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Wind Propulsion Systems will be Installed on 7 Vessels Operated by MOL Drybulk
TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and its group company MOL Drybulk Ltd. today announced their intent to install wind propulsion systems including Wind Challenger (Note 1) on a total of seven newbuilding bulk carriers and multi-purpose vessels, …
May 30, 2024 / Curious
Seaspan Shipyards Progresses to Next Phase of Designing and Building Multi-Purpose Vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard
Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has been awarded the Construction Engineering (CE) and Long Lead Items (LLI) contracts for the pre-construction work of the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) first six Multi-Purpose Vessels (MPV). Following the successful …
Mar 28, 2024 / Curious
ClassNK issues approval in principle (AiP) for hydrogen-fueled vessel
ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a parcel layout concept for a hydrogen-fueled multi-purpose vessel developed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), MOL Drybulk Ltd. (MOL Drybulk), Onomichi Dockyard Co., Ltd. (Onomichi Dockyard), …
Oct 20, 2023 / Curious
Spliethoff’s newbuild mv Brouwersgracht launched from dry dock
Newbuild m.v. Brouwersgracht was launched from dry dock last Friday 8 April at Mawei shipyard in Fuzhou China. At the same time sister vessel m.v. Bloemgracht was floated.M.v. Brouwersgracht has been moved to the outfitting quay where the production …
Apr 12, 2022 / Vessels
Wuhu Shipyard receives an order for 7800DWT environmental multi-purpose vessels
The 7800DWT multi-purpose ship series shipbuilding contract signed between Wuhu Shipyard and Finnish shipowner Langh Ship successfully took effect.The ship meets Finnish/Sweden 1A ice area requirements, is classified into DNV, and registered under …
Nov 15, 2021 / Curious
Milestone for Longship Group B.V. First new building order for Dutch shortsea operator Longship Group
Longship Group BV has placed an order for two modern Bijlsma Trader 6000 vessels, a multi-purpose vessel of 103,48 m, DWT 6,080 and 270,000 cubic feet, at Bijlsma Shipyard, Lemmer (NL) part of the VEKA Shipbuilding Group. The first of the new ships …
Mar 12, 2021 / Vessels
Damen Delivers Complete Package for Korean Multi-Purpose Vessel
Damen Shipyards Group has signed an agreement with Korean yard Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) to deliver a complete components package. The package includes all equipment for oil recovery operations as well as a complete dredging …
May 19, 2020 / Vessels
New plan for Australian Antarctic shipping
The Australian Antarctic Division will use the MPV Everest to resupply its Antarctic stations and sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island next summer.The Ice-Class Multi-purpose vessel is operated by Dutch company Maritime Construction Services and is capable …
Apr 16, 2020 / Curious
Rolls-Royce supplies innovative propulsion system for new multi-purpose vessels in the North and Baltic Seas
Gas protection enables vessels to circulate in explosive and toxic environmentsRolls-Royce applies decades of experience in medium-speed gas enginesRolls-Royce is supplying the gas-shielded propulsion system for two new multi-purpose vessels to keep …
Mar 31, 2020 / Curious
Shearwater GeoServices awarded hybrid node-streamer seismic survey in Malaysia
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (Shearwater) announced earlier today the award of hybrid node and towed streamer seismic survey by Repsol Oil & Gas Malaysia Limited. The survey is scheduled for Q1 2020 and is expected to take 2 months to …
Dec 18, 2019 / Vessels