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Color goes for second cruise ship
Color Line AS and Aker Yards have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the order of a second ship, a sister vessel to ?Color Fantasy?, the world's largest cruise ship with car decks delivered from Aker Finnyards in December 2004. The contract is valued at approximately $400 million and ...
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Lauritzen expands LPG fleet
Lauritzen Kosan, the gas arm of Danish shipowner J. Lauritzen A/S, has signed a newbuilding contract for a series of four semi-pressurised gas carriers with ethylene capacity at INP Heavy Industries in South Korea. The deal includes options for further vessels. The first vessel will be delivered in the fourth ...
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Fincantieri delivers Tirrenia ferry
Italian shipbuilder, Fincantieri, has delivered the 40,000 gt cruise ferry ?Sharden? to Tirrenia Navigazione. Built at Fincantieri?s shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia, this newbuilding completes the ferry company?s modernization programme. Measuring 214 metres long and 26 metres wide, it 30 knot vessel can transport 3,000 passengers and 1,085 cars between ...
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Destroyers decision delayed
The decision on the winner of the Australian $6 billion contract for naval air warfare destroyers has been delayed by at least three weeks following demands made by the Defence Department for more detail from the Victorian and South Australian governments about their support for the project. Victoria wants the ...
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HHI in boxship bonanza
Hyundai Heavy Industries has won orders for container ships worth $1.1 billion from shipowners in Kuwait and Iran. United Arab Shipping Company in Kuwait ordered eight 6,800TEU vessels to be delivered by November 2008 while Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines ordered two 6,500TEU ships. The latter are also scheduled ...
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VT Halter completes Jean Anne
VT Halter Marine has delivered its largest newbuilding, the pure car and truck carrier Jean Anne, to its owners Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines. The 178 metre long vessel has a capacity of more than 3,000 vehicles on a total of 10 decks, including three hoistable decks that allow the ship's ...
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Third Freedom for Aker
Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCCL) and Aker Yards have signed a LoI for the order of a third ship in the Freedom class, the world's largest cruise ship. The contract value is at the same level as the second vessel in this class ordered last autumn and the LoI is valid ...
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Izar reborn as Navantia
Navantia is the new name chosen for the former Spanish shipbuilder Izar and SEPI, the owners, will own the new company which will consist of the military naval yards of Cartegena, Fene, Ferrol and San Fernando. Navantia will also integrate the commercial yards of Cadiz and Puerto Real and it ...
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Korean shipbuilders clinch huge LNG contracts
South Korea's three largest shipbuilders, Hyundai, Daewoo and Samsung, have clinched orders from a Qatari gas producer to build LNG carriers worth more than $10 billion. The three yards will be supplying a total of 44 new gas tankers by 2010 to meet the requirements of Qatar Liquefied Gas II.
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Boxship duo for Cido
Cido Shipping in Japan has ordered two more 2,824TEU container ships from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard at the total contract price of $102 million. Ship particulars are 222m length, 30m breadth and 16.8m depth with the first unit slated for delivery in February, 2009.
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Hanjin HI aims high
Hanjin Heavy Industries aims to secure newbuilding contracts worth $2.7 billion and a turnover of $2.2 billion this year. The Busan-based shipbuilder targets operating profit of $70 million. The Korean shipbuilder said that its turnover increased to $1.9 billion last year compared with $1.5 billion in 2003. Its pretax profit ...
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China to build FPSO
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and ConocoPillips China signed a contract with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding for the construction of a 300,000DWT FPSO for service in China's Bohai Bay. Fu Chengyu, chairman and CEO of CNOOC, said that the vessel will be the largest built in China, will cost $200 ...
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Second generation SSAS from Pole Star
Pole Star Space Applications Limited, industry leader in maritime fleet tracking solutions, has launched its 2nd generation entry-level DSAS-L ship security alert system (SSAS). The solution is fully compliant with SOLAS XI-2/6, and with minimum-required functionality it is provided at a significantly lower cost than current competition. The DSAS-L is ...
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Simrad launches paperless ECDIS
Simrad is launching a new Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS), the CS68 ECDIS, based on the marine dedicated MC50 computer. For the launch of its new CS68 ECDIS, Simrad is introducing a new phrase to the world of electronic navigation, PLECDIS or Paper Less ECDIS. The fully approved ...
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Jurong awarded semi-sub hull contract
Jurong Shipyard, a subsidiary of SembCorp Marine has been awarded a $50 million contract from Houston-based Atlantia Offshore for the construction of a deep draught semi-submersible hull design for the Independence Hub gas-processing platform. Destined for operation in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the semi-submersible hull, measuring ...
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Sembawang gets pipelayer
The Contract requires the complete engineering, construction, outfitting and commissioning of a 8,000 tonne new-built hull into a self propelled, DP 2 heavy lift and pipelay vessel with accommodation for 330 persons, equipped with a Huisman 3,000 tonne heavy lift crane and S-Lay Pipelay system. The execution of this Contract ...
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Speculation about single-sourcing DD(X)
There is speculation that the US Navy is moving to have its next-generation DD(X) destroyer built at a single shipyard. Industry sources claim that the Navy wants to see Bath Iron Works and Ingalls Northrop compete head-to-head with the winner-takes-all approach for the design and construction of the DD(X). This ...
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Aker Ostsee gets more feeders
Aker Ostsee shipyards in Wismar and Rostock-Warnemünde, a subsidiary of Aker Yards, has been awarded a contract to build two plus two container vessels for Thien & Heyenga in Hamburg, Germany. The vessels are of the newly developed type Aker CS 1700 and the total contract value is approximately $160 ...
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Two more for Matson
The US shipping company Matson Navigation has agreed to buy two more two 2,600 TEU container ships from Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard for a total of $290 million. Matson bought the first two ships built at the new Philly yard, the Maunawili and Manukai which were delivered last year. Dave Meehan, ...
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VT to build OPV
The UK?s Ministry of Defence has awarded a £30 million contract to the Portsmouth-based VT Group for the construction of a new Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV). This OPV will patrol waters round the Falkland Islands and is being acquired under an innovative charter and logistic support contract. Scheduled to enter ...
