New container vessels have been delivered to owners in the Netherlands, Norway, and Singapore. A Taiwanese company orders six methanol-ready 2,400TEU ships. Finally, a Russian design firm unveils a new concept vessel that can also transport dry cargo. X-Press Feeders takes delivery of 7,000TEU newbuild from Chinese yard Singapore shipping company X-Press Feeders has taken […]
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Russian design firm unveils new dry cargo/container vessel concept
Vympel Design Bureau, a naval architecture firm under Russia’s state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, has developed a concept design of a new vessel series capable of transporting both dry and containerised cargo. Two variants will be made available under the Project 00111 series. The Project...
Russian Navy’s newest salvage and rescue tug floated out
Russian shipbuilder Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant, a division of state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, recently launched a new tug ordered by the Russian Ministry of Defence. The future Mikhail Chekov is the seventh vessel under the Project 22870 series of tugs slated for the Russian Navy. The...
VESSEL REVIEW | Yakov Lapushkin – Russian Navy small survey boat for offshore and littoral waters
Vympel Shipyard, a division of Russia’s state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, has handed over a new small hydrographic survey vessel to the Russian Navy. The vessel has been named Yakov Lapushkin in honour of a navy admiral best known for heading the Soviet Navy’s hydrographic arm during the...
VESSEL REVIEW | Burevestnik – Russian border patrol and emergency response boat
Vympel Shipyard, a division under Russia’s state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, has completed construction of a new patrol vessel ordered by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) for operation by its Border Service. Designed by Vympel Design Bureau, Burevestnik (“Storm Petrel”) is the...
Research and Training Vessel News Roundup | August 8 – Canadian ROV, Australian training vessel refit and more
An Australian training provider places one of its vessel back into service following a modernisation program as Russia’s defence ministry takes delivery of a hydrograph ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Aleksandr Deyev – Rail ferry to operate between Russia’s Sakhalin Islands
Amur Shipyard, a division of Russia’s state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, has delivered a new ferry that will transport passengers as well as wheel and rai ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Anatoly Knyazev – Russian Navy places new hydrographic boat into service
The Russian Navy recently welcomed a hydrographic vessel into service for operation in the Baltic Sea. Built by Okskaya Shipyard to a design by Vympel Design Bureau, Anat ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Severnny Polyus – Large ice-capable research vessel for Russian northern Arctic operations
The Admiralty Shipyards division of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has handed over a new research vessel to country’s Federal Hydrometeorology and ..
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Builder’s trials begin for new Russian rail ferry
Russia’s Amur Shipyard has begun conducting builder’s sea trials of a new Ro-Pax ferry that will also be capable of transporting rail cargo. The future Aleksa ..
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