Marking its entry into the booming dredging sector, Mercator Lines (MLL), the second largest private shipping firm in India, has bought two dredgers and is in the process of acquiring four more in the current fiscal for a total investment of $300 million.
According to MLL sources, the acquisition of first two one-year-old trailer suction dredgers will be completed by October-end. These dredgers will be registered in
Whitesea Shipping & Supply (WSS) signed for the building of 3+3, 100 Bollard Pull Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels with Astillero Rio
The vessels will be built with the highest specifications possible enabling them to deliver a BP of over 100 tons, will have a large carrying capacity for fuel, drill and fresh water, bulk and mud. It will also have a capacity for carrying 40 people and a large deck of 600 M2 for carrying about 2,000 tons of cargo. In addition, the vessel will have FIFI 1 capability and will be highly maneuverable due to their Dynamic Positioning (DP 2) capability. Based in Sharjah since 1981 WSS has a fleet of 30 vessels, which is one of largest independently, owned fleets of offshore vessels in the Gulf region. The above agreement follows an earlier order placed last year by WSS for another 5, 70 BP, AHTS vessels with Keppel Singmarine.
China Shipping Development Co. said it would buy four very large ore carriers (VLOCs) from Chinese shipbuilders for $400m to develop its ore import business.
Each ship will have capacity of 230,000 deadweight tonnes, said the company. The purchase would be funded from the company's own resources or through bank loans, informed company sources. Last month, China Shipping Development said that in another deal, it would buy four large iron ore carriers for $460m.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told media that
The endangered right whale is to get extra protection after a safe haven from shipping was set aside off
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) ratified a Canadian proposal to designate the 1,800-sq-km zone an "Area to Be Avoided" at a meeting in
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Chief Surveyor for Government of India and Additional Director General of Shipping (ADGS) Mr. Ajoy Chatterjee was the chief guest of the ceremony. Cmde M Jitendran, CMD, CSL and other senior officials of Cochin Shipyard were present on the occasion. Mrs. Lisa Molin, the God Mother for the vessel named her “Clipper tenacious”. Mr. Nicolai Molin, Commercial director for Clipper group was also present for the ceremony. The sixth bulk carrier is launched and planned to be delivered ahead of schedule. The platform supply vessel too was launched on schedule. Clipper Tenacious is the last in the series of six ships being built by Cochin Shipyard for Clipper. The order for these ships was placed in 2004 and all ships were delivered on schedule. The ship is designed and built as a single screw diesel engine driven bulk carrier for unrestricted worldwide service.
CSL has further orders for 16 more Platform Supply vessel for various foreign owners. The prestigious air defence ship for the Indian Navy is also under construction.
The Offshore Division of Man Diesel, based in
With a 360-metre overall length and 117-metre beam width, the twin hull ship, which is targeted for delivery in 2010, will be named 'Pieter Schelte'; it will be the largest vessel in the world with the largest pipe-lay tension capacity. Man Diesel will provide the propulsion and onboard power for all working functions and to meet the needs of 450 crew members with the first vee-configuration engines to be produced in Man Diesels new four-stroke medium-speed engine series. The vessel will be built mainly in the
