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Dung Quat to deliver first oil tanker
Vinashin?s Dung Quat shipyard in the central province of Quang Ngai, Vietnam, is expected to complete its first oil tanker next year, having received strong financial commitments from foreign banks. The shipyard needs up to $300 million to build a 100,000 DWT oil tankers, and a number of large banks ...
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GL revises construction rules
The Construction Rules for the hull structures of seagoing ships have been revised by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and adapted to meet the changing international requirements. The new construction rules for shipyards apply with immediate effect to all newbuildings contracted after publication of the revised edition. In accordance with the specifications ...
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Meyer snaps up Celebrity order
Celebrity Cruises, part of Royal Caribbean Cruises, has ordered a new cruise ship from the German shipbuilder Meyer Werft. The letter of intent includes an option for a second ship. Celebrity incorporates many features typically associated with luxury cruising in its new ship. More than 90% of the ship?s staterooms ...
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BMT carries out welding research
Shipbuilders, owners and operators will benefit from new research into advanced welding techniques as the result of a contract awarded to BMT Fleet Technology Ltd, a subsidiary of British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT). The contract has been awarded by the US National Shipbuilding Research Programme (NSRP) in support of the ...
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Another Aida for Meyer Werft
The German cruise operator AIDA Cruises, headquartered in Rostock, has awarded the building contract for another 68,500 GT club cruise ship to Meyer Werft in Papenburg. Delivery of the newbuilding is scheduled for Spring 2008 and will be the third ship in the Sphinx class. The first will be delivered ...
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Venezuelan steel project agreed
Venezuela's state heavy industry holding company CVG and Italian equipment and steel plant manufacturer Danieli have signed an agreement to develop the Qualimetal steel project. Danieli and CVG subsidiary FMO (Ferrominera Orinoco) will create special company Qualimetal, which will carry out the Qualimetal steel project feasibility study to decide which ...
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SCI orders VLCC pair
State-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) received the government's nod to buy two VLCCs each costing $130 million. The 300,00DWT newbuildings have already been ordered from Daewoo (DSME) and are scheduled for delivery by the end of 2008. The current SCI fleet includes two VLCCs and the company plans to ...
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Kockums powers Japanese subs
Swedish-based shipbuilder Kockums, a division of Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, has signed a contract with Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries to deliver Stirling engines to Japan?s submarine program. The order follows several years of evaluation of Stirling engines aboard the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force's training submarine, the company said. Submarines ...
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New EU rules for maritime polluters
Tomorrow, the Council of Ministers is expected to adopt formally two pieces of legislation that aim at combating ship-source pollution through a system of sanctions in case of intentional acts or serious negligence. This legislation, proposed two years ago by the European Commission, will put in place effective and dissuasive ...
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Exxon Mobil going for double-hulls
Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corp. said it would replace its Alaska fleet of single-hull oil tankers with double-hull vessels. The US energy company will first buy and refurbish two ageing double-hull tankers now shipping crude oil for BP. The tankers, the ?Kenai? and the ?Tonsina?, will be overhauled in a Singapore ...
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HVS completes Elektra lengthening
The Vietnamese shipbuilder Hyundai-Vinashin (HVS) has completed the lengthening of the Wallenius owned car carrier ?Elektra? increasing its gross tonnage from 57,018 to 66,624. Elektra, built in 1999 at Daewoo, is the first of five Wallenius PCTCs to be elongated by HVS. Its length has been increased from 199.1 metres ...
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Daewoo clinches German boxships
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has won a contract to build four 3,200TEU container ships worth $249.6 million from German ship owner Hamburg Sud. Delivery of the 22 knot quartet is scheduled by June 2007 and payment would be made in cash. The contract also includes an ...
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Steel plant for Venezuela
Venezuela's state-run Ferrominera del Orinoco and Italy's Danieli Spa signed a $570 million agreement for the construction of steel plant in eastern Venezuela. A government official said the factory would produce steel used for ship building in Venezuela, which is looking to expand its fleet of oil tankers. Although no ...
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Korean Navy launches LPX
South Korea will launch a 13,000 tonne large-deck landing ship as part of its naval force improvement programme. The amphibious ship, called LPX, was unveiled at Hanjin Heavy Industries shipyard in Busan and is the first of the two LPXs the Navy plans to develop by 2010. The new LPX ...
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STX to enter LNG market
STX Shipbuilding will enter into the LNG carrier newbuilding market and has signed a technology supply agreement with Gaz Transport & Technigaz S.A. earlier this year. At present, STX has completed setting up the relevant organization for production of cargo tanks and is developing a design for a 155,000 cbm ...
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Shanghai engine jv launched
The Hudong Heavy Machinery Company has launched a marine diesel engine joint venture in Shanghai with China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC) and Mitsui Shipbuilding Co., (MSC) of Japan. The joint venture has a total investment of $144.9 million and will have an annual diesel engine capacity of one million bhp ...
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GEM doubles fleet
Dubai-based Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) took delivery of the second of four vessels it has on order from Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, in a deal which has seen the tanker operator double the size of its fleet in only one year of operations. GEM is a joint venture in ...
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DFDS orders roro duo
DFDS has signed a 10-year time-charter deal with an option on a further three years for two ro-ro vessels with Macoma Shipping Ltd. The vessels will be built at the Jinling Shipyard in Nanjing, China, and delivered late 2007 and early 2008, respectively. Both vessels have a capacity of 3,343 ...
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MHI develops new low-speed engine
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has developed a new low-speed marine diesel engine, the UEC50LSE, in cooperation with Wärtsilä Switzerland Ltd. MHI initially reached an agreement with Wärtsilä in November 2002 toward joint development of marine diesel engines and the 6-cylinder UEC50LSE is the first fruit of their collaborative effort. After verification ...
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Container screening device developed
Electronic Sensor Technology, Inc., has developed a new technique for screening cargo containers. To date, the most reliable way to search for illicit materials in cargo containers is by manual inspection and, partly because of the time-consuming nature of this procedure, very few containers (less than 4% of the 6 ...
