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In the Shipyard

New Orders | Deliveries | Launched | New Concepts she is part of an eight-vessel newbuild ? eet totaling 256,000

DWT. The methanol-ready, dual-fuel AAL Dammam was engineered to transport a vast array of multipurpose cargoes including heavy lift project components, breakbulk, and dry bulk all on a single voyage.

The 41,500 cubic meter newbuild has a length of 179.9 me- ters and a breadth of 30 meters. She can accommodate over 100,000 freight tons of breakbulk and heavy lift cargo and is equipped with three 350 MT heavy lift cranes, combinable up

AAL Dammam to a 700 MT maximum. Two large, box-shaped cargo holds

AAL Shipping

Delivered in China are optimized for dry bulk, featuring adjustable pontoon triple

AAL Shipping (AAL) took delivery of its sixth 32,000-dead- decks and no centre-line bulkhead.

weight (DWT), 700 metric ton heavy lift Super B-Class ves- In 2026, AAL will take delivery of its ? nal two Super B-Class sel - AAL Dammam. Unveiled at a naming ceremony at the vessels — the AAL Newcastle and AAL Mumbai — which will

CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou, China, feature an increased maximum heavy lift capability of 800 MT.

Seatrium Delivers Turnkey

RAstar Tugboat Delivered

Oceania Allura Delivered

FPSO to Petrobras to Egyptian Navy

Fincantieri and Oceania Cruises – a

Seatrium Limited announced the im- brand of Norwegian Cruise Line Hold- pending delivery of the PETROBRAS 78 ings Ltd. – celebrated the delivery of (P-78) - the ? rst of a series of turnkey Float-

Oceania Allura at the Sestri Ponente ing Production Storage and Of? oading ves- shipyard. The ship is the latest addition sels (FPSO), to Brazil’s National Oil Com- to the shipowner's ? eet and is a sister pany, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras).

ship to Oceania Vista, delivered by the

Upon delivery, P-78 will be deployed same shipyard in 2023.

in Brazil’s proli? c Buzios ? eld, the larg-

At approximately 68,000 gross tons, est deepwater oil ? eld globally, with a

Robert Allan Ltd.

246 meters long, and accommodating production capacity of 180,000 barrels of

The Ras Alhekma terminal support/es- 1,200 guests in 600 cabins, Oceania oil per day (bopd), 7.2 million cubic me- cort tug has been delivered to the Egyp-

Allura is aiming to offer elegance, ? ne ters (mcbm) of gas per day, and a storage tian Navy in Alexandria, Egypt. The dining and destination-focused voyages. capacity of 2 million barrels of oil. The name, Ras Alhekma is a coastal region

With the two cruise ships recently or-

P-78 will rank among the largest in the located on a cape along Egypt’s Medi- dered, Oceania Cruises' expansion plan global operating ? eet of FPSOs. terranean shoreline. The RAstar 3200-W now includes a total of four next-gen-

Seatrium’s global teams fabricated the series tug was recently completed at Al- eration ships, with deliveries scheduled topside modules weighing 54,000 MT exandria Shipyard and is the ? rst of se- between 2027 and 2035. across its shipyards in Singapore, China ries of ? ve that are being built in the yard.

Furthermore, Oceania Sonata, the ? rst and Brazil, in addition to the integration

The RAstar escort series tug features unit of the new Sonata class, is already un- and commissioning works of the P-78 unique sponsoned hull form developed der construction at the Marghera shipyard.

FPSO in Singapore. by Robert Allan Ltd., which has been

It will accommodate 1,390 passengers and proven to provide signi? cantly en- will be delivered in 2027. Its sister ship, hanced escort towing and seakeeping

Oceania Arietta, will follow in 2029.

performance. All provide high bollard pull, power, maneuverability with the

Ras Alhekma receiving positive feed- back during trials from the owner in- cluding low noise levels of the tug due to noise treatments designed by this of- ? ce and applied by the shipyard. As one of the biggest shipyards in Africa and the Middle East area, Alexandria Ship- yard carried out the production design

Fincantieri

Seatrium by its own technical team.

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