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K Line gets new LNG carrier
"K" Line LNG Shipping (UK) Limited (KLNG) in London has taken delivery of its brand new 145,000 m3 LNG carrier ?Celestine River?. This Moss LNG tanker was constructed at the Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation?s Sakaide Shipyard in Japan and will be chartered to a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy Inc. for a ...
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GE Shipping orders two more bulkers
Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd in India has placed an order for building two 57,000 DWT dry bulk carriers. The order has been placed with Cosco (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co Ltd and the vessels are expected to be delivered by second quarter of 2010-11. This is the second contract GE Shipping ...
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CMB announces fleet expansion
Bocimar, part of the Belgium CMB Group, has expanded its newbuilding programme with the acquisition of two newbuilding Capesize vessels. The first vessel is a 180,000 DWT bulker that has been ordered from Imabari in Japan at a cost of $108 million and delivery is expected to take place in ...
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ABG delivers Egyptian AHTV
Mumbai-based ABG Shipyard has delivered its third anchor handling tug vessel (AHTV) to Egypt-based Maridrive & Oil Services SAE. The AHTV, named ?Maridive-229?, will assist in the offshore oil and gas field activities of Maridrive on Egyptian shores. The AHTV is 61 metres long and displaces 3,600 tonne fully loaded. ...
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Eastern Echo signs up for more X-Bows
Eastern Echo Holding Plc has signed shipbuilding contracts with Drydocks World in Dubai and design and equipment contracts with Ulstein Design for two seismic vessels, each capable of towing up to 12 streamers. The shipbuilding contracts conclude and replace the original Letter of Intent (LOI) announced on in September 2007. ...
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Grand Slam PSV delivered
Bollinger Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana, has delivered the Grand Slam, the fourth of the ten-series GPA 654 Platform Support Vessels, designed by Guido Perla & Associates, Inc., that won the "Significant Boats of 2007" award during the Workboat Show in New Orleans. The design of the DP2- and FFV1-certified GPA ...
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Wärtsilä wins carrier contract
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract for approx EUR 30 million for the manufacture and supply of the main diesel generating sets and their auxiliary and support systems for the Royal Navy's Future Aircraft Carriers (CVF) by Thales Naval Division on behalf of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance. The Wärtsilä engines ...
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Flensburger yard launches last BC ferry
The last in a three-ship order for double-ended ferries for Canadian ferry operator British Columbia Ferry Services (BC Ferries) was recently launched at Flensburger shipyard and delivery is planned for May 2008. BC Ferries owns approx. 35 ferries which are operating on 28 different routes on the Pacific coast of ...
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US shipyard to build two Aker PSVs
Aries Marine Corp, based in Lafayette, Louisiana, has signed a letter of intent with Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, Florida, for the construction of two Aker Yards PSV23 DE supply vessels. This latest AY clean design developed for the Gulf of Mexico is a diesel electric DP 2 vessel ...
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Austal to go ahead with expansion
Austal USA plans to go ahead with a $200 million-plus expansion of its Mobile River shipbuilding facility, whether it wins major new military work or not, company officials said. The shipbuilder expects to learn sometime in January whether it wins a preliminary, $3 million design contract for a high-speed troop ...
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C&Heavy wins six bulker
South Korean shipbuilder C&Heavy Industries has won a $342.2 million order to build six bulk carriers for an unidentified firm in Central America. Delivery of the vessels is slated for August 2010.
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Essar orders more bulk carriers
Essar Shipping & Logistics Limited (ESLL) in India has contracted to acquire six modern mini Cape bulk carriers of 103,664 DWT each with an option to acquire another three similar vessels. The order for building the vessels has been placed with STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., China at an estimated ...
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Swissco orders four more OSVs
Singapore-based Swissco Offshore Pte Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swissco International Ltd., contracted Singapore and Indonesian shipyards to build four more offshore support vessels worth $12.8 million with owner-supplied equipment.The first order is for two identical units of 26-metre, 1,400 bhp, aluminium crew or utility vessels to be built at ...
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Interest in Stocznia Gdynia dwindles
Fewer and fewer companies appear ready to acquire Stocznia Gdynia. One of the reasons is the fact that the Ministry of the Treasury wants a ban signing new contracts until an investor is chosen.Potential investors for Stocznia Gdynia were supposed to submit binding offers on Monday but the Ministry of ...
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Hyundai gets Danaos trio
Danaos Corporation in Greece has ordered three post-Panamax 10,100 teu containerships from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for delivery in January, February and March of 2011. Danaos has also arranged for a large international liner company to charter all these vessels for 12 years each, at accretive rates. This deal increases ...
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Malaysian expertise attracts BAE
The future looks promising for a BAE Systems-Labuan Shipyard and Engineering Sdn Bhd (LSE) tie-up. The British firm is so impressed with the Malaysian company that it is in "detailed discussions" to become one of its suppliers. BAE Systems managing director (Asia Pacific) Steve Meighan said this following discussions with ...
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Al-Mukairish and SCM sign deal
Singapore shipyard operator and oil rig builder SembCorp Marine Ltd (SCM) and Nasser Mohammed Al-Mukairish and Partners Company (Al-Mukairish) have signed a joint venture agreement to form SembMarine Middle East Pte Ltd. (SMME). SMME will be a founding shareholder in the Saudi Arabian joint stock company named Floating Dock for ...
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Work starts on Vietnam?s largest PCTC
The Ha Long Shipbuilding, part of the Vinashin group, has begun building a $50 million car carrier which can carry 4,900 CEUs, becoming the largest PCTC to be built in Vietnam. The ship is one of a series of eight ordered from Ha Long by Israel's Raycar Carriers. The 185.6 ...
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India enters dredger market
Next month Kandla Port in India will have the country's first and Asia's second shipbuilding and ship-repair yard for building and repairing dredgers. The Rs 450-crore venture has been set up by the Kandla-based company, Jaisu Shipping, which is the only company in India engaged in dredging in the private ...
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Mitsui delivers VLOC
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Japan's third-largest shipbuilder, delivered a VLOC (very large ore carrier) that will sail between Brazil and Japan, completing an order for one of the world's largest iron-ore carriers. The 340 metre ?Brazil Maru?, delivered to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.(MOL), will be able to carry 327,180 ...
