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Seaarland orders Suezmaxes
Amsterdam-based Seaarland Shipping Management has ordered three 165,000 dwt Suezmax tankers to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries, South Korea, for deliveryin the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarter 2011.
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RINA launches ILO notation
Italy-based classification society RINA has introduced a new voluntary notation which will help shipowners meet the new international standards for crew accommodation. The notation, ILODESIGN will ensure compliance with the ship construction and accommodation layout and outfitting requirements of the new ILO Maritime Labour Convention 2006.Roberto Cazzulo, deputy director of ...
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MAN Diesel?s environmental milestone
MAN Diesel is relaunching its portfolio, making all its engines compatible with the limits established by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in its Tier II regulations. The relaunch is an historic milestone for the company, and one which preempts the January 2011 implementation of the new IMO NOx emission limits. ...
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K Line takes delivery of Unimax ore carrier
The 300,000 DWT type ore carrier ?Grande Progresso? of Kawasaki Kisen?s 100% owned foreign subsidiary was delivered at Ariake Shipyard of Universal Shipbuilding Corporation. The 327m long and 55m wide newbuilding with a draught of 21.40m is the first very large ore carrier dedicated for loading at Brazil and unloading ...
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L&T to enter shipbuilding biz
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in India will enter into shipbuilding business with an initial investment of Rs 20 billion ($468 million) next year according to local reports. The shipbuilding project would start in April 2009 and the first L&T-built vessel will be out within two to three years. Moving ahead ...
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Keppel bags Ensco semisub rig
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) in Singapore has won a contract to build a $537 million ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig from a subsidiary of Dallas-based Ensco International Incorporated (Ensco). This contract follows shortly after of the award of the fifth semisub, ?Ensco 8504?, that was announced on earlier last month. ...
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MAN Diesel expands service network in North America
MAN Diesel celebrated the official opening of service facility in Woodbridge, New Jersey, USA, and is hereby expanding the MAN Diesel PrimeServ Network in North America. Over 200 customers, suppliers and business partners, including John E. McCormac, Mayor of Woodbridge, NJ, came to celebrate what is now the largest MAN ...
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Wärtsilä acquires German ship automation company
Wärtsilä has acquired the German company Claus D. Christophel Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH (CDC), which specializes in the design, delivery and service of automation systems for ship owners and yards. The company is based in Hamburg and has three business areas, which are maritime information technology, project engineering and customer ...
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Bureau Veritas focuses on access safety
The French classification society Bureau Veritas has developed guidelines intended to reduce the number of accidents to seafarers and surveyors during the inspection and maintenance of ships structures. The guidelines will help yards to design in safety indetail.Guidelines for the Design of the Means of Access for Inspection, Maintenance and ...
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SCI places LR-1 orders
State-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has ordered six LR-1 product tankers of 60,000 DWT from STX Shipbuilding in a deal worth $371m for delivery from 2010 onwards. SCI has also received government approval to order two 4,400 TEU cellular container vessels from another shipyard to be finalised next month. ...
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Profits up at Sri Lanka yard
Colombo Dockyard, Sri Lanka's sole listed ship builder, said its March quarter net profit went up 22.5% to 245 million rupees from 200 million rupees a year ago. Revenue rose 49.6% to 2,968 million rupees from 1,984 million rupees in the same period a year ago.The yard delivered two anchor ...
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New icebreaker launched
A new diesel-electric icebreaker, ?Sankt-Peterburg? has been launched at the Baltic Shipyard in Russia. The construction is carried out under the survey of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). This multipurpose icebreaker is designed for piloting of large ships in the Gulf of Finland, towing of ships and floating facilities ...
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IMO commissions Nigerian MRCC
A key link in the plan to provide effective search and rescue (SAR) coverage off the coast of Africa has been completed with the commissioning, by IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, of a fully-equipped regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Lagos, Nigeria - the third such commissioning in just ...
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Bunker industry going distillate
Rising crude oil prices and tighter environmental regulations are moving the shipping industry into an era of ever higher bunker prices, the Sustainable Shipping Forum in Singapore has been told. Robin Meech, Managing Director of Marine & Energy Consulting Ltd, made the predictions in his opening chairman's remarks on Thursday. ...
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STX inks two bulkers
STX Shipbuilding has won a 129 billion won ($126 million) order to build two bulk carriers for a European shipping company with delivery in May 2009.
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Hyundai Mipo bags two chemicals carriers
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has won a 121 billion won ($117 million) deal to build two chemicals carriers for a European shipping company for delivery by December 2011.
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Maersk backs slow steaming
The world's largest container liner Maersk Line is backing slower steaming as a response to rising bunker costs. Slow steaming is an efficient way to reduce bunker consumption, lowering operational costs as well as cutting CO2 emissions, according to Jesper Praestensgaard, CEO Asia Pacific of AP Moller-Maersk. Bunker bills currently ...
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EU to demand aid repayment for Polish yards
The European Commission said on Thursday it is preparing to demand the repayment of Polish government aid to the Gdynia and Szczecin shipyards, while Warsaw signaled it needed more time to find a way of saving the yards. A spokesman for EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes said: "As regards the ...
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Noreq acquires Crevi Davit
Noreq AS, the Norwegian manufacturer and supplier of maritime deck equipment, has acquired the Bergen-based davit manufacturer Crevi Davit AS. The acquisition strengthens Noreq?s focus on the development of maritime equipment, particularly launching arrangements (davits) for lifeboats and rescue vessels.Together with Crevi Davit, Noreq has already made great progress in ...
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ST-design for Sea4
Grimstad based ship owner Sea4 has ordered two ROV/ light construction vessels of Skipsteknisk design ST-254L CD at Freire Shipyard in Vigo, Spain. In all Skipsteknisk have currently 8 designs under construction in Spain. The new vessels will be delivered in February and August 2010 respectively. They are not committed ...
