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Lockheed Martin signs SSN to build quartet
The US based aeronautics defence contractor Lockheed Martin signed up state-owned Polish shipbuilder Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa (SSN) to build four ships by 2008 as part of an offset deal concerning Poland?s purchase of US F-16 fighter jets. In the first stage of the project, SSN will build two container ships ...
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MoD plans UK shipbuilding blueprint
The future of Britain?s beleaguered shipbuilding industry is to be decided by a Ministry of Defence study that will determine the placement of billions of pounds worth of naval orders. The investigation was ordered by the defence secretary after concerted pressure from shipbuilders, who fear the industry could be crippled ...
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Singapore wants ISPS to apply to smaller vessels
Singapore's Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, says that the ISPS Code, which applies to cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and upwards, must extend to smaller vessels which, potentially, pose a serious maritime threat. Many in the shipping industry believe that the security threat comes from smaller vessels particularly given ...
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QinetiQ acquires HVR
QinetiQ, Europe's largest science and technology organisation, has announced its acquisition of UK-based consulting organisation HVR Consulting Services Limited (HVR). HVR, which, since 1983, has provided technical and management consultancy to the UK defence sector, will continue to operate autonomously under its existing management team, and will retain its name ...
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MOL to transport equipment for Russian gas project
The Japanese shipping company, MOL, has received the main contract from Chiyotec Limited to handle all Asia-based transport of equipment for the LNG/OET(Oil Export Terminal) part of the Sakhalin II Project. This will be Russia?s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) project and also the world?s largest.The plant will produce 9.6 ...
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Dozens vie for stake in CSC
Dozens of foreign and Taiwanese companies, including Lockheed Martin and Detyens Shipyards of the US, and BAE of the UK, are looking to buy a stake in China Shipbuilding Corp (CSC) which wants to be privatised before 2009. The state-run CSC is the country's largest shipyard and has built container ...
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Namura boosting output
Namura Shipbuilding in Japan plans to invest around $54 million at its Imari shipyard to boost its annual newbuilding capacity by up to 50% by the end of 2005. The plan includes the introduction of a new 800 tonne goliath crane, which will increase productivity by reducing the number of ...
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B.C. shipyards being considered for smaller ferry
Following the recent announcement by B.C. Ferries in Canada that two European ferry builders, Flensburger Schiffbau of Germany and Aker Finnyards of Finland, are bidding for the $380million contract to build two new ferries, David Hahn, president and CEO of B.C. Ferries, said that local shipyards are in the running ...
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Zebra batteries to power submarine rescue vehicle
The Rolls-Royce ?zebra? battery has won its first order to power the submarine rescue vehicle (SRV) which forms a vital part of he NATO Submarine Rescue System. Eight ?zebra? batteries each with the energy of 17kWh will propel and power the SRV which will be able to raise up to ...
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Wynn Marine to launch advanced new window wiper and control systems
Wynstruments, now merged with B. Hepworth & Co, will launch an updatedversions of its best-selling ?straight line? window wiper and a brand newdigital control system at the SMM 2004 exhibition.The Type D MKIV Straight line wiper is based on the highly successful Type D MKIII wiper. In this case the ...
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MT30 completes US Navy milestone
The Rolls-Royce MT30 marine gas turbine engine has completed another major development milestone required for operation by the US Navy by successfully carrying out endurance test running for American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) certification. The 36MW marine gas turbine is already well positioned for two leading-edge US Navy programmes having ...
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Future of lower Clyde shipbuilding looks bleak
The last independent yard on the Lower Clyde has warned that shipbuilding there could come to an end as it launched its latest vessel today. Ferguson?s lost out on a £40 million contract for the UK's Environmental Research Council to a Norwegian company. They say that unless further orders are ...
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Austal's new image
Austal, a name associated worldwide with aluminium vessels of the highest quality, will now also be directly associated with the world?s best designed and built live-aboard vessels. This follows the shipbuilder?s decision to unite marketing of all its products under the Austal name. Previously the live-aboards for the dive and ...
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MOL launches state of the art car carrier
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan has launched the 60,200 gt car carrier Utopia Ace, the first of 12 carriers that will be delivered to MOL by March 2007. The Utopia Ace features advanced technologies such as a double-hulled fuel tank that reduces the risk of oil spills and a hull ...
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Port Qasim bans anything older than 20
INTERTANKO has just received notification today that following a port meeting on the 16 June 2004, the Port of Qasim Authority (PQA) in Pakistan has decided not to accept vessels more than 20 years old for berthing at the port, with effect from 1 January 2005. It is also stated ...
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Fairbanks to power LCS warship
Fairbanks Morse Engine, an EnPro Industries company, has been selected by the Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) team to supply 16-cylinder PA6B sequentially turbocharged (STC) diesel engines for the lead ship in the LCS program, the latest generation of U.S. Navy warships. The PA6B STC is a state of ...
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Ulstein wins large newbuilding contract
Ulstein Verft AS in Norway is to build a construction vessel for Solstad/SBM, ajoint-venture company owned by Solstad and the Monaco based Single Buoy Moorings(SBM) group. The project is one of the largest single projects the shipyard hasgained to date both in terms of weight and size and is worth ...
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Dutch shipyard challenges Kiwi decision
Dutch shipbuilder Schelde Marinebouw, part of the Damen Shipyads Group, says it has filed a legal claim seeking to overturn a decision by the New Zealand government's to award Australian firm Tenix a contract to build seven new ships for its navy. Schelde said it had lodged a claim in ...
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Cool fuel cells
A new kind of power source is being developed at the University of Houston that is so small yet so efficient it could make traditional power plants obsolete while greatly reducing the cost of electricity. The source is a so-called ?cool? fuel cell, officially known as thin film solid oxide ...
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Hornbeck Offshore exercises barge option
Hornbeck Offshore Services, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hornbeck Offshore Transportation (HOT), has exercised the second of its three fixed-price shipyard options for the construction of one additional 110,000-barrel double-hulled tank barge. The vessel, which will be constructed by Manitowoc Marine Group, is expected to be delivered during the ...
