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Wärtsilä DF engines get gas boost
Wärtsilä has received a major order to supply twenty-four Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines to Samsung Heavy Industries of Korea. These engines will power a series of six 155,000 m3 dual-fuel-electric LNG carriers. Four of these ships were ordered by A.P. M?ller of Denmark, while Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line) of ...
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Russia?s big two to co-operate
Russia?s two largest shipbuilders are joining forces after years of rivalry in an effort to rationalize shipyard facilities in a shrinking market. St. Petersburg-based Baltiisky Zavod, builders of warships for more than a century, will withdraw from defence contracts and concentrate on building commercial ships while rival Severnaya Verf will ...
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EU will not appeal
The European Union has decided against appealing a World Trade Organisation ruling on its dispute with South Korea over shipbuilding subsidies paid by Seoul, despite ongoing controversy over the outcome. The EU accepted the ruling made last month, during a meeting of the WTO's Disputes Settlement Body, a source close ...
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A&P and MES strategic partnership
A&P Group and Marine Exhaust Solutions (MES), a subsidiary of Diversified Metal Engineering, of Canada, have announced a strategic partnership that will deliver groundbreaking abatement technology to the marine industry in time for Marpol Annex VI.By replacing the silencer in a ships engine exhaust stack, the MES EcoSilencer technology reduces ...
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Two more for Aker yards
Aker Promar, part of Aker Brattvaag AS, will be building an Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel for DOF ASA at a cost of $48 million. The vessel will be 80 metres long, and 18 metres wide and delivery is scheduled for September 2006. Designed by Rolls-Royce, the newbuilding will ...
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Work starts on India?s aircraft carrier
India began an eight-year project to build an aircraft carrier in its most ambitious military programme to date. Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee launched the construction of the 37,500 tonne carrier at the Cochin Shipyard in Kerala, a naval spokesman said. The carrier will carry 30 British- and Russian-made jet fighters ...
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Kochi aims to be world-class
The Indian shipping ministry has proposed the setting up of two shipbuilding hubs, including a $480 million world-class facility in Kochi in conjunction with the special economic zone proposed on land owned by Cochin Port Trust. The government has asked the Hindustan Shipyard in Visakapattinam and the Cochin Shipyard to ...
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Philadelphia reorganized
Plans are being finalized to sell Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard to a new group provisionally named American Shipping Corp. This announcement was made by a spokesman for Kvaerner ASA, the shipyard's Norwegian parent company, who said "The new group will build and own product tankers, but the ships will be leased ...
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Restructuring for higher profitability
The UK based manufacturer MAN B&W Diesel Ltd, in Stockport, has decided to take measures in order to improve its competitiveness. Taking into consideration the challenges of the market as well as the improvement of long-term profitability, the manufacturer of high-speed diesel engines will consolidate its engine programme and optimise ...
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First export for Himsen S-type engine
Hyundai Heavy Industries secured its first export contract for the Himsen S-type engine H17/28 developed late last year. The order for six 5H17/28 medium speed diesel gensets was placed by the Turkish shipping company Kaptanoglu for installation aboard the four 20,000DWT bulk carriers being built at Torgem Shipbuilding in Turkey. ...
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Daewoo wins super tanker order
Daewoo has secured an order to build three supertankers for a record $130 million each. That is the highest price paid to date for a VLCC according to London-based broker Clarkson, which began tracking prices in 1976.
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Ship repairer wins newbuild contracts
Shanghaiguan Shipyard, one of the main ship repairers in China, has this year won an order for a 70,000DWT floating dock from Samsung Heavy Industries, a 2,600TEU container ship from a Singapore interest, four 120,000DWT bulk carriers from a Danish shipowner and a conversion order of two bulk carriers from ...
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Chinese shipbuilders continue to expand
Xinhe Shipyard has won a contract from Tianjing Port for a 1,600m3/hour dredger for delivery in June 2006. The new vessel will be 95 metres long, 15.4m wide, a depth of 4m and a draught of 2.45m. Huanghai Shipbuilding in Shandong secured an order to build a 600TEU multi purpose ...
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Shipbuilding on the Clyde is alive
The latest warship to be launched on the Clyde went down the slipway at BAE's Govan yard in the shape of the 16,000 tonne landing dock ship, Cardigan Bay. She is the 751st ship to be launched from Govan. After years of reducing the workforce on the Clyde, the future ...
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Stolt-Nielsen orders two parcel tankers
Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group (SNTG), a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen S.A., has reached agreement with the Kleven Floro yard in Norway for two 43,000 DWT parcel tankers for delivery in late 2007 and early 2008.These ships, which will each have 39 tanks, partly stainless steel partly coated, will complement the high-end sophisticated ...
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IMO Regulations at a glance
The new "IMO Pilot 2005" with the current regulations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is now available as the 5th edition for all customers of Germanischer Lloyd. All amendments to the regulatory framework of the IMO, as decided at the 79th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 79) ...
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Pakistan goes for Chinese warships
Pakistan signed a contract with China for the purchase of four new F-22P frigates with all related equipment/systems. The signing of the frigate deal will help strengthen naval defence as Pakistan has for a long time been seeking to introduce new warships in its fleet in view of the Indian ...
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Chartco under single ownership
Smiths Marine Sytems has acquired Fugro?s share in the ChartCo joint venture, such that ChartCo is now totally owned by Smiths. ChartCo was set up in 1998 as an innovative enterprise to distribute navigation data, weather and other information to ship operators by satellite broadcast. On a worldwide basis, it ...
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Mipo adds more newbuilding capacity
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has recently added one more dock for newbuilding, No. 1 dock, which had been used for ship repair. The shipbuilder has already laid the first two keels for a pair of product carriers at this dock. These are a 47,000DWT product carrier ordered by OMI and a ...
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Stromme acquires NME
The agreement on the purchase of 100% of the shares in Norwegian Maritime Equipment AS (NME) for NOK 12.2 million in cash in addition to shares in Str?mme ASA was signed by the two parties earlier this year. This agreement will extend Stromme?s range of products in important segments of ...
