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SAL Heavy Lift and Jumbo Shipping start joint newbuilding programme for ultra-efficient, carbon-neutral heavy lift project vessels

SAL Heavy Lift, one of the world’s leading maritime heavy lift and project cargo carriers, has signed building contracts for four firm plus two optional new generation heavy lift ships with Wuhu Shipyard, China. This joint newbuilding programme …
Sep 8, 2022 / Curious

Meriaura Group’s deck cargo carrier Aura participates in the construction of the Långnabba wind farm in Åland

The Långnabba wind farm, which consists of ten 4MW wind turbines, is under construction on the southern tip of Eckerö in Åland. The installation of the wind turbines will be carried out between November 2021 and February 2022.  Caption: Heavy load …
Oct 11, 2021 / Vessels

SCHOTTEL drives for nine other Russian dry cargo carriers

SCHOTTEL has supplied drive units for nine other newly built dry cargo carriers. Each of the ships, which were designed by the Russian designer Marine Engineering Bureau, will be equipped with two rudder propellers from the German propulsion …
Feb 12, 2021 / Curious

Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard launches dry cargo carrier Leonid Pestrikov intended for Alfa

It is the fifth ship in the series of nine RSD59 ships ordered by STLCNizhny Novgorod, Russia based Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (a company of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has launched the Leonid Pestrikov, dry cargo carrier of Project RSD59, …
Feb 12, 2021 / Vessels

Meriaura fleet expands with a deck cargo vessel and two multipurpose vessels

Meriaura has signed five new time charter agreements. A deck cargo carrier, two multipurpose-heavy lift dry cargo vessels and two traditional dry bulk carriers are joining Meriaura fleet.M/S Enough Talk is a deck cargo carrier of the same type and …
Jan 28, 2019 / Vessels