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Hansa orders another pair from STX
German shipping company Hansa Treuhand has exercised options with the Korean shipbuilder STX for two more 3,500TEU boxships for delivery in September and October 2007. To be named HS Bach and HS Chopin, these vessels will measure 246.8 metres long, 32.2 metres wide, a depth of 19.3 metres and have ...
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Cosco to order VLCC octet
China?s largest shipping company, China Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco), plans to spend $700 million in ordering eight very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from Asian shipyards. Cosco?s president and chief executive, Wei Jiafu, said that the new ships are needed to meet the rapidly rising demand from China?s booming industry and ...
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RAN to give Aussie shipbuilders a boost
The Australian Government has announced the timetable for naval shipbuilding projects in what will prove to be the country?s largest ever naval construction worth $5.7 billion.The idea of selecting a preferred naval ship-builder has been dropped and the government says it will ask for competitive tenders to build ?air warfare? ...
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Austal progresses in LCS project
Austal is one step from a construction contract for the United States Navy?s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project after the US Department of Defence announced today that it has awarded a $78.8 million final design contract to prime contractor Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics company which is teamed with ...
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GL?s ?cool chain? gets industry support
Some 65 representatives from 35 of the world?s leading companies engaged in perishable cargo logistics welcomed the new ?Cool Chain Quality Indicator? (CCQI) standard at its first public presentation in Billund, Denmark on 24 May. The occasion was the 2004 annual meeting of the Cool Chain Association (CCA). CCQIs, which ...
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Quality growth at RINA
Italian classification and certification body RINA has recorded a very positive 2003 financial year. Consolidated group revenue was up by 2% compared to 2002, while earnings before interest and tax showed an increase of 34%. Overall group revenue topped $115 million, with a strong improvement in revenue in the certification ...
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World shipping summit focuses on the china factor
Beijing will be the venue for a top level shipping summit in July bringing together leading maritime industry companies and government and trade bodies to discuss the impact China is having on world trading patterns. China?s largest shipping group, Cosco, has joined forces with internationally renowned, London based maritime consultancy ...
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ASL shipyard secures big newbuilding contracts
ASL Shipyard in Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASL Marine Holdings, has secured additional contracts worth a total of $58.6 million for the construction of 31 new vessels and floating structures. These new contracts are for the building and delivery of the vessels for ASL Energy, Svitzer Wijsmuller Group, ...
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Double side skin no longer mandated for bulk carriers
As a result of the recent debate under Item 5 at the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 78), the industry finally has an agreement which removes the mandated requirement for bulk carriers with a length of over 150 metres to be built according to an approved double side skin design. ...
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EC starts consultations on further maritime safety initiatives
The European Commission's plans to put forward another package of maritime safety proposals bringing together all the loose ends from the political debates initiated by the Erika and Prestige accidents have hitherto been known as the ?Erika III package?. A preliminary outline of the EC?s ?Maritime safety package 2004? (as ...
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Westfalia Service ? one global contact
Westfalia Separator has recently upgraded its after sales service for its marine separation equipment by linking all its service engineers through the company?s SAP computer system based in Germany. The system collects service information from all Westfalia engineers worldwide to provide every engineer in the network with real time information, ...
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Volharding secures healthy orderbook
Following a recent intake of newbuilding orders valued at $273 million, the Dutch shipbuilder Volharding Shipyards has sufficient work to keep most of its yards busy until mid 2006. In addition, Volharding, which is the second largest shipbuilding group in the Netherlands operating multiple shipbuilding facilities, will soon be entering ...
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Sapphire Princess to be delivered tomorrow
On 27 May the Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will be delivering the Sapphire Princess to Princess Cruises. Built at its Nagasaki facility, the Sapphire Princess follows the sister ship Diamond Princess delivered in February this year and marks the completion of the project for the largest cruise ships ...
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NASSCO on target for first BP tanker
Steel and Shipbuilding (NASSCO), in San Diego, is putting the finishing touches on the first of four double-hull oil tankers for BP Oil Shipping. The newbuildings have a length of 290 metres, a beam of 50.5 metres and are capable of carrying 1.3 million barrels of oil. The Alaska-class tankers ...
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ISPS will make stowaways a bigger problem, says P&I club
The introduction of the International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code on 1 July 2004 is more likely to increase rather than reduce the problems caused by stowaways to shipowners, warns North of England P&I club.In a supplement to the latest issue of its risk-management newsletter 'Signals', the club concludes: ...
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Vosta LMG delivers Vietnam dredger
Vosta LMG handed over to Waterway Dredging and Construction Company 1 (WADRECO 1) the 1500 m³ trailing suction hopper dredge Th?i B?nh Du?ng which has been supplied under a loan granted by the German government to the Vietnam government. Delivery took place in the port of Hai Phong, Vietnam.The Th?i ...
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RINA gets Greek flag approval
RINA, the Italy-based classification society, specialists in the passenger and cruise vessel sector, has been granted further unrestricted authorisation to issue certificates for Greek-flag passenger ships of any size and service. It has also been recognised as an RSO (recognised security organisation) for the ISPS Code for Greek vessels and ...
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Whispering vessels to RCCL from Meyer Werft
An exceptional comfort standard has been achieved onboard the four RCCL sister vessels Radiance, Brilliance, Serenade and Jewel of the Seas. Based on extensive noise and vibration measurements, DNV concludes that all four ships meet the strictest Comfort Class requirements with exceptional margins. The vessels are also assigned DNV's highest ...
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Only five Philippine flagged ships meet ISPS code
Only five ships out of the 165 vessels under the Philippine registry have complied with the International Ships and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. The figures were based on an April survey conducted by the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina), the regulatory agency for the Philippine maritime industry. The rest of ...
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Turkish government receives maritime counter terrorism training
The Turkish Government has recently received critical maritime security and counter-terrorism training from SeaSecure, a leading US maritime security company. The training was provided to the country?s port and ship security auditor personnel, all of whom are employed by Turk Loydu, Turkey?s Recognized Security Organization (RSO)."Turk Loydu was looking for ...
