Samsung Heavy Industries Archives

April 14, 2021

South Korean-designed turbine installation vessel secures three AIPs

Written by Baird Maritime on April 14, 2021. Posted in Classification, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Wind.

Classification societies American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), DNV, and Lloyd’s Register (LR) have each awarded an approval in principle (AIP) for a new design of self ..

March 2, 2021

Minerva Marine takes delivery of first LNG carrier in series

Written by Baird Maritime on March 2, 2021. Posted in Gas Tanker World.

Greece’s Minerva Marine has taken delivery of a new 174,000-cubic-metre LNG carrier from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). Named Minerva Kalymnos, the newbuild is the ..

January 18, 2021

COLUMN | Falling knives and walking away: drilling contractors, Chinese yards, Korean cast-offs, Northern Drilling, SinoOcean and the Tiger rigs – Part One [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on January 18, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Sometimes it is not only easier to walk away, but actually better The deepwater drilling industry is in crisis, as you know. In 2020, four major owners of deepwater rigs ..

March 29, 2021

COLUMN | Mozambique misery deepens: dozens killed by Islamic extremists in Palma bloodbath [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on March 29, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Dive Support, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

Editor’s Note: The earlier version of this article mentioned the participation of 1) offshore services provider Bibby Marine and 2) Afon Menai, a towing vessel oper ..

February 24, 2021

MPA, Yara International join ammonia-fuelled tanker joint development project

Written by Baird Maritime on February 24, 2021. Posted in Tanker World.

Ammonia-fuelled tanker joint development project (JDP) consortium members MISC, Lloyd’s Register (LR), Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), and MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ..

January 13, 2021

GasLog takes delivery of LNG carrier

Written by Baird Maritime on January 13, 2021. Posted in Gas Tanker World.

Greek shipowner GasLog has taken delivery of a new LNG carrier from Samsung Heavy Industries. Shortly after delivery, GasLog Galveston began serving a seven-year time cha ..

March 10, 2021

South Korean yard delivers sixth shuttle tanker in series to Altera Infrastructure

Written by Baird Maritime on March 10, 2021. Posted in Tanker World.

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) recently handed over a new 103,000DWT shuttle tanker to Altera Infrastructure. Altera Wind is the final one in a series of six DP2 shuttle ..

February 18, 2021

ZIM, Seaspan ink charters for LNG-fueled containerships

Written by Baird Maritime on February 18, 2021. Posted in Boxship World.

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and Atlas Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary Seaspan Corporation have entered into a strategic agreement for the long-term chart ..

January 8, 2021

MISC takes delivery of second VLEC from South Korean yard

Written by Baird Maritime on January 8, 2021. Posted in Gas Tanker World.

Malaysia’s MISC has taken delivery of Seri Erlang, its second very large ethane carrier (VLEC). The newbuild is the second of six VLECs ordered by MISC from Samsung ..