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DMC wins 4-vessel contract from GS Projects | Equipment for Longship dry cargo series
Dutch shipbuilder GS Projects has contracted DMC by to supply the steering, control and propulsion equipment for four dry cargo vessels. DMC will provide its ‘plug & play’ Piston RAM- type steering systems, Barke rudders and Optima nozzles to the …
Dec 16, 2024 / Curious
Erik Thun Launches The Next-Generation Lake Vanern Max Vessel
On Friday October 25th, the second plug-in hybrid dry cargo vessel in the next-generation of Lake Vanern Max, was launched at Scheepswerf Ferus Smit BV in Westerbroek, Netherlands, according to the company's release. The vessel was named Spiken. The …
Oct 30, 2024 / Vessels
Carisbrooke Shipping Signs Major Shipbuilding Contract With Thecla Bodewes Shipyards For Diesel-Electric Vessel
Carisbrooke Shipping Ltd, a well-established family-owned shipowner & manager and Thecla Bodewes Shipyards, a leading Netherlands shipbuilder, are pleased to announce the signing of a major shipbuilding contract, marking a milestone in the growth …
Oct 9, 2023 / Curious
Amer Shipping orders two dry cargo vessels from Concordia Damen
Inland shipping construction yard Concordia Damen will deliver two 'CDS Dry Cargo 110' vessels to Amer Shipping. Sustainability considerations and the hull shape of this in-house developed ship type were the deciding factors, partly because it allows …
Jan 30, 2023 / Curious
Erik Thun Group Takes Delivery of Dry Cargo Ship Nordic Crystal
Erik Thun Group has taken delivery of its dry cargo vessel Nordic Crystal, built at Shipsveerf Ferus Smit in Leer, Germany. As of last week, she is in trade, sailing from Eemshaven to Hamburg for her first loading. M/V Nordic Crystal and her sister …
Jun 9, 2022 / Vessels
Langh Ship and Outokumpu deepen the cooperation by starting a newbuilding project
Langh Ship has ordered three multipurpose dry cargo vessels which will serve Outokumpu on the short sea lane between Finland and continental Europe.Outokumpu, a global leader in stainless steel and a forerunner in sustainability, has entered a …
Nov 25, 2021 / Curious
NORDEN capitalises on rising Dry Cargo asset values
NORDEN’s Asset Management division - which handles buying, selling and leasing of dry cargo and product tanker vessels – is capitalising on rising asset values in the dry cargo market through vessel sales.Since the start of the year asset prices for …
Oct 12, 2021 / Curious
Meriaura Group invests in modern coaster tonnage
VG-Shipping, a member of Meriaura Group, has acquired a 3,000 DWT dry cargo vessel. The 86-meter-long, 1A ice classed vessel will fly the Cyprus flag, and be under the management of a German partner. The Meriaura chartered vessel will be named …
Feb 26, 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