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MWB to expand capacity
Bremerhaven-based shiprepair and conversion specialist MWB is to open a third floating dock to meet increasing demand.
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Guangzhou gets go-ahead for new yard
Guangzhou has received the go-ahead to begin construction on a big ship-production base that could help advance the southern China city?s status as a major Chinese ship producer.The first phase of Longxue Ship Production Base, formally approved by the National Development and Reform Commission early this week, includes the construction ...
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Eitzen declares options
Eitzen Chemical ASA in Norway has declared an option to build two additional vessels with Jinse Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Korea. The vessels are coated 13,000 dwt chemical carriers and will be delivered in 2008 at a cost of $24 million each. This brings the series from Jinse to four ...
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Stena President named in Split
Concordia Maritime?s product tanker ?Stena President?, the fifth of ten tankers in the P-MAX series, was recently named at Brodosplit Shipyard in Split. After her delivery in the third quarter of 2007, the tanker will enter a 10-year charter with Argo Shipping and transport oil from ports in the Baltic ...
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Schat-Harding strengthens European service network
Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has significantly strengthened its European service network with the acquisition of major independent service company Willem Pot BV. The Rotterdam-based Willem Pot is the largest independent lifeboat and davit service company in the world and provides service for all types of lifeboats, hook and davits ...
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Multi billion job for Aker Kvaerner
BP has chosen Aker Kvaerner to perform the detail engineering, procurement and construction management assistance (EPcma) for the Skarv field development in the Norwegian Sea. Since November 2005, Aker Kvaerner has been involved with the project, performing the front end engineering design of the complete production ship (FPSO) and intermediate ...
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Global Alliance to build floating LNG liquefaction plants
The German company Linde has formed a Global Alliance with Single Buoying Mooring Inc. (SBM) to develop and market FPSOs for the growing LNG industry, based on Linde's proprietary natural gas liquefaction technology.SBM is based in the Netherlands and a market leader in the field of FPSOs for the offshore ...
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Ezra confirms additional MFSV
Singapore- based Ezra Holdings Limited has awarded a contract worth approximately $108 million for the design and construction of a large 27,000bhp Multi-Functional Support Vessel (MFSV) to Karmsund Maritime Service AS in Norway. The contract value includes the cost of sophisticated equipment as well as integrated features such as an ...
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APJ Bharti and Essar to build shipyards in West Bengal
Indian shipbuilding companies APJ Bharti Shipyard and Essar have expressed interest in setting up two shipyards in West Bengal. Principal industry secretary Sabyasachi Sen told media that the representatives of the two companies had made presentations to the state government in this regard. Each shipyard would require around 400 acres ...
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Höegh LNG goes for LNG FPSO
Höegh LNG has entered into agreements with major contractors and formally started the engineering and design for its first LNG FPSO unit. "Our strategy is to develop Höegh LNG's business model from pure LNG transportation into offering also solutions for LNG production and floating regasification terminals", says Sveinung St?hle, President ...
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Samsung Heavy wins $1.2 billion order
Samsung Heavy Industries has won a $1.2 billion contract to build two drillships for an unidentified company for delivery by March 2011.
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Distillates switch unfeasible
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) was told at its annual convention in Montreal that a new report estimates that it would cost $67billion over the next five years to implement a wholesale switch from traditional bunker fuels to distillates only for the world merchant fleet. The distillates-only option was ...
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China blocks STX shipyard
Plans by Korean shipbuilder STX to build its new shipyard in Dalian, northern China, is being challenged by the Chinese government's restraint on building large ships. STX began construction on the $1-billion shipyard near Dalian in March but regulations on foreign firms are barring the firm from digging a dry ...
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Danaos extends boxship order
The Greek shipping company Danaos has extended its shipbuilding contracts with China Shipbuilding Trading Company to include one more 8,530 TEU vessel, bringing the total number on order to five vessels. All five Post Panamax containerships will be built by the Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry Company and are expected ...
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GL Rules Pilot
Which rule affects my fleet? That is the central question for shipowners, managers and shipyards when it comes to international maritime regulations from IMO, ILO and IACS. The new "GL Rules Pilot" has the answers: The new online database givesindividualised information, based on fleet structure and specific information needs.As regulations ...
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BV says CNG transport viable
International classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) says that market demand will inevitably lead to the development of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) carriers. Speaking at BV?s Gas Tanker Seminar, to be held in Hamburg on 20 September, Fred Venner, BV?s manager for gas ships will say that CNG ships will be ...
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Daewoo wins $740m orders
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) received $740 million in orders to build a drill ship and an oil tanker. The vessels will be delivered by the end of 2010 to companies in Oceania and Europe. DSME has received contracts worth $15.2 billion this year, achieving about 90% of ...
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IMSK Multigas order
I.M. Skaugen ASA (IMSK) confirmed that a new 50/50 joint venture with GATX Corp. has been created. This new joint venture will assume the ownership of the first four 10,000 cbm sized "Multigas" carriers currently under construction at Skaugen Marine Construction (SMC) in China. These Multigas carriers will have the ...
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GlobalSanteFe orders new drillship
Oil and gas drilling contractor GlobalSanteFe Corp. has ordered a new ultra-deepwater exploration and development drillship from Hyundai Heavy Industries. Shipyard costs for the drillship are expected to total about $740 million and delivery is expected in September 2010.
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Awilco awarded rig option at Yantai shipyard
Oslo-based Awilco Offshore said it has received an option to build a fifth semi-submersible drilling rig at China's Yantai Raffles shipyard. "The option can be exercised until end December 2008, and would have a building period of 33 months from exercise," the Norwegian offshore services firm said.The additional option has ...
