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Gem keel laid
In the covered building dock of Meyer Werft in Papenburg, the first of a total of 67 steel blocks of the new 93,500 gt cruise vessel for Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) was put into place on the keel blocks. The first block weighs more than 350 tons, is 20 metres ...
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Ship launch meltdown
Vinashin officials said that hot weather caused the failure to launch the 10,500 dwt ?Sun Island? tweendecker dry cargo ship at its Bach Dang shipyard in northern Hai Phong city.The 110 metre long and 18.8 metre wide newbuilding was designed by Japanese Wada Bussan Company and built under a contract ...
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SCI to buy 35 ships
Government owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI)is planning to spend around $1.4 billion on acquisition of 35 vessels in 2006/07. The company, which already owns around 82 ships mostly bulkers and tankers, is now aiming on energy transportation for growth and reaffirms its intention to break into LNG shipping.SCI will ...
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SADRA joins LNG elite
Iranian shipbuilder SADRA is reported to have signed a deal with Belgium's Exmar to build 10 LNG carriers to export Iranian liquefied natural gas even though Iran's efforts so far to produce the fuel are deadlocked.The total value of the 10 ship contract would be $2.4 billion and this could ...
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NYK orders bulker
NYK Line in Japan has ordered a 90,000DWT bulk carrier from Oshima Shipbuilding for delivery of March 2007. Ship particulars are 235m in length and 43m in breadth. When delivered, the new bulk carrier will replace the coal carrier Sanyo Maru, which is currently engaged in coal transport for the ...
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Canadian shipbuilders eye navy contract
The Canadian navy hopes that the new supply ships the government is planning to buy will be built in the country. Rear Admiral Dan McNeil said the Joint Support Ships contract, expected to cost about $2.1 billion, could help revitalize the shipbuilding industry at a time when the navy needs ...
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PDVSA to purchase tankers from Brazil
The Venezuelan state oil firm Pdvsa's marine affiliate PDV Marina is initialing a purchase agreement to buy from Brazilian shipyard Eisa Maua Jurong eight Panamax tankers and two others products tankers. Negotiations with Brazil, which started last year, are taking place under PDV Marina expansion plans, which include investment of ...
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Tenix on the lookout for new work
Tenix's Melbourne shipyard will battle on looking for new work after delivering the tenth and final frigate of a $7 billion project. The ship, to be commissioned in August as HMAS Perth, was officially handed over to the Australian navy at Tenix's Williamstown shipyard on Friday.The shipyard's future has been ...
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Admiralty Shipyard launches tanker
Admiralty Shipyard in Russia recently launched the product tanker ?Tavrichesky Bridge? built to the order of Sovcomflot JS?. The 47,400 dwt newbuilding is 182.5 metres long, 32.5 metres wide, and has a service speed of 15 knots.
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GOG exercises option
Golden Ocean Group exercised an option for a third ice-class Panamax tanker at Jiangsu Rong Sheng Heavy Industries. The 75,000dwt vessel will be delivered during 2008 at a cost of $34.5m.
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Aker and Damen plan joint venture
Aker Yards and Damen Shipyards Group are planning to establish a joint venture owning the Damen Shipyards Okean yard in Mykolayiv, Ukraine. The plans will contribute to an increased steel- and shipbuilding capacity of Aker Yards. The Okean yard is able to build a variety of vessels, steel sections for ...
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NCC signs deal for six tankers
The Saudi Arabian shipping company National Chemical Carriers (NCC) awarded a $300 million contract for six 45,000 dwt chemical tankers to Shina Shipbuilding of Korea for delivery in 2009-10. The six newbuildings will each have 20 fully segregated cargo tanks and a cruising speed of 15 knots.
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ABG bags Dutch order for DSV
ABG Shipyard in Surat, India, has bagged a $21 million order for construction of a diving support vessel, from Netherlands-based Vroon Offshore BV. The contract includes an option for a similar vessel. The DSV will have a length 78 metres and delivery is scheduled for mid 2008 from the effective ...
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Zim in billion dollar boxship order
Zim, the Israeli shipping company, has ordered eight container ships, four 8,200 TEU and four 10,000 TEU vessels, from the Hyundai Shipyards in Korea. The deal is worth $1 billion and Zim will take delivery of the ships during the second half of 2009. The ordering of these large capacity ...
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VT launches OPVH
The first complete ship to be built at a major British naval base for nearly 40 years recently emerged from its assembly hall. The 80 metre offshore patrol vessel (OPVH) ?HMS Clyde? will be loaded on to a barge at Portsmouth Naval Base ahead of its first floating.The 1,300 tonne ...
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Aker christens ice class containership
Aker Yard's Rauma shipyard in Finland recently christened the first of three ice class 1A Super containerships ordered by Baltic Container Shipping and is to be managed by Rederi AB TransAtlanti. The newbuilding, named ?TransPaper?, will be delivered in a few weeks, and a sister ships later this year. The ...
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H&W sees its future in scrapping
The Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast is seeking to enter the ?green recycling? market, after applying for a licence to scrap ships and offshore installations.The yard, which built the ?Titanic?, has joined forces with environmental waste management company, Golder Associates, and is bidding to become the first in the ...
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Tender shortlist for WA?s first floating dock
Western Australia?s government has announced the shortlist of contractors invited to tender for the construction of the first stage of the state?s first floating dock at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson. The four short-listed companies are the Ausclad Group of Companies Ltd (AGC), Forgacs Shipyard, John Holland Pty Ltd ...
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Vinashin launches second Diamond 53
Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Industry Co, a subsidiary of the Vinashin, recently launched a 53,000 dwt bulk carrier. The vessel is the second of 21 contracted to Vinashin and its companies by the British group Graig, with the first one launched back in April at the Ha Long shipyard. The entire ...
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Floating atomic plant for Russia
The Sevmash naval shipyard and Russia's Atomic Power Agency signed a contract to build the world's first floating nuclear reactor. The $336 million reactor will be built by the Sevmash plant in the Arctic port of Severodvinsk beginning next year, and will be commissioned in October 2010. Work is expected ...
