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U.S. Navy goes paperless
The U.S. Navy unveiled plans for a major transformation in military marine navigation over the next few years, in which traditional paper nautical charts will be replaced with advanced, interactive, electronic navigation systems throughout the fleet. The Navy's plans were presented at a media briefing and demonstration cruise in Washington, ...
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GL's Port State Control statistics
Germanischer Lloyd has taken first place in the current evaluation of all statutory inspections of ships during the past year within the scope of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (Port State Control). The Paris MoU on Port State Control (PSC) determined the number of class-relevant detentions for each classification society ...
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Kogas to build ice classed LNG carrier
Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) has invited bids to build four LNG carriers, two of which will be ice classed, to carry 3.5 million tonnes of LNG from 2008. The LNG carriers will have a cargo carrying capacity of at least 145,000 cbm. One ice classed LNG carrier for Sakhalin should ...
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Keppel set for strong Q2
Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corporation Ltd., the world's top builder of offshore oil rigs, is set for a 28% quarterly profit rise on Thursday as rig orders boom and oil refining returns improve.More than half of the rigs now under construction around the world are in Keppel yards, feeding an energy ...
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NSDRC recommends greenfield shipyards
Visakhapatnam-based National Ship Design and Research Centre (NSDRC) has asked Indian shipyards to set up green field shipyards in deep water ports because the country will be requiring an additional 1.78 million GT to meet the growing shipping needs. The study said that only greenfield shipyards, with a new ?gene ...
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Japan drops TSL
Japan has announced it will abandon plans to put into service the world's fastest passenger ship, which cost $103 million to build, due to predicted operating deficits.The Techno Superliner (TSL), which has been under construction at the Tamano works of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) for delivery later this year, ...
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H&W changes course
Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard has been undergoing a quiet revolution bringing with it the promise of new prosperity. The latest contract the yard has landed is to fabricate and assemble components for an offshore wind farm and then dispatch the units to the English coast.The sections of the 60-turbine ...
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Multraship goes Bulgarian
Terneuzen-based Multraship Towage & Salvage has purchased Bulgarian towage and salvage operator Bourgas Tug Services. BTS provides harbour towage, local salvage and line handling services in and around the Bulgarian port of Bourgas and has a fleet of four tugs ranging from 1,500 - 4,300 bhp. Leendert Muller, managing director ...
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Two more reefers for Kitanihon
Kitanihon Shipbuilding in Japan is rumoured to have secured an order for two 550,000 cft reefer ships from a Japanese ship owner. They will be delivered in November 2007 and March 2008. The yard currently has four similar reefers on its order book for Doun Kisen KK all for delivery ...
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Russia to improve Libyan shipyards
Russian shipbuilding experts are willing to offer Libya assistance in creating greater capacities at existing shipbuilding and ship-repairing yards. The Central Research Institute of Shipbuilding Technology in Russia plans to set up a project to build a shipbuilding yard with a design capacity of 25-50 fishing vessels per year. The ...
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Normed declares two more
Dutch shipping company Normed International has declared their options at Daehan, South Korea, for a further two 10,000 DWT, 687 TEU multi-purpose general cargo vessels, part of a potential series of ten, due for delivery end 2007 and March 2008. Normed Line ordered the first six new buildings earlier this ...
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PSV contract for Aker
Aker Yards has signed a contract worth approximately $31.2 million to build a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) of the Aker PSV 09 DE design. The 88 metre long 4,850 DWT newbuilding will be built at S?viknes Verft and is scheduled for delivery in March 2007. The ship owner is a ...
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Vinashin delivers
The Bach Dang Shipyard, a subsidiary of Vinashin (Viet Nam Shipping Industry Corporation), has recently delivered the largest domestically built cargo ship to the Vien Duong Transport Company. The 15,000 DWT ?Vinashin Sky?, designed by Vietnamese engineers and built with French technical assistance, is powered by a 5,180 horsepower MAN ...
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Volstad PSV for Aker
Aker Yards has signed a contract with Volstad Shipping AS, Ålesund, for the building of a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) worth $38.2 million. Delivery is scheduled for February 2007 from Brattvaag Skipsverft and the contract includes an option for a sister ship. The vessel is based on a Skipsteknisk ST ...
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NorseMerchant raises Irish Sea stakes
NorseMerchant Ferries has introduced its latest Ro-Pax ferry, Lagan Viking on its Irish Sea route between Birkenhead and Belfast. The first of two 26,500 GT sisterships being built by the Italian shipbuilder Visentini, she recently made her maiden voyage on the Liverpool to Belfast service.The new ship has an overall ...
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CSSC newbuilds on the up
China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC) has delivered 2.87 million tonnes of new ships in the first half of 2005, up 61% on last year. Nearly 80% of the newbuildings were for export. CSSC built 3.57 million tonnes in 2004, an increase of 64.5% year on year. Exports accounted for 73.8% ...
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K-Line books Chinese Capesize
The Japanese shipping company K-Line has ordered a 177,000 DWT Capesize bulk carrier from Chinese shipbuilder China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC). This newbuilding, designed in China, is the largest ship of its type to be built in the country to date. Construction will take place at CSSC?s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding ...
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Durban shipbuilding scheme gets backing
The Kwazulu-Natal-based heavy engineering firm Duys Engineering has received accreditation for a shipbuilding initiative under the outgoing Strategic Industrial Project (SIP) tax-incentive scheme. CEO Henk Duys believes that there are immense possibilities around the Durban shoreline, especially in the construction of ships or parts on contract from European countries.The shipbuilding ...
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US Navy extends Austal charter
With four years of service supporting the operations of the US Marine Corps, the 101 metre aluminium catamaran ?WestPac Express?, built by the Australian shipyard Austal, has been re-chartered by the US Navy to continue in its role for a further 18 months.After a competitive bid process, the Theatre Support ...
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P&I club warns on danger of working aloft
North of England P&I club has published a graphic new safety poster to remind its members of the age-old danger to crewmembers caused by the continuing need to work at height on ships.'The most common injuries on a ship are still those caused by slips, trips and falls - and ...
