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Use won shipyards urged
The Bank of Korea plans to urge domestic shipbuilders to settle contracts in won and to spread hedging activities over time to curb the currency's gains against the dollar.???For the currency market's stability, we need to take multilateral efforts such as encouraging shipbuilders to settle deals in won and spread ...
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Shipyard jobs are safe
Williamstown shipbuilder Tenix has assured 1,000 local workers that their jobs will be safe after the company is sold to the highest bidder. The owners of the company, the Salteri family, announced plans to sell just days before signing a $500 million Australian Navy deal that would employ a further ...
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Gazprom needs 20 Shtokman LNG tankers
Russia's Gazprom may call a tender for up to 20 LNG tankers in early 2008 to help it ship LNG from the huge Shtokman field. Andrei Fomichyov, head of St. Petersburg's North Shipyard company, said that Gazprom had informed companies that might take part in the tender that each tanker ...
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Cosco bags FPSO conversion deal
Singapore-listed shipbuilding company, Cosco Corp Ltd's subsidiary Cosco Shipyard, has secured a $21.7 million deal to convert an oil tanker to a FPSO vessel. The conversion of the vessel is expected to commence in late Aug 2007 at Cosco's Nantong shipyard in China, with delivery scheduled for mid 2008. Cosco ...
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ABS classes first USA built CSR tanker
ABS confirmed it will class the first common structural rules (CSR) tankers built in the United States. Three shallow-draft 49,000 dwt Jones Act product tankers built for Texas-based AHL Shipping Company are currently under review by the society. ABS is most familiar with the tanker design having been involved since ...
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RINA to train Carnival new build inspectors
Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding, the newbuilding arm of the world's largest cruise ship group, has contracted with leading classification society RINA to train its newbuilding superintendents.The three year contract will provide Carnival's inspection teams with training in health, quality and safety, CCS organisation, and technical subjects such as fire protection, materials, ...
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Hawaii Superferry delivered with GL Class
"Alakai", the 107 meter high speed ferry classed by Germanischer Lloyd, has been delivered from its builder Austal USA to Hawaii Superferry. A second US flaggedvehicle-and-passenger carrying catamaran is currently under construction.Powered by four MTU 20V 8200 M70 main engines via four ZF 53800 gearboxes, with a top speed of ...
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BAE lands Spanish sub job
BAE?s Barrow shipyard in England has won its first export order in 30 years, with a multi-million pound deal to make sections for Spanish submarines. The yard will build two domed ends for the pressure hulls of each of an initial four new S80 Scorpene class submarines. Another four could ...
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Philly adds boxships to new agreement with HMD
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc., the shipbuilding subsidiary of Aker American Shipping, has signed an agreement with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) extending the current relationship to include not only additional tankers but also containerships. Under an agreement signed in 2004, HMD has been providing design and procurement services for a series ...
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AFL-CIO blocks kit-ships
The Metal Trades Department of the AFL-CIO has sued the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to block controversial rulings that violate the 80-year-old Jones Act to allow U.S. shipbuilders to mass produce so-called "kit-ships." The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, charges that a ...
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Foreign navies interested in LCS
The U.S. Navy said that foreign governments have expressed interest in buying into the new Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, creating the potential for the first foreign sale in 30 years of a U.S.-made military ship. A US Navy spokesman said there's interest in both the General Dynamics Corp. (GD) ...
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NGC receives approval for FT radars
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received type approval from the U.K. certification body QinetiQ for its new-generation marine radar systems. The QinetiQ type approval certifies that the new Sperry Marine VisionMaster FT radars conform to the technical specifications and performance standards of the United States Coastguard as well as the International ...
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VT Halter awarded Egyptian contract
VT Halter in Pascagoula may have a second chance to assist the Egyptian navy in upgrading its ships from aging Russian- and Chinese-designed vessels to Western-, primarily United States, designed vessels. The United States Navy has awarded the Pascagoula shipbuilder a contract for more than $165 million to begin acquiring ...
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Matson proceeds with upgrade in China
U.S. container ship owner Matson Navigation will go ahead with its plan to upgrade at least one ship in China despite a pending lawsuit aimed at stopping that move, a Matson spokesman said.The move comes amid allegations of unfair competition and offshoring work on U.S. ships to overseas shipyards. The ...
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Doosan buys Mitsui Babcock
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction in South Korea has sealed a share purchase agreement yesterday with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. in Japan to acquire UK-based Mitsui Babcock Energy Limited, one of the world's leaders in boiler design and engineering. The $169.5 million buyout of Mitsui Babcock's entire equity stake ...
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MAIB reports on cruise ship fire
The UK?s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) published its report into the fire that broke out on a cabin balcony on board the Bermuda-registered cruise liner Star Princess on 23 March 2006. The investigation was carried out by the MAIB on behalf of the Bermuda Administration with the help of ...
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Code of Practice for PSC officers adopted
The Port State Control Committee of the Tokyo MOU has adopted a Code of Practice for PSC Officers in line with the Paris MOU. The Code is aimed at ensuring "integrity, professionalism and transparency" in the conduct of Port State Control (PSC) inspections, the Committee said in a press statement. ...
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Malacca Strait safety project floated
The Malaysia Government, shipping industry and maritime officials from 31 countries have agreed to cooperate on measures to ensure the smooth passage of ships through a vital trading route between East Asia and the Middle East. The implementation of projects in the Malacca Strait ? ranging from the removal ...
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Tognum aims to expand market share
Since the sale of the Off-Highway division by DaimlerChrysler AG to EQT, a Swedish financial investor, the Tognum holding company is the group with globally leading companies and brands for diesel and gas engines as well as for complete propulsion systems for ships, heavy land and rail vehicles, industrial propulsion ...
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Makin Island christened
The United States Navy recently christened the Makin Island (LHD 8) amphibious assault ship in Pascagoula, Miss. at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. The Makin Island, which is powered by two GE LM2500+ gas turbines coupled with GE main reduction gears, was design and built by Northrop Grumman.According to Karl Matson, ...
