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GdF confirms second LNG carrier
Gaz de France (GdF) and Alstom signed a letter of intent on 3 July 2003 for the construction of a 153,000 m3 LNG carrier, with an option for a second identical LNG carrier. The order for the first LNG carrier was confirmed last September for delivery in October 2005 and ...
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Daewoo strengthen hull structure without collar plate
Daewoo Shipbuilding has been implementing a method of construction that strengthens hull structure without utilizing a collar plate. Named 'collarless construction method', the shipbuilder has applied this construction technology to an offshore project for the first time in order to reduce building costs such as man-hours and materials. In the ...
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Samho clinches two LPG carriers
Hyundai Samho Shipyard in South Korea received a newbuilding contract for two 82,000 cbm LPG carriers from a European ship owner at a total cost of $135 million. They will be delivered by December 2007.
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BMT to develop next generation training
The future of maritime training is set to be transformed, with improved quality, increased flexibility and reduced costs for ship operators, thanks to a new cross-industry partnership. BMT SeaTech Ltd and BMT Designers and Planners Inc, subsidiaries of British Maritime Technology (BMT), will develop the next generation of ?computer based ...
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ABB wins contracts worth $45 million
ABB in Norway has secured new contracts worth $45 million for delivery of complete electric propulsion systems to two icebreakers to be built for CJSV Sevmorneftegaz by the Norwegian shipyard Havyard Leirvik, and four platform supply vessels to be built in China for Groupe Bourbon by Zhejiang Shipbuilding.The contracts with ...
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NewsMOL orders a very large iron ore carrier
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed an agreement with Nippon Steel Corporation, one of the world's largest steel companies, to develop and build one of the world's largest iron ore carrier. The 323,000DWT bulk carrier will be built by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) with delivery slated for the second ...
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STX achieves its annual new order target
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea received an order for two 47,400DWT product carriers from TMM (Grupo TMM S.A) in Mexico. Total contract price is $62 million and both will be delivered by July 2007. Ship particulars are 183m long and 32.2m wide with a depth of 19.1m. This is the ...
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ABB to supply seven Azipods for new cruise vessels
ABB has signed a contract with Meyer Werft of Papenburg, Germany, to supply a total integrated solution of electrical power, distribution, Azipod propulsion and automation systems for two cruise vessel newbuildings. The 93,000gt, 2,400 lower berth vessels will be built for Norwegian Cruise Line and are scheduled for delivery in ...
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NewsDiamond Princess delivered
The latest addition to Princess Cruise?s fleet, Diamond Princess, was named and delivered yesterday by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). The 116,000gt vessel with a 2,670 passenger capacity launches a new ship design for Princess and makes history as the first large cruise ship built in Japan in more than a ...
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ISU pollution survey highlights decline in salvage workload
Results from the latest annual Pollution Prevention Survey published by the International Salvage Union (ISU) show that oils, chemicals, other pollutants and bunker fuel recovered last year totalled 605,677 tonnes, as against 957,122 tonnes in 2002. This amounts to a decrease of nearly 37%. This is a significant decline in ...
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MEP waste water system for Silver Seas cruise ship
Italy-based ISIR in a strategic alliance with West Palm Beach-based Marine Environmental Partners (MEP) has sold the recently certified MariSan A-WWTP (Advanced Waste Water Treatment Plant) to the Silver Seas? cruise ship, Silver Shadow. The system has been delivered and will be in operation prior to the ship?s Alaska itinerary, ...
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Samsung and IHI sign technology cooperation
Samsung Heavy Industries signed a technology cooperation agreement on LNG containment tanks with IHI in Japan. Samsung said that it will apply the new technology on LNG storage system to offshore ships such as LNG-FPSO and LNG-FSRU which the shipbuilder will develop in future. The Korean shipbuilder further said that ...
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Princess Cruises specifies common rail engines for newbuilding at Fincantieri
An agreement was reached between Princess Cruises, the engine builder Wärtsilä and the shipyard Fincantieri that the latest newbuilding, hull 6100, will be equipped with Wärtsilä?s common rail engines. The engine configuration is four 12-cylinder engines and two 8-cylinder engines, all of the Wärtsilä 46 type in diesel-electric configuration, giving ...
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World cement trade growth ahead?
After advancing by 18.4mt (21%) over 1998-2001, and then declining by 4mt (9%) to 102mt in 2003, the volume of cement and clinker traded internationally by sea has potential for further expansion, based on a number of contributory factors. This is one of the conclusions of the major new report ...
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MacGREGOR adds fire-extinguishing systems to its portfolio
The MacGREGOR Group has signed a contract with Finnish fire safety specialist Softonex to become the exclusive distributor and service provider for Softonex?s fire-extinguishing systems in marine sector. The contract covers global sales of fire-extinguishing systems to newbuildings and conversions, with the exception of Japan and Thailand, and a worldwide ...
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Sperry to supply navigation systems on 12 newbuildings
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has received orders to supply navigation and bridge systems for 12 new tankers to be built for Italian ship owners at shipyards in South Korea and China. The value of the contract was not disclosed. The ships include four 46,000 DWT product tankers for D'Amico ...
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Newbuilding orders round-up
Hyundai Samho Shipyard in South Korea secured an order for two 159,000DWT tankers from a ship owner in Bermuda. The pair will be delivered during 2007 at a total cost of $118 million. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won an order for a 47,000DWT ice class 1A product carrier from OMI Corporation. ...
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NewsNorfolkline orders third new ferry
Norfolkline has confirmed the order of a third new purpose-built RO-PAX ferry to meet growing demand on its Dover to Dunkerque cross channel freight and passenger services. The company currently has the first two ferries of its new generation RO-PAX ferries under construction at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in ...
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New IMO test simulates bilge water treatment under ?real life? conditions
With effect from January 1, 2005, bilge water treatment systems installed in newbuildings and retrofitted on existing ships must fulfil tougher demands to gain IMO approval. While the limit for the oil content in bilge water pumped overboard remains the same at 15 ppm, an additional step is being added ...
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MSC selects Alstom for two cruise-ships
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has just selected ALSTOM as the builder of its new generation of cruise-ships. The contract calls for ALSTOM to construct two 1,275 cabin cruise-ships, with an option for a third sister-ship. It will enter into force once the financing arrangements have been put in place by ...
