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    Mipo clinches box ship sextet

    2004-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Reederei Claus-Peter Offen in Germany placed four 2,824TEU container ships plus two more options at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for a total value of $260 million. The newbuildings will measure 222.14m in length, 30m in width and 16.8m in depth and will be delivered from October, 2006 to August 2007.

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    RFA Orangeleaf refit at A&P Tyne

    2004-04-21T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Orangeleaf arrived at A&P Tyne?s number 4 dock at Wallsend last week for a 68 day refit. Orangeleaf has been a regular visitor to A&P?s Falmouth yard and the refit will peak with over four hundred men per day working on the ship. The planned scope ...

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    Samsung reveals massive new order

    2004-04-19T00:00:00Z

    Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea reveals massive new order of 10 ships valued at $900 million. The orders comprise of two 145,000 cbm LNG carriers option from Malaysia International Shipping for delivery during 2007. SHI also secured two 157,700DWT and an 112,800DWT ice class tankers from Ceres in Greece, ...

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    DFDS orders newbuilding number six from Flensburg Shipyard

    2004-04-19T00:00:00Z

    DFDS Tor Line has ordered newbuilding number six in the so-called flower series from Flensburg Shipyard. DFDS also negotiated an option for a seventh unit.Recently, DFDS has secured a number of substantial industrial contracts and, supported by the German road tax expected to be implemented as from January 2005, expects ...

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    IHI Marine United to recommence production of turbochargers

    2004-04-16T00:00:00Z

    IHI Marine United will recommence in-house design and development of marine turbochargers following a 14-year break during which time the company had either procured fully built units or manufactured units according to design specifications supplied by its partner ABB Turbo Systems. The decision to restart development and production was taken ...

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    JSMEA urges the use of authentic machinery parts

    2004-04-16T00:00:00Z

    In a presentation made at the ?new technology seminar? held on the first day of Sea Japan 2004 trade show, JSMEA (Japanese Marine Equipment Association) made the case for using authentic ship machinery by highlighting instances where imitation products had failed to function properly. JSMEA has been concerned about ...

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    Mipo saves W 20 million per ship

    2004-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has achieved savings of W 20 million ($17,240) per new ship by adopting a spray-on technique for thermal insulation materials. The Ulsan-based shipbuilder recently applied the spray technique to a deckhouse of a 46,000DWT product carrier for Athenian Sea Carriers. The shipbuilder said that it plans ...

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    V. Ships wins management of easyCruise

    2004-04-15T00:00:00Z

    V.Ships Leisure, the passenger ship arm of V.Ships, the Monaco-based ship manager and marine services group, has been nominated by easyGroup as the manager for it?s new easyCruise venture. This new cruise company will commence operations in the West Mediterranean in spring 2005 and the contract with V.Ships will include ...

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    Kobe Diesel to open new engine production facility

    2004-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Kobe Diesel will start building works on a new marine diesel engine production facility on part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries? (MHI) plant in Futami, Japan, for completion in April 2006. It will invest $37M in the facility which will eventually allow the company to double its annual output from ...

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    US National Defense Tank Vessel construction

    2004-04-15T00:00:00Z

    The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) issued a notice amending the schedule for submittal of competitive proposals for construction of new product tank vessels under the National Defense Tank Vessel Construction Assistance Program. The schedule is being extended by 45 days and phase I proposals are now due not later than ...

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    Washington shipyards bid for ferry contract

    2004-04-15T00:00:00Z

    The initial field is set for the eventual selection of a shipyard to build four new vessels for Washington State Ferries (WSF). Five local shipyards have submitted information to WSF to commence the pre-qualification process set forth in the project ?request for proposals?. The five shipyards are Everett Shipyard, J.M. ...

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    Wärtsilä powers Australian FPSO

    2004-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Wärtsilä Corporation has been awarded a contract to supply a 31.5 MW diesel power plant for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Mutineer-Exeter field of Santos Ltd off the north west coast of Australia. The plant has been ordered by MODEC of Tokyo, Japan, a leading ...

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    China shipbuilding achieved big success in 2003

    2004-04-15T00:00:00Z

    In 2003, ships completed in China reached 6.05 million dwt, an increase of 31% over 2002 ( 4.61 million dwt), while new orders received reached 18.5 million dwt, an increase of 174% (6.74 million dwt in 2002. Ship orders in hand reached 26.59 million dwt, an increase of 95% (13.62 ...

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    ZCMEC increases engine and propeller production

    2004-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Zhenjiang China Marine Equipment in China has enjoyed a sharp increase in engine and propeller productions for the first quarter this year. The marine equipment company has achieved industrial output of CNY 160 million for the first quarter this year, up 28.7% compared with the same period last year. Its ...

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    Far Eastern yards busy with deliveries

    2004-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Far Eastern shipbuilders have been busy delivering ships. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard delivered the 46,000DWT product carrier Pamir to Novoship in Russia two months ahead of schedule. Ship particulars are 183m long, 32.2m wide and a depth of 18.8m with a service speed of 14.6 knots. Samho Shipbuilding in South Korea ...

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    Daewoo nets Capesize bulker

    2004-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Daewoo Shipbuilding in Korea clinched a Capesize bulk carrier from Korea Line. The shipping company ordered the 170,800DWT ship for delivery in July 2006 at a contract price of $59.6 million. When completed, the newbuilding will transport coal for Korea Electric Power Corporation on an 18 year charter.

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    K Line orders a 300,000DWT bulker

    2004-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has undertaken to construct a 300,000 dwt super large ore carrier for JFE Steel Corporation (JFE). The construction of the 330 metre long, 55 metre wide vessel is to be carried out by Universal Shipbuilding Corporation and delivery is scheduled for 2008.The newbuilding is in ...

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    Newbuilding round-up

    2004-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Samsung Heavy Industries clinched an order for four more 9,600TEU container ships from Seaspan Container Lines in Canada for delivery during 2007. This latest order is an option declaration by Seaspan and brings its total newbuildings at Samsung to eight boxships. Great Eastern Shipping has exercised one of its two ...

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    Mipo to construct new bloc-fabrication shop

    2004-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Hyundai Mipo Dockyard will construct its second bloc fabrication shop at Daebul in the province of Cheollanamdo in South Korea. The new 49.41 acre factory will be operational from September this year and HMD plans to invest $17.5 million in the new facility and employ 930 workers.

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    Wartsila wins icebreaking order

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Wärtsilä Corporation has received an order for four engines for installation on the first Sakhalin icebreaker to be built in Finland by Kvaerner Masa-Yards (KMY). The vessel will be equipped with three 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 38 main engines in diesel electric drive and an additional 6-cylinder Wärtsilä 20 engine to power ...