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Taiwan builds first steel hulled megayacht
Jade Yachts Shipbuilding, based in Kaohsiung, is to deliver the first ever Taiwan built steel super yacht representing a technology breakthrough and milestone in the nation's shipbuilding sector. "We hope to take the shipbuilding industry in Taiwan to a higher level in terms of quantity and quality," Jade Yachts chairman ...
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Global orders CPPs from China
Global Carriers Bhd in Malaysia has placed an order for two 7,000 DWT double hull clean petroleum product (CPP) tankers from China's Ningbo Dongfang Shipyard. The vessels, priced at $9.98 million, are expected to be delivered in May and August 2008 respectively. The new double hull CPP tankers will be ...
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Pearl delivered
Meyer Werft delivered the 93,500 gt cruise ship "Norwegian Pearl" to Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line in the Dutch port of Eemshaven. The "Norwegian Pearl" is the third ship out of a series of four the Papenburg shipyard is building for NCL. The 2,394 passenger cruise ship combines modern event gastronomy ...
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Heerema plans mega crane vessel
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) will be placing an order for the construction of a new crane vessel at an estimated cost of $1 billion. The strategy of HMC focuses on full field development in the international oil & gas industry, including possible future development in the Arctic. "Heerema Marine Contractors ...
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Ballast ban proposed on Great Lakes
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission has now put the idea of banning ballast water in the Great Lakes on the legislative table. One shipping industry representative says the toll such a ban would take on the region's economy would be catastrophic.The Michigan commission's request came in the form of a ...
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Another Vietnam bulker for Japan
A 10,500dwt bulk carrier built for Japan's NOMA Marine Transport Company was recently launched in northern Hai Phong city. The ship, built by the Bach Dang shipyard company, is the second of its kind under construction for NOMA and the 110m long and 18.8m wide newbuilding is named ?Sun Spirits?. ...
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ENOC cancels order
Dubai Drydocks is looking for new buyers for the four 6,100 dwt bunker tankers it is building for the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) after that company decided to cancel the contract.
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Garware Offshore expands
In the wake of the present boom in offshore oil exploration and production activities in the India, Garware Offshore Services (GOS) has drawn up an acquisition plan involving the procurement of about 14 offshore supply vessels by 2010. GOS has just received delivery of a new platform supply vessel, a ...
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PDVSA into shipbuilding
Venezuela Oil (PDVSA) signed an agreement with Brazilian company Andrade Gutierrez to build a shipyard in Venezuela which will provide the state owned oil company with new oil tankers.The creation of this facility that will be able to build large the ships for PDV Navy, a PDVSA subsidiary, and platforms ...
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Third E class named
Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark presented its latest newbuilding, an 11,000 TEU container vessel, for A.P. Moller ? Maersk Group. The newbuilding, named ?Eleonora Maersk?, will, like her predecessors ?Emma Maersk? and ?Estelle Maersk?, be part of the seven-ship series of the world?s largest container vessels which are setting new ...
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Studies claim aluminium vessels more efficient
Rising fuel prices have had a clear impact on all forms of passenger transport and the ferry industry is no exception. It is already well established that, when considering high speed marine transportation, the lighter weight of aluminium construction provides clear economic benefits over steel. Now new design studies undertaken ...
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Karachi Shipyard not to be privatised
A statement made by Rear Admiral Iftikhar Rao, managing director of the Karachi Shipyard in Pakistan, said that the yard would not be privatised and it would continue its operational activities under the control of the defence ministry.He told that, for the time being, the government has provided funds to ...
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Semi-sub resort for Malta
A Florida-based company is suggesting a project of enormous magnitude for Malta, which includes the construction and placing in Qawra Bay of a semi-submerged resort, casino and convention centre. The project also has the potential of providing the local shipyards with billions of dollars of business over the coming two ...
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Simon Mokster orders AHTS
Simon M?kster has signed a contract with the Leirvik-based shipbuilder Havyard to build an Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) of Havyard 842 design. The $46 million vessel is due to be delivered in November 2008 and the order carries an option for a second vessel.The newbuilding is of same category ...
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Boskalis orders two IHI dredgers
IHC Holland Merwede?s subsidiary company IHC Holland Dredgers BV has won an order from the Dutch dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster for two medium sized trailing suction hopper dredgers of 5.600 m³. These vessels will have a length of almost 100 metres and will each have one trailing suction pipe. ...
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VT Halter awarded Egyptian contract
VT Halter in Pascagoula may have a second chance to assist the Egyptian navy in upgrading its ships from aging Russian- and Chinese-designed vessels to Western-, primarily United States, designed vessels. The United States Navy has awarded the Pascagoula shipbuilder a contract for more than $165 million to begin acquiring ...
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L&T plans new mega shipyard
India's Larsen & Toubro (L&T) plans to set up a large shipyard at a cost of about $446 million to capitalise on expected demand for vessels as international trade grows.L&T is looking at four or five locations in the coastal states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat and ...
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RR targets Indian offshore companies
Rolls-Royce Marine India Private Ltd, a major player in designing, development, support of products and systems for commercial and naval customers, is in talks to provide equipment for 30 vessels of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation of India (ONGC). The equipment includes products like CP propellers, high lift rudders, tunnel ...
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STX improves ranking
South Korea's STX Shipbuilding Co. climbed up a notch to become the world's sixth-largest shipyard by order backlog as of the end of October, a London-based market researcher said Thursday. STX Shipbuilding had an order backlog of 29 million compensated gross tons (CGTs), up from 28.31 million CGTs the previous ...
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Contract signed for Gj?a semisub
Statoil and Aker Kv?rner have signed a contract worth approximately $1.26 billion for the semi submersible platform to be located at the Gj?a field offshore Norway. The scope of work to be performed by Aker Kvaerner will be detail design of topside and hull, procurement, construction and hook-up of topside, ...
