting the …
Nov 1, 2022 / Vessels
Keel-laying ceremony held in Louisiana for new NOAA oceanographic ship
NOAA and Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, LLC (TMC) held a keel-laying ceremony in Houma, Louisiana, on Wednesday (Jun15) for NOAA’s newest oceanographic research ship, Oceanographer. Caption: Illustration depicting the oceanographic research vessel …
Jun 17, 2022 / Curious
Keel laid for AtoB@C Shipping’s first electric hybrid coaster
The hull assembly of the first electric hybrid coaster began on May 04th at Chowgule Shipyard with the traditional keel-laying ceremony. Production of the vessel began in the mid-March with a steel cutting, and construction now continues with hull …
May 10, 2022 / Curious
Zvezda shipyard holds keel-laying ceremony for research ship Akademik V.I. Ilyichyov
Two research ships are to be put into operation 2025Shipbuilding Complex “Zvezda” (SC Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen town, the Primorsky Territory) has held the keel-laying ceremony for the lead scientific research ship of unrestricted navigation. The ship …
Feb 21, 2022 / Vessels
Grandweld Shipyards Launches Tenth Boat Of KOC Fleet
Dubai shipbuilder Grandweld Shipyards held a keel-laying ceremony for two of total four high-performance TRAktor 2700-Z tugs, on January 26, 2022.The tugs were ordered by Specialities Construction for General Trading and Contracting Company (SCC) and …
Feb 7, 2022 / Curious
OCEAN ALBATROS: Keel laid for SunStone’s next Ulstein-designed expedition cruise vessel
A keel-laying ceremony has been held for the ‘Ocean Albatros’, (CruiseMapper) SunStone Ships’ new expedition cruise vessel, at the CMHI shipyard, China, on 20 January 2022. The ship is number six in the INFINITY class of X-BOW expedition ships, all …
Jan 24, 2022 / Vessels