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Canadian company gets two new cargo ships
Groupe Desgagnés has christened, in Quebec, two new vessels built for its subsidiary Transport Desgagnés in Shanghai, China. "With each a length of over 138m, a total carrying capacity of 20,000m3 in their holds and on their main deck, two cranes of 180 tonnes which may be twinned to lift ...
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US Navy orders equipment for additional JHSVs
The US Navy has exercised contract options funding Austal?s acquisition of long lead-time material associated with the construction of two additional 103-metre Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV). Austal was awarded the initial contract to design and build the first 103m JHSV in November 2008. The contract included options for nine ...
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Paris MoU new targeting lists
At its 42nd meeting last month, the Paris MoU Committee approved the 2008 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flag States and RecognizedOrganizations. These lists will take effect from 1 July 2009.The "Black List" for 2009 contains 21 flags States, two more than last year. The2008 "White List" ...
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Scrubbing is the answer says EGCSA
The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) has hailed news that the United States and Canada plans to introduce Emissions Control Areas (ECAs) in North America as an opportunity for shipping to widely incorporate abatement technologies in order to meet the impending laws. The decision taken on 31 March by ...
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Green light for scrubbing technology
The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) yesterday hailed news that the United States and Canada plan to introduce Emissions Control Areas (ECAs) in North America as an opportunity for shipping to widely incorporate abatement technologies in order to meet the impending laws. The decision taken on 31st March by ...
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Austal wins JHSV contract
Austal USA has won a contract to design and build the US Department of Defence's next generation multi-use platform, the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), as part of a programme potentially worth over $1.6 billion. As the project's prime contractor, Austal will design and construct the first 103-metre JHSV, with ...
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US report highlights harmful impact of emissions
The Environmental Defense Fund has released a new report on air pollution from large ocean-going ships. Entitled "Floating Smokestacks: A Call for Action to Clean Up Shipping Pollution," the report analyses the latest available data from the U.S. EPA and finds that large ocean-going ships in the United States emitted ...
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IMO under pressure to act on emissions
There is a new warning that the IMO must act quickly to find consensus of ways of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. "The EU (European Union) is putting pressure on the IMO. They want them to do a lot more," said Christopher Frisk, head of Brussels representation for the Swedish ...
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Fincantieri to acquire Manitowoc
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has signed a definitive acquisition agreement to acquire the Manitowoc Marine Group (MMG), from its parent company, The Manitowoc Company, Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation has agreed to be a minority investor with Fincantieri in the proposed acquisition.The transaction, that is valued at approx. $120 million (subject to ...
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IMO approves Krystallon technology
A newly-approved emissions control system, designed to fit onboard ocean-going ships, could prevent thousands of premature deaths by significantly reducing some of the most deadly pollutants affecting regions along North American coastlines. Approval of the system, known as seawater scrubbing, by the IMO has opened the way for the first ...
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Philly yard makes start on first shuttle tanker
Aker American Shipping (AKASA) representative Michelle Pinto started a plasma cutter today to officially begin production of the company?s first shuttle tanker. When this vessel is completed, Aker American Shipping will become the first company in the United States to own a U.S. flag shuttle tanker for use in the ...
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IMO nears agreeing ship pollutant limits
The IMO has tentatively agreed new sulphur limits for ship fuels that will slash air pollutants but cost the oil and ship industry dear, an industry source close to the talks said. The industry source who is involved in the negotiations said countries party to the IMO had provisionally agreed ...
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Tricon Marine moving to China
The US-based Tricon Marine, a high-quality builder of FRP/composite luxury yachts up to 55 metres long, recently broke ground on China?s first and only North American-owned and operated shipyard. The new facility will allow Tricon to offer its customers the highest quality design and construction at unprecedented value.Located just outside ...
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Oman to spend megabucks on fleet expansion
Oman's state shipping firm will spend up to $4 billion in the next three to four years to expand its fleet size, a senior company official said, as part of the sultanate's efforts to upgrade its oil industry.Oman Shipping Company (OSC) is looking to grow its fleet mainly to meet ...
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NYK and UK Club get together over stowaways
A 100% increase in the cost of stowaway incidents in the past ten years means that stowaways cost the international shipping industry more than $20 million per year. The trend has prompted the world?s largest ship operator, NYK of Japan, and the largest protection & indemnity insurer, the UK P&I ...
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BIW building DDG 1000 lead ship
The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works (BIW), a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $1.4 billion contract to build ZUMWALT (DDG 1000). The ship is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in 2014. The ZUMWALT class of ships represents the Navy?s next generation of multi-mission surface ...
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GPA to design WSF ferries
Seattle-based naval architect firm Guido Perla & Associates (GPA) has signed a contract with Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation to provide the design of a new 144 car ferry ordered by Washington State Ferries (WSF). Todd Pacific Shipyard, in conjunction with its major subcontractor J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation, will be building ...
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Tasmania developing US military cats
Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd and Revolution Design Pty Ltd have been awarded one of three US multi-million dollar design contracts by the US Department of Defense.The Tasmanian based companies are part of an international consortium responding to the United States Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition program for the Joint High ...
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Austal awarded US Navy contract
Austal has been awarded a Preliminary Design Contract for the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) programme for the US Navy and Army. The JHSV requirements and concept of operations are similar to those of the Austal built ?WestPac Express?, which has been successfully serving the III Marine Expeditionary Force in ...
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Europe aims for transport emissions agreement
British and other European negotiators will reportedly be pushing for shipping and aviation emissions to be included in a post-Kyoto deal on climate change at discussions beginning in Bali. Representatives from almost 190 countries are gathering for the United Nations climate conference in Bali this week to begin hammering out ...
