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Solstrand inks Trico PSV
The Houston-based Trico Marine Services has entered into an agreement with the Norwegian shipbuilder Solstrand AS to build a Marin Teknikk Design MT6009 MKII Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). This $25 million newbuilding will incorporate dynamic positioning 2, conform to DNV?s Clean and Comfort Class and will have a 3,300 dwt ...
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Viet Nam launches largest vessel
The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) will launch a 53,000 dwt bulk carrier, the largest ever built in Viet Nam, in northern coastal Quang Ninh province on April 6. The ship, named ?Florence?, is the first of the 21 bulkers that Vinashin's Ha Long Shipyard contracted with a British ...
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Chinese shipbuilders snap up huge new orders
IRISL, the Iranian shipping company, placed an order for six 53,500 dwt bulk carriers with Yangzhou Shipbuilding in China. They will be delivered from 2008 to 2009 and four more options are attached.K. Jebsen placed new order of six 33,500 dwt bulk carriers with Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry and another ...
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Vroon orders SSV quartet
Vroon Offshore B.V. and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem have signed a contract for the design and construction of four Safety Standby Vessels (SSV) 4711. The contract was won after a strong competition with Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese yards and follows an order of two 72 m Platform Supply Vessels from the ...
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MRSV for Siem
Siem Offshore Inc has declared an option for the building of one additional Multi-Functional Field & ROV support vessel (MRSV) from Kleven Verft AS in Ulstein, Norway. The $51 million newbuilding is scheduled for delivery in March 2008.The vessel is of MT 6016 L design by Norwegian designer Marin Teknikk ...
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Two support vessels for Abu Dhabi shipbuilder
Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), a UAE company and one of the major shipbuilding facilities in the region, has signed a contract with Emirates Dredging Company (EDC), another local Abu Dhabi company, to supply one 19 m work boat (Multi-cat 1908) and one 12 m tug (Pushy-cat 1204) as support ...
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NASSCO and DSEC sign agreement for newbuildings
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, and Daewoo Ship Engineering Company (DSEC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) based in Busan, Korea, announced a formal teaming agreement to build ships for the U.S. market under the Jones Act. The Jones Act, ...
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Pakistan builds frigate with Chinese technology
Pakistan and China have signed an agreement for the indigenous construction of a fourth F-22P frigate as part of the growing ties between the two countries in the maritime sector. The agreement also includes upgrading of Karachi Shipyard, besides training and technical assistance by the Chinese shipbuilder Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding ...
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Another blue boat from Odense
Odense Steel Shipyard delivered its latest newbuilding for the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, the ?Georg Maersk?, a 7,000 TEU container carrier. This latest newbuilding is the sixth vessel in a new series of technologically advanced container vessels which incorporates extensive automation and is powered by a 12-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex ...
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STX get eight product carriers
STX Shipbuilding has clinched eight product carriers at the value of $400 million from shipowners based in India and Malaysia. They will be delivered by 2009.
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Korea lands huge order catch
Daewoo Shipbuilding, which is aiming for new orders worth $10 billion this year, has already achieved 45% of its target in the first three months. The company recently signed deals to build three 265,000 cbm LNG carriers for the Qatar Gas II project, two smaller 150,000 cbm LNG carriers for ...
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LNG carrier for Hanjin
Hanjin Heavy Industries in South Korea secured an order for an LNG carrier from a ship North American shipowner for delivery in November 2008. Contract price is $194 million.
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Shina clinches SNTG chemical tankers
Shina Shipbuilding in South Korea has won four 44,000DWT chemical tankers from Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group, a unit of Stolt-Nielsen ASA. Total contract price is $240 million.
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Nico opens new ship repair facility
Topaz Energy and Marine Limited subsidiary Nico International, one of Dubai's most prominent ship repair companies, will open a new ship repair facility in Bautino, Kazakhstan later this year, after completing a feasibility study and conducting an in-depth market assessment of the Caspian region.Based on the findings of their research, ...
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Keppel undertakes Diamond semi upgrade
Keppel FELS Ltd has secured a contract from Diamond Offshore Drilling, for the major upgrading of semi-submersible rig for $102 million. ?Ocean Monarch? will arrive at Keppel FELS in mid 2006 for the upgrading and expected to be operationally ready in fourth quarter 2008. When completed, ?Ocean Monarch? will be ...
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Global Compact agreement with Cosco
DNV has signed an agreement with Cosco, the world?s largest shipowner. Under their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), DNV will provide services to support Cosco?s sustainable business developments under the United Nations Global Compact.The programme will cover the ten core principles of the United Nations Global Compact initiative (see link) which ...
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RH Group receives DNV worldwide recognition
RH Group receives DNV worldwide recognition Radio Holland Group (RHG) received the DNV (Det Norske Veritas) recognition for radio- and VDR surveys for all its RH subsidiaries engaged in these activities. RHG is the first company to receive such a worldwide recognition by DNV for servicing and testing radio communication ...
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Aussies question warship plans
Australian defense officials may have thrown a wrench into government plans to build new warships in the country. In a submission to a Senate panel, the Defence Department (DP) said there was no strong strategic reason for building the ships in Australia and that doing so could have a negative ...
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Northrop Grumman gets S-VDR type approval
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded type approval from the German certification authority Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt & Hydrographie (BSH) for the Sperry Marine VoyageMaster II Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR). The BSH type approval certifies that the Sperry Marine S-VDR meets the International Maritime Organization (IMO) carriage requirements and International ...
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Exmar orders more LNGRVs
Exmar has placed an order with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering for two more LNGRV vessels, the 6th and 7th in the series, for delivery during 2009. The vessels will be built incorporating the GTT membrane containment system and will have a capacity of approximately 150,900 cub m.
