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RR supplies USN with gas turbines
Rolls-Royce has won another significant order for the largest naval gas turbines in the world to power a next generation US Navy warship.Two Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines will power the second Lockheed Martin-designed Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Another set of the same turbines has already been ordered and installed in ...
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Todd awarded excavator barge contract
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation was awarded a contract by Washington Group International/Alberici, a joint venture, under their contract with United States Army Corp of Engineers, to construct and deliver one custom built excavator barge to serve as a work platform for a deep digging excavator on the Ohio River. The ...
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NASSCO and DSEC sign agreement for newbuildings
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, and Daewoo Ship Engineering Company (DSEC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) based in Busan, Korea, announced a formal teaming agreement to build ships for the U.S. market under the Jones Act. The Jones Act, ...
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Austal and DSTO in alliance
Austal and Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) have signed a five-year industry alliance that will strengthen Australia?s maritime defences. The purpose of this alliance is to formalise and strengthen links between DSTO?s maritime research and development activities and Austal?s expertise in high speed vessel design, construction and systems integration.Austal ...
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Northrop to design lighter HTS
A Northrop Grumman Corporation led team has been selected by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to begin a design of a 40 MW high-temperature superconductor (HTS) generator intended to provide a smaller, lighter and quieter main power source for future United States Navy surface combatants. Under this initial nine-month ...
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Austal secures US navy LCS order
The US Navy has awarded the construction contract for the Austal designed Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project. The $223 million order for the first of two planned "Flight 0" vessels was awarded to prime contractor Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics company which has teamed up with Austal, the designer ...
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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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GE?s LM6000 completes ABS test
GE Transportation?s LM6000 aero derivative gas turbine recently completed the 500-hour power generation phase of endurance testing towards American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) certification. GE is seeking ABS certification to the Steel Vessel and the new Naval Vessel Rules for its LM6000.The company plans to certify the LM6000 at a ...
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China's shipbuilding to exceed 10 million DWT
China is expected to build ships totaling more than 10 million DWT for the first time in its history, said an official in charge of the country's shipbuilding sector. Zhang Guangqin, vice-director of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (CSTIN), said the figure would represent an ...
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Atlas Elektronik for sale
BAE Systems has officially put up for sale Atlas Elektronik, its German naval systems business thereby ending months of speculation about its intentions for the naval command-and-control and torpedo business. The company is in discussion with the German government over how to go about it since Berlin is keen to ...
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VT prospects buoyant
VT GROUP, the shipbuilder and defence group, rated its future prospects as good, but warned of a slowdown at its core UK defence support services arm. The company said it planned to offset the expected UK slowdown by continuing to expand in United States defence support services (DSS) and in ...
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Japanese anti-piracy initiative
Details of Japan's drastic new proposals for maritime security measures in areas at risk from piracy and terrorism will be announced at the forthcoming IMO seminar on "Maritime Security Measures for Non-SOLAS Vessels" to be held on 10 May, 2005. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and the United ...
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Korean shipbuilder exploring Muscat potential
The government of Oman is going ahead with plans to develop a world-class commercial port and shipyard at Duqm in Al Wusta. Royal Haskoning of the Netherlands, in association with Lebanon?s Khatib & Alami, is designing the proposed port and shipyard project. The port will have facilities to handle ultra-large ...
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CSBC on target for privatization
The state-run China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSBC), based in Taipei, will complete privatization by the end of 2005 as scheduled. According to CSBC President Fan Kuang-nan, the company will hold an investment conference at the end of April and start inviting investment in May. Fan said several potential investors from the ...
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ShipConstructor gets more funding
The development of key features in ShipConstructor, the AutoCAD based 3D product-modeling software for the design and fabrication of ships, will be funded by the Second-Tier Shipyard Design Enhancement Project II, which recently received significant funding from the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise. The project, headed by ...
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CSISC challenges V-Ships
China's largest ship-management company plans to launch a global challenge to its competitors. "Our purpose is to catch up with the world's largest V-Ships Company," said Wang Xiangyun, Party secretary of the newly established China Shipping International Ship management Co Ltd (CSISC). CSISC is aiming to manage several hundred ...
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LM6000 seeks ABS certification
GE Transportation's marine gas turbine business has launched a program to obtain American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) certification, to the Steel Vessel and the new Naval Vessel Rules, for its LM6000 aero derivative gas turbine. GE plans to certify the LM6000 at a power level greater than 36 MW based ...
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Austal launches SeaCoaster
Austal USA has launched a high speed catamaran with advanced hull form technology for the United States Office of Naval Research (ONR). The 31.2 metre vessel was built for American Marine Holdings, which has been awarded a contract to deliver and demonstrate its "AMH SeaCoaster" military vessel design to the ...
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Toxic ship dumping banned
The global trade in toxic ships for scrap was dealt a serious blow in Geneva last week when the Basel Convention affirmed that ships could be considered toxic waste under international law and that its 163 signatories must control the export of ships under the terms of the Convention. Greenpeace ...
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Halter launches PCTC
V-T Halter Marine has launched a 178 metre vessel designed to transport more than 3,000 vehicles between California and Hawaii. The M-V Jean Anne is the first of its kind to be built in the United States. The ship is owned by Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines, a joint venture between ...
