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BIMCO members have elected Yudhishthir Khatau as the 41st President of the international shipping organization. Succeeding German shipowner Robert Lorenz-Meyer, who has completed his two year time in office, Mr Khatau is the first BIMCO President from India and at 43, the youngest ever in the organization’s 106 year history. He is Vice-chairman and managing director of Mumba ...

Incat Crowther is to design a 45m monohull crew boat that will be built by Brazilian shipyard Arpoador Engenharia Ltda and owned and operated by BSCO Navigation, a subsidiary of Brasil Supply. Incat Crowther's U.S. office, in Morgan City, La., has worked hard to develop the new design, which will meet the specifications of the Petrobras P3-type crew boat for service in ...

Norway's Solstad Offshore has returned to Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock for the conversion and drydocking of the 84 m long, 4,500 dwt Platform Support Vessel Normand Vester. This work will prepare the vessel for a new role, under a four year charter that Solstad has recently agreed with Petrobras of Brazil. This contract requires that the vessel is ...

Vroon Group subsidiary MPI Workboats of the U.K.  has placed an order for two additional offshore wind farm service vessels. They will be built at the South Boats Medina Shipyard on the Isle of Wight, U.K. and, when delivered next year, will bring the total number of vessels in the MPI Workboat Fleet to eight. At present, five vessels are in service and a sixth (MPI D ...

Greek ship management company Noka Shipping Company Ltd.  pleaded guilty and was sentenced this week in federal court in Corpus Christi for deliberately concealing pollution discharges from the M/V Florin directly into the sea and for failing to notify the U. S. Coast Guard of numerous safety hazards on board the vessel, reports the U.S. Department of Justice.Noka Shipping ...

Singapore-listed Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd. reported yesterday that subsidiaries Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.have entered into shipbuilding contracts worth US$0.7 billion with Seaspan Corporation to build seven 10,000 TEU containerships with options for an additional eighteen ...

Floatel International Ltd. has signed an agreement with Keppel FELS Limited (to build a newgeneration accommodation semisubmersible (semi) for delivery first quarter 2014, on a turnkey basis. The total project price will be $283 million including project management, contingencies, spare parts, financing costs and pre operation costs. The unit will be Floatel's third accom ...

Back on April 6, Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. reported that it had signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (HHI) for the construction of two 170,000 cbm Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs) as well has 2 + 2 optional units.Höegh LNG says it has today signed and entered into firm shipbuilding contracts with HHI for the building of ...

General Dynamics-NASSCO, San Diego, Calif., was awarded on June 8 an $18,092,326 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-4013) for the USS Peleliu (LHA 5) fiscal 2011 phased maintenance availabilities (PMA). A PMA includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship's military an ...

Taber Extrusions LLC and Austal USA have entered into contracts for Taber to supply extruded products for Littoral Combat Ship Jackson (LCS 6), as well as the Joint High Speed Vessel Fortitude (JHSV 3). Extrusions used on these all-aluminum vessels make up some of the ship's decking, superstructure and bulkheads. Some structural extrusions for both ships will also be manufactured by Taber a ...