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OVDS signs contract with Fincantieri
OVDS, the Norwegian shipping company, signed a contract with the Italian shipyard Fincantieri for the building of a new cruise ship.The contract is worth $82.7 million and the newbuilding is slated to be delivered in April 2007. The ship will be used for cruises to Greenland in summer, and will ...
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BAE Systems to build carrier blocks
BAE Systems? yards on the river Clyde in Scotland and at Barrow in Cumbria are set to build three of the five ?mega blocks? that will make up each of the UK?s $6.3bn aircraft carrier newbuilding project. Under work share plans taking shape, VT Group and Babcock are to ...
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New 'green' ship for WW
The latest addition to Wallenius Wilhelmsen?s (WW) fleet, the 20,228DWT Toronto, was recently christened. The UK registered newbuilding was constructed with a focus on environmental protection and has a carrying capacity of 6,500 cars. The Toronto is the third of a series of six new ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy ...
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Rolls-Royce wins gas turbine contract
Rolls-Royce has won an order from Technip, on behalf of Total Upstream Nigeria Limited, for six RB211 industrial gas turbines to operate in the Akpo oil & gas field offshore Nigeria. With this order, Total has ordered 11 RB211 gas turbines for its operations offshore Nigeria. A further seven RB211s ...
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Technip receives US platform order
The Technip Offshore Finland yard in Pori's Mäntyluoto on the west coast of Finland has been awarded an oilrig engineering, procurement, and construction contract worth $273 million by the American oil company Chevron. The Pori yard will deliver the hull and mooring systems for a drilling platform to be used ...
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Todd gets USCG repair job
The Seattle-based shipyard, Todd Pacific, has secured a ship repair contract form the US Coast Guard covering repairs and alterations on the icebreaker USCG Polar Sea. There is also an option for the alteration and repair of the ship's systems, engines and shipboard equipment. The work will take place at ...
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Graig cuts Indian Diamonds
The Graig Group has extended its successful series of new design Diamond 53 double-hull 53,000DWT Handymax bulkers into India. Working with Indian trading company Goodearth Maritime Ltd (GML), Graig will provide the vessel design, brokerage, yard supervision, procurement and yard consultancy services for a series of six firm orders plus ...
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Aker Yards signs retrofit contract
Aker Yards and the German TT-Line have signed a contract for retrofitting of four passenger-car ferries. The retrofit means renewing the vessels fuel systems to be more flexible and conforming to today s demands. The project value is $9.1 million. The project will be executed on the yard in Helsinki ...
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Toledo Shipyard operator to stop building
Despite millions of dollars in pledged public aid for modernizations and upgrades, the Toledo Shipyard?s operator has indicated that it will pull the plug by the end of October, costing the area about 70 jobs. Wisconsin-based Manitowoc Marine Group, currently operating a shipbuilding and repair yard via its subsidiary, Toledo ...
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NASSCO Starts Construction on Third T-AKE Ship
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has begun construction on the third ship in the T-AKE program, a new class of combat logistics force ships designated the Lewis and Clark class.The U.S. Navy has awarded NASSCO contracts for eight dry cargo/ammunition ships and ...
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P&I club calls for greater investment in ships' crews
The 'A' rated, 55 million GT North of England P&I club is calling on the world's shipowners to increase their investment in crew welfare. Without greater care and rewards, the club believes the professional status of seafarers - and with it the effectiveness and safety of the shipping industry as ...
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Graig builds handysize Diamonds
The Cardiff-based Graig Group has launched a unique double-hull handysize bulk carrierdesign with an eight-ship order in Vietnam. Graig has contracted four Graig Carl Bro-designed Diamond 34 bulkers, with four options, to be built at Vinashin?s Pha Rung shipyard. Delivery dates begin in mid 2007.The Diamond 34 is a new ...
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Bulgaria establishes unit for investigating marine accidents
An independent unit for investigating marine accidents will be established within Bulgaria's Transport Ministry, as stated in the changes in the Commercial Shipping Code.The establishment of an autonomous unit will increase the quality of investigation of marine accidents. Such units have long been operating in countries like Great Britain, The ...
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Tanker industry facing replacement problem
The size distribution of tankers 5,000-80,000 DWT to be phased out of the oil trades according to MARPOL 13G is quite different from the size distribution of the orderbook, said INTERTANKO's Manager of Research and Projects Erik Ranheim at the Lloyd's List's 7th Product Tanker Conference in London this week. ...
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Korean steel prices review
Korean shipbuilder and steel makers are reviewing thick steel plate price negotiation methods from six months? intervals to longer periods of one to three years. Steel producers are reportedly looking favourably at the proposals and both industries are seeking to achieve a ?win-win? solution. If the prices can be reviewed ...
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Mackinaw impresses
Two weeks into its builders' sea trials, the new U.S. Coast Guard cutter ?Mackinaw? is easing into an operational schedule and impressing those who are aboard. "We're still early in the trials, but it looks like the ship will meet the requirements we've set," stated Capt. Ian Grunther, project manager ...
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Bad maintenance of lifesaving gear costs lives
From July 1, 2006, regular inspections, tests and services by manufacturer-trained and approved technicians become mandatory for all SOLAS ships. Failure of ship operators to prove that they follow the new inspection and maintenance requirements will result in their ships being detained and delayed. "Time's up for unsafe maintenance," says ...
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Air patrols guard Malacca Strait
The four Southeast Asian nations guarding the Malacca Strait started joint air patrols of the vital sea-lane when a Malaysian military plane took to the air with Singaporean personnel on board.The aircraft took off from Subang air force base, on the outskirts of the Malaysian capital, with a crew of ...
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Hanjin shortens welding time
Hanjin Heavy Industries has developed an automatic vertical welding machine (HW-EG2) which has dramatically reduced welding time. The shipbuilder recently used the new equipment in the construction of an 8,100TEU container ship and claims they shortened the welding time by about 10%.
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Wartsila powers Chilean patrol vessels
Wärtsilä Corporation won a contract in August to deliver complete propulsion systems for two 80.6 metre offshore patrol for the Chilean Coast Guard. Designed by the German company Fassmer, each of the 1,850 tonne displacement patrol vessels will be equipped with two 12-cylinder Wärtsilä 26 main engines having a combined ...
