Fairmount Sherpa

The tug ‘Fairmount Sherpa’ has successfully towed jack-up drilling rig ‘Baharia I’ to her new position in the Zeit Bay oil field in the Gulf of Suez.

A new tug ‘Yong Gang Tuo 29’, built specifically for ship-handling operations in the Ningbo Port area, has recently been delivered to her owners, the Ningbo Port Group of China, from Zhenjiang Shipyard.

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SeaFrance

Struggling French ferry company SeaFrance has been given a new reprieve by the Paris court of commerce as a political battle rages over its future.

Support activities by the cruise ship Fuji Maru in areas stricken by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami was the Cruise of the Year 2011 award from the Japan Oceangoing Passenger Ship Association at a ceremony last week.

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World’s first LNG fuelled tanker delivered

The world’s first new-build LNG-fuelled tanker has been delivered to Deen Shipping in Rotterdam, Netherlands. ‘Argonon’ is a 6,100DWT dual-fuelled chemical tanker, built in class to Lloyd’s Register for the Deen Shipping subsidiary Argonon Shipping.

US-based Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding has delivered a new high-speed fire/rescue boat to the US Army. The all-aluminum vessel, designed jointly by the Somerset, Massachusetts, shipyard and C Raymond Hunt Associates, measures 23.1 metres overall, with a 6.3-metre beam and a shallow 1.3-metre draught.

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Trawlercat’s anti-piracy vessel

Trawlercat Marine Designs of New Westminster, British Columbia, is seeking joint venture partners to join in building the first purpose-designed anti-piracy personal escort vessel (PEV).

Six leading container shipping lines have agreed to create one of the largest vessel networks in the Far East-to-Europe trade lane.

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Almi Tankers ‘Almi Horizon’

Greek ship management company Almi Tankers has taken delivery of the first of ten new Suezmax tankers during a ceremony at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering’s main shipyard in Okpo, South Korea.

Maersk and the US Navy are testing algae-based biofuel on the container ship ‘Maersk Kalmar’. The ship is en route from Northern Europe to India.

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Rongsheng Heavy Bags Order for 10 Suezmax Tankers

China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited has announced that it has received a 10+10 157,000 DWT Suezmax tankers shipbuilding order from Global Union Shipping Limited.

Heavy transport expert Dockwise in cooperation with consulting and engineering company Deltamarin have designed a unique semi-submersible vessel without conventional bow and with the accommodation in its entirety on the starboard side.

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Ulstein to design wind installation vessel

Norway-based NorWind Installer has contracted Ulstein Sea of Solutions and Ulstein Idea Equipment Solutions as its design partners for a new foundation installation vessel for the offshore wind industry.

Australian builder Strategic Marine has won a repeat order to build two 40-metre crew-boats for Malaysia’s Syarikat Borcos Shipping to operate in the Malaysian oil fields.

Penguin International has launched legal proceedings against Wärtsilä Ship Design over a contract termination.

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Dockwise to manage heavy lift vessel ‘HYSY 278’

Offshore and transport service provider Dockwise has reached agreement with Offshore Oil Engineering Co Ltd (COOEC) to act as manager of its new-build vessel ‘HYSY 278’ for all third-party projects.

Alu Marine shipyard has successfully bid for the building of an inland waterways passenger transport vessel for the city of Calais, France.

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Drydocks delivers self-elevating platform

Drydocks World has delivered the self-elevating platform ‘L210’ to Curacao-based Self Elevating Platforms.

Two new 24-metre passenger vessels have been delivered to Gestione Governativa Laghi in Arona, on Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy.

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Maran Gas

Athens-based Maran Gas Maritime has agreed to exercise options held with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries for two LNG Tankers, according to media reports.

Norwegian based NorWind Installer contracted the ULSTEIN Dutch design offices Ulstein Sea of Solutions and Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions as their design partners for a new foundation installation vessel for the offshore wind industry.

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