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    US shipyard to build two Aker PSVs

    2007-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Aries Marine Corp, based in Lafayette, Louisiana, has signed a letter of intent with Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, Florida, for the construction of two Aker Yards PSV23 DE supply vessels. This latest AY clean design developed for the Gulf of Mexico is a diesel electric DP 2 vessel ...

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    Grand Slam PSV delivered

    2007-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Bollinger Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana, has delivered the Grand Slam, the fourth of the ten-series GPA 654 Platform Support Vessels, designed by Guido Perla & Associates, Inc., that won the "Significant Boats of 2007" award during the Workboat Show in New Orleans. The design of the DP2- and FFV1-certified GPA ...

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    Eastern Echo signs up for more X-Bows

    2007-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Eastern Echo Holding Plc has signed shipbuilding contracts with Drydocks World in Dubai and design and equipment contracts with Ulstein Design for two seismic vessels, each capable of towing up to 12 streamers. The shipbuilding contracts conclude and replace the original Letter of Intent (LOI) announced on in September 2007. ...

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    Wärtsilä wins carrier contract

    2007-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract for approx EUR 30 million for the manufacture and supply of the main diesel generating sets and their auxiliary and support systems for the Royal Navy's Future Aircraft Carriers (CVF) by Thales Naval Division on behalf of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance. The Wärtsilä engines ...

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    C&Heavy wins six bulker

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    South Korean shipbuilder C&Heavy Industries has won a $342.2 million order to build six bulk carriers for an unidentified firm in Central America. Delivery of the vessels is slated for August 2010.

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    Essar orders more bulk carriers

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Essar Shipping & Logistics Limited (ESLL) in India has contracted to acquire six modern mini Cape bulk carriers of 103,664 DWT each with an option to acquire another three similar vessels. The order for building the vessels has been placed with STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., China at an estimated ...

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    Malaysian expertise attracts BAE

    2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

    The future looks promising for a BAE Systems-Labuan Shipyard and Engineering Sdn Bhd (LSE) tie-up. The British firm is so impressed with the Malaysian company that it is in "detailed discussions" to become one of its suppliers. BAE Systems managing director (Asia Pacific) Steve Meighan said this following discussions with ...

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    Interest in Stocznia Gdynia dwindles

    2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Fewer and fewer companies appear ready to acquire Stocznia Gdynia. One of the reasons is the fact that the Ministry of the Treasury wants a ban signing new contracts until an investor is chosen.Potential investors for Stocznia Gdynia were supposed to submit binding offers on Monday but the Ministry of ...

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    Swissco orders four more OSVs

    2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Singapore-based Swissco Offshore Pte Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swissco International Ltd., contracted Singapore and Indonesian shipyards to build four more offshore support vessels worth $12.8 million with owner-supplied equipment.The first order is for two identical units of 26-metre, 1,400 bhp, aluminium crew or utility vessels to be built at ...

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    Al-Mukairish and SCM sign deal

    2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Singapore shipyard operator and oil rig builder SembCorp Marine Ltd (SCM) and Nasser Mohammed Al-Mukairish and Partners Company (Al-Mukairish) have signed a joint venture agreement to form SembMarine Middle East Pte Ltd. (SMME). SMME will be a founding shareholder in the Saudi Arabian joint stock company named Floating Dock for ...

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    Hyundai gets Danaos trio

    2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Danaos Corporation in Greece has ordered three post-Panamax 10,100 teu containerships from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for delivery in January, February and March of 2011. Danaos has also arranged for a large international liner company to charter all these vessels for 12 years each, at accretive rates. This deal increases ...

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    India enters dredger market

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Next month Kandla Port in India will have the country's first and Asia's second shipbuilding and ship-repair yard for building and repairing dredgers. The Rs 450-crore venture has been set up by the Kandla-based company, Jaisu Shipping, which is the only company in India engaged in dredging in the private ...

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    West Sirius almost ready

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    The first of a series of three high-performance, identical design 6th generation semi-submersible rigs, West Sirius, built by SembCorp Marine?s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard for Norway?s Seadrill Limited was named recently. This is the shipyard?s first turnkey rig-building project which encompasses engineering, procurement, construction, integration and commissioning (EPIC) elements. The $390 ...

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    Mitsui delivers VLOC

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Japan's third-largest shipbuilder, delivered a VLOC (very large ore carrier) that will sail between Brazil and Japan, completing an order for one of the world's largest iron-ore carriers. The 340 metre ?Brazil Maru?, delivered to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.(MOL), will be able to carry 327,180 ...

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    Work starts on Vietnam?s largest PCTC

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    The Ha Long Shipbuilding, part of the Vinashin group, has begun building a $50 million car carrier which can carry 4,900 CEUs, becoming the largest PCTC to be built in Vietnam. The ship is one of a series of eight ordered from Ha Long by Israel's Raycar Carriers. The 185.6 ...

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    Malaysia builds dredger shipyard

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Titisan Selatan Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian company which will be constructing the RM650 million ($196 million) shipbuilding yard for dredgers, is currently in talks with the Selangor government to lease a piece of land for the shipyard and expects a deal to be struck by the end of this month. ...

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    Nakilat awards shipyard contract

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Qatar Gas Transport Co QGTS.QA (Nakilat) has awarded a $610.6 million contract to Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co to build a shipyard in Qatar according to a statement made by Daewoo. It gave no more details.

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    Maersk slows down

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Maersk Line in Denmark is planning changes to its Asia ? Europe network to improve reliability and save fuel. Among the steps to be taken will be slower sailing speeds on some routes.The company said the changes would be introduced in February and March next year. "We will make various ...

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    Boustead Naval wins yacht jobs

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    The Malaysian shipbuilder Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) has received orders to build a yacht-hotel and two luxury yachts. BNS said Sunborn International from Finland had ordered a 141m-long vessel to be used as a floating hotel at a cost of about RM250 million ($75 million). The order was ...

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    Europe aims for transport emissions agreement

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    British and other European negotiators will reportedly be pushing for shipping and aviation emissions to be included in a post-Kyoto deal on climate change at discussions beginning in Bali. Representatives from almost 190 countries are gathering for the United Nations climate conference in Bali this week to begin hammering out ...