All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1015
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Austal wins NSW police contract
Following a detailed review and tender process, Austal has been has been awarded a contract for the design, construction and supply of six 16 metre aluminium monohull vessels for the Water Police in the Australian state of New South Wales.This order will add to the previous Austal delivery of two ...
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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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Two new feeders E.R. Schiffahrt
Two new 2,824 TEU feeder container ships for E.R. Schiffahrt were named at Hyundai shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. These newbuildings named ?E.R. Malta? and ?E.R. Malmo? are part of the current newbuilding programme of the Hamburg-based shipping company, a subsidiary of the Nordcapital Group. E.R. Schiffahrt now has a ...
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Navy to test new E-craft
The US Navy hopes to test a new catamaran design capable of sailing at speed through stormy seas and landing on hostile beaches by putting it to work ferrying commuters from the Mat-Su to Anchorage in Alaska. Matanuska-Susitna Borough officials recently met with the Navy and Lockheed Martin in Anchorage ...
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Government to sell stake in DSME
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) is likely to be sold to a local buyer following a decision by South Korea?s government to sell its controlling stake in the shipyard. The deal could raise billions of dollars and offer a chance for domestic private equity groups to secure a big ...
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China invests in Czech yard
Hundreds of jobs will be created in Decin, Czech Republic, where Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group of China wants to invest CZK 1.3 billion ($52.5 million) to extend shipbuilding production at the Ceske Lodenice shipyard. A preliminary plan forecasts that Ceske Lodenice could employ 500 people next year and up to 1,500 ...
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Mipo wins four product carriers
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard wins four 46,000DWT product carriers from Gulf Navigation Group at a cost of $54 million each. Delivery is scheduled by April 2009.
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UK government backs Ferguson bid
The European Commission is investigating claims that three Polish shipyards are being supported by government subsidies, in breach of EU competition rules. Scottish Office Minister David Cairns said UK Trade Minister Alun Michael had agreed to take the concerns to Europe. Cairns said the contract to build two fisheries protection ...
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Voith enters PSV market
The Norwegian shipowner ?stensj? Rederi AS has placed an order with Voith Turbo Marine (VTM) for two Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP) for a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The 85 metre long vessel will be built at Astilleros Gondan shipyard in Spain and the ship was designed by Skipsteknis in Norway. ...
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Boeing signs up Teekay
Teekay Shipping and Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of Boeing, announced the signing of an agreement that makes Teekay the international launch customer for the Connexion by Boeing Maritime Service. The maritime service allows vessels in mid-ocean transit to experience global high-speed communications at affordable rates. For the first ...
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Mipo launches first ships from No.1 Dock
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea launched its first two ships from No.1 Dock which was converted for newbuildings earlier this year. The newbuildings involved are a 52,800DWT product carrier (Hull No. 0306) for Western Petroleum and a 47,000DWT product carrier (Hull No. 0430) for OMI.
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IACS presents united front
On 13 June, the ceo's of the members of IACS met to discuss the progress of IACS?s common rule developments for oil tankersand bulk carriers, and agreed that: 1. The implementation date of common rules will take place for all members on 1 April 2006,2. with adoption the rules will ...
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New reefers for Eimskip
Eimskip, the Icelandic shipping company, has entered into shipbuilding contracts for the construction of two highly sophisticated reefer vessels for a total purchase price of $39.6 million, with an option of ordering four more. This order is part of Eimskip?s and its Norwegian subsidiary, CTG, plans to enhance its temperature-controlled ...
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Teekay consortium wins Qatar LNG order
Teekay Shipping Corporation, the world?s largest oil-tanker company, and Mitsui OSK Lines, Japan?s second-biggest shipping line, are among a group set to win a $3bn order for LNG tankers from Qatar. The group of companies has "tentatively won" the order to build and operate the 12 gas tankers to carry ...
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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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Stolt-Nielsen goes to ShinA for newbuildings
Stolt-Nielsen SA of Norway announced that its Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group (SNTG) unit has ordered four 44,000DWT parcel tankers from South Korea's ShinA Shipbuilding. The aggregate price for the four ships is expected to be just under $230 million and delivery is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2008.Each ...
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First LCD laid down
The keel was laid down for the US Navy?s first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) at Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wis. The 116.3 metre warship, to be named USS Freedom (LCS 1), represents the cutting edge of a new Navy, and represents a revolution in design for the US Navy. Freedom, the ...
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Samsung develops new LNG robot
Samsung Heavy Industries has developed a new robot which will automatically bond triplex insulation in LNG carrier. Triplex maintains temperature in LNG cargo tank at the level of -163 degree and prevent gas leakage. Currently, 40 workers require 22,400 hours for bonding triplex but this will be reduced by more ...
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Q-Ship in VLGC deal
Qatar Shipping Company (Q-Ship) has signed a $1.4bn contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Korea to design, build, launch, equip and deliver four Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) vessels, each of 82,200cu m for delivery in 2008-09. This is part of Q-Ship?s fleet expansion exercise and represents their largest ...
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Confusion over EU rules threatens shipyard jobs
Hundreds of jobs at Ferguson's shipyard in Port Glasgow are at risk because the Scottish Executive (SE) doesn't understand EU rules, it was claimed today. The yard is fighting for a contract to build two fisheries protection vessels, which the Executive claims must be put out to a tender process ...
