Marine industry and shipbuilding are generally concentrated in the port areas of the country. Marine industry activities include all the aspects related to port facilities in infrastructure and other shipbuilding. Shipbuilding or marine engineering is for its part, reserved exclusively for shipyards which are large companies with regard to ships freight (cargo ships, container ships, […]
Shipbuilding
Ulstein launches new X-BOW Blue Ship
After the delivery, January 19, of Blue Fighter, the Norwegian shipyard Ulstein Verft has set afloat, May 9, the second Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) of the type PX121. ordered such as by Blue Ship Invest, Blue Prosper measures 83.4 meters long and 18 meters wide. Featuring a deadweight of 4200 tons, this ship, which adopts […]
The new behemoth of Subsea 7 reaches the Netherlands
Designed to work offshore in very deep water, the Seven Borealis, new flagship of Subsea 7, arrived in Rotterdam where it will be finished before being delivered to its owner. Built by the Sembawang shipyards in Singapore, the ship was originally commissioned by Nordic Heavy Lift Company, then was taken over by Subsea 7, which […]
STX Finland delivers a polar research vessel to South Africa
STX Rauma Sites, Finland, delivered the Agulhas II in the South African Department of Environmental Affairs. Ordered in late 2009 to 116 million euros, the polar research vessel measures 12,000 tons 134 meters long and 21.7 meters wide. Capable of speeds of 14 knots and sailing at 5 knots in an ice thickness of a […]
The building of first container ship of 18,000 TEUs just started
It was Prince Frederik of Denmark who presided over the ceremony in the shipyards of Daewoo Okpo, South Korea. The first sheet of the first container with a capacity of 18,000 TEUs was cut last Saturday. Danish Arming Maersk Line ordered 20, in two waves, which will be delivered in 2013, 2014 and 2015. The […]