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    DNV joining forces for effective design of ships

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Aker Yards, Rolls Royce Marine and DNV are joining forces with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. The intention is to build an international powerhouse for research and education on the topic "The effective design of ships for the future".The maritime industry will be facing new ...

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    Cosco wins contracts from Belgium and Norway

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    COSCO Corp Singapore said its 51%-owned unit, COSCO Shipyard Group, has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Belgium and conversion contracts for five semi-submersible heavy lift vessels from Norway worth a total of $195.3 million. COSCO Shipyard secured the $38.2 million EPC deal from Belgian firm Exmar ...

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    Aker launches French connection

    2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Aker Yards Cabins in France was recently launched under the legal name of Aker Yards Cabins SAS and will provide cabins for all passenger vessels of Aker Yards, France and plans to double its production and number of employees in the next three years.Aker Yards Cabins, France will be part ...

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    Supramax newbuildings

    2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA, part of the Eitzen Group, has signed agreements for long term time charter with purchase option for a total of six 60,000 DWT Supramax bulk carrier newbuildings. The vessels will be delivered from Japanese shipyards from 2010 to 2012.

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    Hyundai Mipo wins five PTs

    2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., received a $245 million order to build five 51,000 DWT product tankers for a European company. The Korean shipbuilder will deliver the newbuildings by January 2011. The shipyard declined to disclose the European company's name due to a confidentiality agreement.Hyundai Mipo, a subsidiary of HHI, said ...

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    CSG enters shipbuilding market

    2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

    China Shipping Group (CSG), the second biggest oceanic transportation conglomerate in China, plans to build its first shipyard by the end of 2008. This makes it the second time in less than two months that a large centrally-administered state-owned enterprise has branched out into the shipbuilding industry. Shanghai Baosteel Group ...

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    Aker to build AHTSs in Vietnam

    2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Shipbuilding group Aker Yards has signed a contract to build six 3,000 DWT anchor handling towage supply vessels (AHTS) at its new shipyard in Vietnam. The contract with Aker Capital was worth some $251 million. "We are very pleased by this contract as it confirms our strategy to offer state ...

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    Hanjin adds nine more large boxships

    2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Hanjin Shipping in South Korea has ordered five more Post-Panamax 8,600 TEU container ships from Hyundai Heavy Industries to upgrade its current main fleet consisting of four 5,000 TEU ships. Hanjin is the first Korean company to own five container ships of 10,000TEU level, ordered last year. In addition, ...

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    Model of NLFM ferry undergoes testing

    2007-05-02T00:00:00Z

    A scaled model of the hull for a new medium-sized passenger-vehicle ferry, designed by Poseidon Marine Consultants Ltd., was tested today in ice at the Institute for Ocean Technology in St. John?s, Canada, by Oceanic Consulting Corp. Recently, the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Municipalities provincial government invested $15 million ...

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    Scenic Tours announces three-ship order

    2007-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Australian-owned tour operator Scenic Tours has completed the formation of its European operations company Scenic Tours Europe AG that will be based in Zug, Switzerland. It is a venture that will mean that it is the only 100% Australian-owned river cruising company in Europe. To kick off the operations, three ...

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    Jurong wins SeaDrill semisub

    2007-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Singapore-based shipbuilder Jurong Shipyard has won a contract to build an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig for the international offshore drilling contractor, SeaDrill. The deal is worth $535.5 million. The semi-submersible rig is scheduled for delivery by April 2010 and is the third semi-submersible rig to be built by Jurong Shipyard for ...

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    BAE lands Spanish sub job

    2007-05-02T00:00:00Z

    BAE?s Barrow shipyard in England has won its first export order in 30 years, with a multi-million pound deal to make sections for Spanish submarines. The yard will build two domed ends for the pressure hulls of each of an initial four new S80 Scorpene class submarines. Another four could ...

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    Ace Marine acquires Mylne yacht design office

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Ace Marine Ltd, the Fife-based firm of naval architects, has acquired the oldest continually operating yacht design business in the world, A Mylne & Co ? including the design archive, described by some enthusiasts as a "treasure trove".Established in 1896 by Alfred Mylne, the design office produced some of the ...

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    Kuwait to buy Polish yard?

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    According to local reports, investors from Kuwait are interested in buying shares in the New Szczecin Shipyard (SSN). Talks concerning the investment will be conducted during Prime Minister Kaczyński's visit to Kuwait. Two weeks ago the Kuwaiti ambassador paid a visit to the shipyard. The Agency for Industry Development has ...

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    Daesun wins container ship

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Daesun Shipbuilding in South Korea has secured an order for a 1,000 TEU container ship from a Middle East shipowner. Contract price is W 22.2 billion and delivery is scheduled for June 2010.

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    Waigaoqiao delivers FPSO hull

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding delivered the hull of the nation's biggest floating production, storage and offloading vessel to ConocoPhillips China.The 300,000 DWT vessel is valued at $230 million, is not only the largest of its type but also the most expensive ship China has ever built. The newbuilding, named Hai ...

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    Transworld orders four boxships

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Mumbai-based Transworld group is expanding its operations in a major way by ordering four container ships costing $25 million each from Singapore?s warship specialist shipyard Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd."Each of these ships will have a capacity to carry 1,400 TEU and will be delivered at six month intervals starting June ...

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    Vanuatu expands in Asia

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Republic of Vanuatu, with an established network of offices, deputy commissioners, special agents and inspectors in Asia ? Tokyo, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand -- has expanded its presence in the People?s Republic of China with the recent establishment of an office in ...

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    Latest Polish ferry on the Clyde

    2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Sister to the BUTE delivered last year, the latest new ferry built for Caledonian MacBrayne, the ARGYLE, recently arrived on the Firth of Clyde having sailed from the shipbuilding yard Remontowa in Gdansk. She is the second of two virtually identical vessels to come from the Polish yard for Calmac ...

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    Bangladesh wins biggest newbuild contract

    2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Bangladesh?s main shipbuilder, Ananda Shipyards Shipways Ltd (ASSL), has won a $100 million contract to build eight vessels, a deal seen as helping pave the way for the nation to emerge as a major shipbuilder. This is the country?s single biggest export order which was placed by two German companies ...