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Another Siem contract for Kleven
Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, has signed a contract with Siem Offshore Inc for the building of a new, sophisticated multifunctional platform supply vessel. The newbuilding is based on the new MT 6017 design, developed in close cooperation between owner and yard, and is designed by Marin Teknikk. The contract ...
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AKER Lorient delivers FOR tanker
The AKER Lorient shipyard (previously Alstom Leroux Naval), in cooperation with Saint-Nazaire Marine, have finalised the installation of a FOR (fast oil recovery) passive safety system on a 310 DWT 40 metre long oil tanker. It is the first coastal product tanker to be installed with the FOR system developed ...
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Baosteel raises steel plate prices
The Chinese steel manufacturer, Shanghai Baosteel Group, has increased the price of its thick plate steel from $594 to $606 per tonne while galvanized sheet steel will increase 10.6% to $727. The higher zinc price hike could be one contributing factor for galvanised price hike.
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STX develops new epoxy paint
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea has developed, together with Nippon Paint in Japan, an epoxy paint which is VOC-free (Volatile Organic Compounds) compared with existing Alkyd based paint. The shipbuilder will be using the new coating on cabins and engine rooms on four 51,000DWT product carriers being built for Parakou ...
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Louis signs deal with easyCruise
The Cyprus-based Louis group has signed a franchise agreement with easyCruise for exclusive use of the brand in the eastern Mediterranean.Under the deal, Louis plc, which operates 12 cruise ships, will get exclusive rights to use the easyCruise brand in the eastern Mediterranean, as well as use of online sales ...
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Davie sale foundering
Shipyard workers at the Canadian shipbuilder Davie shipyard are increasingly worried a deal to sell the shipbuilding facility to a Norwegian company is in trouble. Richard Gauvin, said the sale of the shipyard in Levis-Lauzon, across the river from Quebec City, failed to close as scheduled for a third time ...
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Enclosed spaces warning
The London P&I Club has warned of the potential dangers faced by seafarers on entering enclosed onboard spaces, in the event that proper safety procedures are not followed.IMO recommends that a competent person should undertake a preliminary assessment of the risk that the atmosphere might be toxic, flammable or oxygen-deficient. ...
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DNV guideline on CO2 capture technology
The Norwegian National Centre for Gas Power Technology has awarded financial support to DNV?s development of a guideline that shall ensure the quality of CO2 capture technologies for natural gas power generation. "It is important to arrive at accepted standards and methods for assessing such technologies. DNV?s recommended practice will ...
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FellowSHIP introduces ultra clean ships
In the near future, fuel cell technology will transform the economics and environmental impact of commercial shipping, according to the joint industry project 'FellowSHIP'. The project recently concluded the first stage of its breakthrough scientific research on fuel cell technology on ships. "This technology can be up to 50% more ...
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ThyssenKrupp sounds warning on Aussie naval shipbuilding
Australia has the skills and industrial bases to maintain an efficient naval shipbuilding industry despite questions about its viability, defence officials said today. A federal parliamentary inquiry has heard repeated evidence that the next generation of Australian warships will almost certainly be built offshore because of decades of errors in ...
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Maine invites ferry bids
The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) in the USA is soliciting bids for the construction of a 47.40 metre long replacement ferry vessel for the Maine State Ferry Service, Rockland, Maine. Details of the ?invitation for bids? is posted at the MaineDOT website (http://www.state.me.us/mdot/comprehensive-list-projects/project-information.php).
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Aker wins two more from DOFCON
Aker Yards is to build two large construction vessels for DOFCON ASA, a subsidiary of District Offshore (DOF) in Norway, at a cost of $188 million. Both vessels are options attached to the initial order for two similar vessels placed with Aker in March this year. Aker Yards' site at ...
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BW acquires Genmar shares
Bergesen Worldwide Group (BW), one of the world's largest closely held shipping companies, has bought 12% of New York-based General Maritime Corp (Genmar). A merger would create the world's second-largest oil tanker company by capacity. The block of Genmar shares previously held by Frontline was acquired by (BW) at a ...
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NZ shipbuilding venture on course
More details have emerged on a bid by Whangarei firm Culham Engineering for a major overseas shipbuilding contract. New Zealand Trade and Enterprise specialised manufacturing sector director David Penny and Culhams general manager Shane Culham of Culham Engineering outlined the plan to Whangarei District Council members to buy 7.1ha of ...
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Samho clinches four tankers
Hyundai Samho Shipyard in South Korea clinched a $323 million order for four 158,000DWT tankers from a European shipowner for delivery by January 2010.
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Aker wins another FAR order
Farstad Shipping ASA in Norway has, through its subsidiary Farstad Supply AS, signed a contract with Aker Yards to build a 4,000 DWT platform supply vessels (PSV) of the type UT 751CD. The 93 metre long, 21 metre wide hull will be built in Romania with outfitting taking place at ...
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Canada loses out on latest BCF order
The Canadian ferry operator, B.C. Ferries (BCF), has signed a contract with German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau to build a new ferry for its northern route, and says it's only days from buying another vessel for the same run. It's all in an effort to fill the void left after the ...
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P&I club warns on fears of criminalisation
The 65 million GT North of England P&I club has noted an increase in incidents involving crew members suffering from psychological problems at sea. In the latest issue of its loss-prevention newsletter 'Signals', the club suggests that growing fear of criminalisation could now be a contributory factor.According to North of ...
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FuelCell receives naval boost
FuelCell Energy, Inc. has been awarded an additional $2.5 million by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) to complete a land-based demonstration of its ship service fuel cell (SSFC) power plant and begin design work on a next generation ship-based prototype. The goal of this project is to improve ...
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Keppel selects Intergraph
Intergraph Corporation will be supplying its software to the Singapore shipbuilder and ship repairer Keppel FELS, to broaden its implementation of Intergraph's software technologies. Keppel will deploy Intergraph's integrated solution suite for ship design, assembly and modeling in Singapore as well as in other engineering centers globally. Aziz Merchant, general ...
