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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

Spliethoff’s MV Bloemgracht Cristened In Batam

On Friday 24 November 2023 Spliethoff’s MV Bloemgracht was festively christened in Batam, Indonesia. The Christening was performed by Ms Kimberly Valk, daughter of Spliethoff’s Mr Hans Valk, who stood at the foundation of the B-type vessels’ …
Dec 12, 2023 / Vessels

Yangzijiang delivered the first 2400TEU container ship to CMES

On August 23, 2023, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group held a christening and delivery ceremony for the 2400TEU container ship SNL HAIKOU built for China Merchants Energy Shipping's subsidiary Sinotrans Container Lines.  The 2400TEU container ship …
Aug 29, 2023 / 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

U-Ming’s New Post Panamax Bulk Carrier Christened

A christening ceremony at Oshima Shipbuilding yard in Japan was recently held by U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation for its new built 99,990 DWT Post Panamax Bulk Carrier M.V. Cemtex Dominance.The event was hosted by Mr. Douglas Hsu, Chairman of the …
Jul 12, 2022 / Vessels

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening and Launch Ceremony in Shimonoseki for Large Ferry Built for Meimon Taiyo Ferry

FERRY FUKUOKA to Serve on Osaka-Shinmoji Kitakyushu Route from March 2022Interior design concept “sparkle of a bayside city” evokes modern waterfront.Hybrid-type propulsion system with azimuth assistance provides considerable energy efficiency and …
Oct 8, 2021 / Vessels

Christening of Τallink Grupp’s new LNG-powered shuttle vessel Mystar to take place at Rauma Shipyard, Finland on Aug 12, 2021

The most environmentally friendly vessel on the Baltic Sea, MyStar (CruiseMapper), commissioned by Tallink Grupp, currently under construction in Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) shipyard, Finland, due to be completed in 2022, will be christened …
Jul 13, 2021 / Vessels

ECO Catania - Grimaldi Group’s Fifth Green Giant Christened

The christening ceremony of the Eco Catania – the new ro-ro vessel delivered to the Grimaldi Group in early June – ended just a little while ago at the port of Catania. This is the fifth of 12 hybrid ships belonging to the innovative GG5G (Grimaldi …
Jul 9, 2021 / Vessels

Grimaldi Group’s Green Giant Eco Livorno Christened

Tuesday morning (Mar02) the christening of the vessel Eco Livorno took place at the port of Livorno. This is the third hybrid ro-ro unit of the innovative Grimaldi Group GG5G (Grimaldi Green 5th Generation) vessel class. The brief ceremony was held …
Mar 4, 2021 / Vessels

U-Ming held a christening ceremony for its second 325,000 dwt VLOC Bulk Carrier Grand Wisdom

U-Ming Marine Transport (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary of U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation, held a Christening ceremony on December 14th, 2020 at Qingdao Beihai Shipyard for M.V. “Grand Wisdom”, it’s second 325,000 deadweight tons …
Dec 30, 2020 / Vessels