Marine Link International News

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 12:00:20 Z

Navy: Using 3D Scanning to Reverse Engineer

“We are trying to reduce not only our time to start a design, but we want to have a good design the first time. We want to eliminate any rework that would cost us time and money later in our program schedule,” said John Moser, Hardware and Metrology Engineer from Weapons Control and Integration…

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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:14:14 Z

Aframax Tanker Green Admire Delivered to Aegean Shipping

Aegean Shipping announced it has taken delivery of the newbuild Aframax tanker Green Admire. The vessel was handed over on Friday at China Yangzhou Cosco Shipyard Heavy Industry.The ship's design incorporates an optimized hull form powered by…

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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 20:38:27 Z

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock COO Simonelli to Retire

Houston-based dredging contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced that its Chief Operating Officer, David E. Simonelli, will retire effective September 16, 2022. After his retirement, he will provide consulting services to the company.Simonelli…

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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:11:37 Z

World's Largest Containership Ever Alot Delivered in China

Chinese shipbuilders have handed over the 24,000 TEU capacity Ever Alot to Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Marine.The newbuild, built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)…

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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:43:41 Z

German Government Offers to Buy Rostock Shipyard for Navy

The German government made an offer to buy the insolvent MV Werften's Rostock shipyard for its navy, a defense ministry spokesperson said on Friday, in a move to top up capacities for repairing and servicing war ships.Germany, in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has been scrambling to bring

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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:21:33 Z

DSIC Hands Over New VLCC to China Merchants Steamship

A 300,000-ton very large crude carrier (VLCC) built by DSIC, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, for China Merchants Steamship was named and delivered on June 18.New Valor is the fourth ship in the series of six new-generation…

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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:44:09 Z

Shipbuilding: Med Marine Tapped to Build Buoy Tender for Port Qasim

Earlier this year Med Marine signed a contract with the Port Qasim Authority of Pakistan (PQA) for the delivery of a Conventional Twin Screw Buoy Tender Vessel, MED-B4500, for buoy-laying in the port located in the city of Karachi. MED-B4500…

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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:40:25 Z

MAN Helps BW LPG Complete Dual-fuel Carrier Retrofits

Oslo-listed LPG vessel operator BW LPG has converted the main engine of the ‘BW Malacca’ vessel to dual-fuel running. The last such conversion for a series of 15 LPG carriers, the ship’s MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.2 type engine was retrofitted to an…

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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:56:31 Z

Marine Propulsion: Matson Inks Deal Plus Option for ME-GI Retrofit

Matson Navigation Inc. and MAN Energy Solutions signed a contract for the retrofit of the main engine aboard its 2018-built containership Daniel K. Inouye. MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, MAN PrimeServ, will retrofit the 3,600 teu…

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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:47:30 Z

Flex LNG Adds $750M to Backlog with New Long-term LNG Carrier Charters

Flex LNG has secured charters for for Flex Rainbow, Flex Enterprise and Flex Amber LNG carrires, adding $750 million of fixed backlog in total.Flex LNG and the charterer of Flex Enterprise and Flex Amber, an unnamed "supermajor", have agreed…

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