China Merchants Heavy Industry

Höegh Aurora claims crown of world’s largest, greenest, PCTC

Three years after launching its Aurora Class design, Norway’s Höegh Autoliners yesterday took deliver of the first vessel in the class, Höegh Aurora. Built at the China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard in Jiangsu, China, it has a length of 199 meters, a beam of 37.8 meters and a capacity of up to 9,100 cars. That’s 600 cars up on the previous “world’s largest” in the PCTC category, Höegh Autoliners’ Horizon class.

Though not the world’s first “ammonia ready” ship, Höegh Aurora and the other...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Nanhai Jiu 103 – Multi-role emergency response vessel for Chinese transport ministry

The Chinese Ministry of Transport, through sub-agency South China Sea Rescue Bureau, has taken delivery of a new large rescue vessel. Built by China Merchants Heavy Industry, Nanhai Jiu 103 (“Nanhai Rescue 103”) was designed by the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) of the China Shipbuilding Group. The all-weather-capable vessel was developed […]

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Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | October 31 – Chinese sea rescue ship, Australian flood response craft and more

Deliveries include a large rescue ship to a Chinese government agency and three flood response workboats to an Australian volunteer organisation. A future US Coast Guard cutter is launched into the water for the first time. Finally, a Maryland fire department places orders for new vessels. Large rescue ship delivered to Chinese transport ministry China […]

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MAN methanol gensets picked for first methanol fueled car carriers

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Methanol as a marine fuel is now moving into the car carrier sector. The first two methanol fueled vessels ordered for the sector —two 9,300 CEU (car equivalent unit) pure car and truck carriers on order at China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for China Merchants Energy Shipping — will be the first vessels fitted with MAN Energy Solutions’ M 21/31 DF-M methanol gensets.

Main propulsion power in each PCTC will be by an MAN B&W 7S60ME-LGIM (-liquid gas injection methanol) main engine and each...

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COLUMN | Predictable outcomes: a certain wind turbine installation company; Cyan Renewables and DEME; Global Marine and CWind [Offshore Accounts]

Never believe what a company’s managers tell you. Always verify yourself, especially if the company is headquartered in Monaco and is run by a management team with a past reputation for underperformance in the offshore sector. Who could we be talking about? Imagine a company where the management team paid themselves a US$30 million bonus […]

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COLUMN | Riding the rollercoaster (again): ARO, Deep Value Driller, Dolphin, UDS, MEO and Uniwise [Offshore Accounts]

Last week (here), we looked at the recovery of the drilling market, epitomised by the return to a public listing of Dolphin Drilling in Oslo on September 15. A few days l ..

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COLUMN | What goes around comes around: Mermaid Maritime grows, Ultra Deep Solutions shrinks, whilst ADES and Tidewater close purchases [Offshore Accounts]

Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS), the Singapore based commercial diving company, formerly boasted of operating five of the shiniest and most prestigious dive support vessels (D ..

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Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – March 11, 2022

Offshore wind-optimised vessels such as crewboats, maintenance vessels, and cable-layers are the focus of this week’s summary of orders and deliveries. Sentinel Mar ..

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