Ships & Yards 13-18 – Page 89
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NewsBusy Jurong
Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has recently been busy.
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NewsENVC facing uncertain times
Despite the global financial crisis, Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) in Portugal had, in terms of ship repair results, its second best year ever in 2009.
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NewsKawasaki delivers LNG carrier
Kawasaki Shipbuilding has delivered the LNG Carrier Taitar No.2 to NiMiC No. 2 S.A. of Panama. The newbuilding is the 11th in a line of 145,000 m3 LNG carriers boasting the latest facilities developed by Kawasaki Shipbuilding.
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NewsASRY signs RFA cluster repair agreement with A&P Group
Bahrain’s ASRY has signed a ‘heads of agreement’ with the UK’s A&P Group to become the repair yard of choice in the Arabian Gulf for two clusters of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessels, involving five ships.
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NewsPalermo yard tackles cruise ship repairs
During 2009, Fincantieri of Italy carried out five repair jobs on cruise vessels and two conversions with most of work carried out at the company’s Palermo shipyard which concentrates on ship repairs and conversion.
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NewsQuiet start to year at B+V
The sale of Blohm + Voss to the Abu Dhabi MAR Group is likely to be a done deal by the time this issue of The Motorship appears and the historic transfer appeared to be proceeding smoothly as the Hamburg yard went quietly into the new year.
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NewsSinking a ship in a good cause
Norwegian research institute Marintek looks at accurate measuring of the impact of testing forces during Testing marine structures, such as very large tankers, requires equipment that can simulate the variety of forces and measure their exact impact with high precision and accuracy.
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NewsKawasaki delivers Dunkirkmax bulk carrier
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation has delivered the Feg Success bulk carrier to Cape 4 International S.A. at its Sakaide shipyard.
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NewsMighty Mo makeover
The historic World War 2 US battleship Missouri has recently undergone a three-month $18 million refurbishment in dry dock at Pearl Harbour. Nick-named the Mighty Mo, the 273m long battleship, with a displacement of 54,899 tons, was last dry-docked in 1992 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
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NewsMitsui delivers latest handy-max bulkers
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., (MES) in Japan recently delivered two more 56,000 dwt type handy-max bulk carriers at its Tamano Works.
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NewsSpecial ships keep German yards busy
Research vessels feature strongly in the current workloads of several German yards busy with small ship repair, refurbishment or conversion, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsChipolbrok launched new building Adam Asnyk in China
The Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company Chipolbrok recently took delivery of its latest newbuilding, the heavy lift vessel Adam Asnyk.
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NewsAntarctic cruise ship refurbished
Polar expedition vessel Plancius owned by Oceanwide Expeditions in the Netherlands was recently converted and refurbished.
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Countdown for start-up of new repair yards
Construction work is well underway on two major new Middle East shiprepair facilities. The new ship repair facility at Oman Drydock, which occupies a 1.2 million m2 site, will become operational in December 2010. Oman Drydock Company is a joint venture between Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering and the ...
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NewsNew floating dock inaugurated
Strategic Marine reports that it was involved in the recent naming ceremony for the new floating dock at the Australia Maritime Complex.
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NewsMOL completes concept for new-generation vessels
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, (MOL) has announced the completion of the concept for the second in its series of next-generation vessels, which it says will be technically practical in the near future.
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NewsStena Bulk orders superior Suezmax tankers
Stena Bulk in Sweden has confirmed an order for two in-house designed Suezmax tankers from South Korean shipbuilder Samsung for delivery in Q3/Q4 2011. Also included are two optional sister vessels declarable by 28 February 2010.
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NewsDales expands repair facilities
Aberdeen-based ship repair and maintenance specialist, Dales Marine Services, has expanded its operations on Scotland’s east coast with the lease of a dry dock at the Port of Leith and a workshop at Montrose.
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NewsGerman yards struggle after dismal year
Far eastern yards still have plenty of newbuilding work but once the current order backlog is cleared they will be in the same position as the once-great European yards. Tom Todd looks at the sate of the German industry as a barometer of what may happen elsewhere in the coming ...
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NewsUnique new rescue craft for German service
A powerful 36 m sea rescue cruiser, the first of its size in Germany, is being built for that country’s Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS), writes Tom Todd. Officials told ‘The Motorship’ a second might also be built.
