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Maersk orders two more AHTSs
Maersk Supply Service has ordered two more 23,500bhp multi-purpose anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels from Volkswerft Stralsund in Germany. The two vessels will be sister ships to the four multi-purpose anchor handling tug supply vessels ordered in December 2006. The vessels will be delivered in the second and third ...
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Havila orders DSV
The Chinese shipbuilding company Jiangsu Eastern Shipyard has been awarded a contract to build two oil tankers worth $61.49 million by Indonesia's state-run oil firm Pertamina. Jiangsu is expected to deliver the two tankers in July 2010.The contract was a result of a recent tender attended by several foreign shipbuilders, ...
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Nordcapital orders AHTSs in Korea
Nordcapital, Germany, has signed a contract with Se Kwang Heavy Industries, (the former INP) Ulsan, Korea, to deliver four UT 786 CD anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS). The total value of the contract is approximately $ 300 million and delivery is scheduled for the third and fourth quarter of ...
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Korea's WIG project stalled
The development of the WIG (wing in ground-effect) craft, which the government hoped to use as a next-generation marine transport, has stalled since the government has failed to find a private-sector partner. The WIG craft is essentially an airplane that flies just above the surface of the sea at speeds ...
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Ship Finance orders container ships
The New York-based Ship Finance International Ltd., which operates a fleet of oil tankers and other ships, has signed contracts to buy five new container ships for a combined value of $190 million.The vessels will be built by two shipyards in China, Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. and Guangzhou Wenchong ...
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Nippon develops corrosive-resistant steel plate
Nippon Steel Corp. and Nippon Yusen Co., Ltd. co-developed corrosive-resistant thick steel plate (NSGP-1) to use for the bottoms of cargo tanks in crude oil tankers. Nippon Yusen will proactively adopt this thick steel plate to crude oil carriers that it will build in the future. To develop NSGP-1, Nippon ...
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Washington yards join forces to build new ferries
Washington state moved a step closer to building four new ferries after three shipyards submitted a joint proposal to construct the 144-car vessels. It was a compromise, crafted by the state Legislature, after Martinac Shipyards of Tacoma threatened litigation when it was shut out of the bidding process two years ...
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Daewoo opens ship block factory in China
South Korean shipbuilders are expanding their manufacturing facilities abroad on the back of the vibrant market, despite nationalistic criticism that such overseas investments may cause inadvertent technology transfer to strong competitors such as China. Samsung Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and STX are either operating or building dockyards ...
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Halter lays keels for NOAA vessels
V.T. Halter has laid the keels for two National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ships at its shipyard in Moss Point, Mississippi. These two high-tech newbuildings will replace ships that are over 40 years old.
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EBDG to design DP2 well stimulation vessel
ONGC in India has contracted with Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) to provide consultancy for the design, construction and delivery of a 110m x 19m x 9.25m well stimulation vessel. The function of the vessel is to provide well stimulation services in open ocean environments, primarily in the Arabian ...
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CMB orders two handymaxes
The Belgian shipping group CMB said its unit Bocimar International has ordered, in a joint venture with Wah Kwong, two newbuilding Handymax vessels from Chengxi Shipyard, China. Delivery of the vessels is scheduled to take place in March and August 2009.
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Langh Ship and Transmarine sign ?GL ShipManager?
The fleet management program ?GL ShipManager? has its first international clients. Finnish shipping company Oy Langh Ship and Danish company Transmarine Management have entrusted Ms Logistik Systeme, a Germanischer Lloyd Group company, with the implementation of the GL ShipManager in their fleets.Oy Langh Ship Ab of Piikkiö, Finland, has equipped ...
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DNV rides seismic wave
The booming global economy and high oil price have led to strong demand for seismographic ship and DNV is experiencing a tenfold increase in classification requests compared to previous years for this ship type. While the newbuilding activity for these vessels was nearly non-existent a couple of years ago, the ...
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SeaMetric signs contract for TML system
Stavanger-based SeaMetric International AS has signed a contract for the construction, assembly and testing of the first 20,000 tonnes capacity Twin Marine Lifter (TML) system. Developed for installation and removal of such objects as platform topside and jackets with weights up to 20,000 tonnes, the TML system is based on ...
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Ottawa renewing subsidy for Canadian-built ships
The Canadian federal government is keeping afloat a subsidy program for buyers of Canadian-built ships. Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay and Industry Minister Maxime Bernier said Thursday that Ottawa will renew and add $50 million over three years to the Structured Financing Facility, which reduces the interest cost of loans ...
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Turkey makes start on mega shipyard
Groundbreaking for the soon-to-be world's second-largest shipyard, to be constructed in the Yumurtalık Free Trade Zone in Adana, will take place in July this year. Bülent Uzunsa?, board chairman of Hay Shipbuilding and Maintenance & Repairs Inc. (HGS), said their preparations were in their last stages and that they had ...
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Indonesian shipyards recovering
The Indonesian shipbuilding industry is recovering from a two-year-long downturn as shipbuilders benefit from an influx of both domestic and overseas orders. A government official said "The industry is expected to grow by 9.5% this year and surpass 10% next year as shipbuilders have received major orders from both local ...
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MacGREGOR secures Chinese orders
MacGREGOR, part of the Cargotec Corporation, has been awarded a contract for the delivery of heavy-lift cranes and the design and key components for folding weather deck hatch covers and lift-away covers for tweendeck for four multi-purpose carries being built at Chinese COSCO Dalian shipyard. The vessels have been ordered ...
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RINA gains elite ranking from Paris MoU
International classification society RINA has been named as the second best performing classification society for 2006 in the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control. The Paris MOU is an administrative agreement between the maritime authorities of twenty-four European countries and Canada. It is regularly amended to accommodate new ...
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Another reefer for Eimskip
Eimskip-CTG in Norway, has received its third newbuild reefer vessel in 18 months. The vessel was built at Myklebust Verft in Norway and is a combined reefer and container vessel. It is 82m long and 16m wide, with maximum cruising speed of 16 knots and deadweight of 2,500 tonnes. It ...
