A new workboat has been delivered to a Norwegian coastal waterway authority as construction continues on a pilot station ship in China and a research vessel for a French museum. Orders have meanwhile been placed for two German electric workboats and a sea-going rocket launch base in the United States. Chinese-built pilot station vessel floated […]
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China’s the Wuhan Cultural Tourism Group has taken delivery of a new sightseeing vessel built by local shipbuilder the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group. Guqin (古琴) will be operated along the Yangtze River, primarily in the portions of the river near the city of Wuhan. Construction was completed...
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has taken delivery of a new LNG bunkering and supply vessel built by compatriot shipyard Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering (CIMC SOE). Haiyang Shiyou 302 (海洋石油302; “Offshore Oil 302”) is the first LNG bunkering and supply vessel ever...
Chinese shipowner COSCO Shipping has expanded its fleet with the recent acquisition of two river-sea capable container vessels in a series built by sister company Yangzhou COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry. Zhongyuan Haiyun Lu Shui 01 (“COSCO Shipping Green Water 01”) and Zhongyuan Haiyun Lu Shui 02 are notable for having all-electric propulsion systems that consist […]
Chinese shipbuilder Changjiao Group Xiang Shipbuilding Industry has completed construction of a new survey vessel that will operate entirely on electrical power. Named Luse Chuanbo 3 (“Green Ship 3”), the newbuild will be operated in the Yangtze River and the Three Gorges Reservoir on duties including topographic and hydrographic surveys and riverbed analysis. The vessel […]
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China’s Yangtze River Waterway Bureau recently took delivery of a new large suction dredger from Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding. Built to a design by the 708 Research Institute of the China Shipbuilding Group, Zhang Jing 10 (“Long Whale 10”) will be used primarily for maintenance dredging of the...
Two Chinese yards have completed deliveries of an offshore installation ship and a large river and coastal dredger while US and Russian operators have placed orders for n ..
The China Gas Group, through subsidiary China Gas Hubei Fudi Fujiang Energy Technology, has taken delivery of an inland waterways-capable LNG bunkering barge built by loc ..
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Chinese emergency response organisation Chongqing Changhang Rescue and Salvage Engineering has taken delivery of a new salvage and rescue vessel optimised for inland wate ..
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Chinese operator Wuhan Liangjiang Cruise Ship Tourism Company recently took delivery of an all-steel catamaran vessel built by the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group. Li ..
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