Euploia Drydocks and Services Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Johan Backas, Masters Science in Naval Architecture, as Managing Director of Turku Repair Yard, effective January 7, 2020.

Euploia Drydocks and Services Ltd announced that is exclusively representing the JSC Western Ships Agency as part of Western Shiprepair (member of BLRT Grupp), providing Agency services to vessels that are calling Klaipeda and Tallinn ports for loading/discharging, repairs and other operations.

On December 2, Samsung Heavy Industries disclosed in a regulatory filing that it had won a contract to build two Aframax tankers, valued at KRW 187.5 billion, which will be delivered by March 2022.

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) based in Yokohama, held a christening and launch ceremony on November 27 for a cargo-passenger ship currently under construction for Tokai Kisen Co., Ltd.

Damen Shipyards Group has won an order from maritime services company EMS Offshore Service GmbH & Co. KG for a Shoalbuster 2711.

In just one week, Damen Shipyards Group has launched an FCS 3007 Patrol vessel and, in cooperation with the same owner, SR Platforms, successfully completed the sea trials of two FCS 4008 Patrol vessels.