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Full order book at Rousse
Rousse Shipyard in Bulgaria has enough orders to operate at full capacity through the end of 2010, according to managing director Ignat Traikov. The order book contains orders from German and Dutch ship owners and the shipyard is currently building the first of 10 8000 dwt dry cargo ships. The ...
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Smit goes on newbuilding spree
The Dutch tug operator Smit has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards for 11 new vessels. Two tugs, type ASD 2810, are replacements for the harbour towage fleet in Rotterdam and will be equipped with a substantially higher bollard pull (60 tons) and are scheduled for delivery in May and ...
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Tokyo Gas orders LNG tanker
Tokyo LNG Tanker Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's top gas distributor Tokyo Gas Co Ltd, has ordered an LNG tanker from Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp, a unit of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, for delivery in 2011. The 177,000 m3 tanker will be able to carry about 82,000 tonnes of LNG and ...
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Concern over slow reform of Russia???s shipyards
The Russian prime minister Viktor Zubkov has expressed concern over a slow reform of the civilian ship building industry at a meeting of the cabinet on Thursday. ???The civilian ship building industry is going through no easy times. The existing production capacities badly need modernization, while the accumulated scientific- technical ...
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ECI acquires Kelvin Hughes
ECI Partners LLP (ECI), the UK mid-market buyout specialist, has acquired Kelvin Hughes in a ?£52m transaction out of Smiths Group plc, the UK listed technology company. Kelvin Hughes is a leading supplier of navigation products and services for the Naval and Commercial marine sectors. Kelvin Hughes has a ...
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Cosco orders two semi-subs
Cosco Shipping Co Ltd of Guangzhou, China, has signed a contract for two large semi-submersible heavy-lift newbuildings with Guangzhou Shipyard International for delivery in September 2010 and March 2011. This is the second contract signed as part of Cosco???s newbuilding programme for the semi-submersible transport and installation market. The purpose-built ...
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Ukraine company on course to buy Gdansk yard
Facing bankruptcy, the historic Gdansk shipyard has a buyer in one of Ukraine???s largest business groups, the Industrial Union of Donbas. However, new complications are tying up the sale. The Ukrainian group, co-owned by billionaires Serhiy Taruta and Vitaliy Hayduk, hopes to bail out the state enterprise, which has seen ...
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Bharati bags PSV order
India-based Bharati Shipyard has bagged an order for two Rolls-Royce designed UT 755LN platform supply vessels from Opielok Bereederungs of Germany. The total price of each vessel is $26.50 million totaling $53 million. The vessels will be operating in the North Sea under harsh environment and will be capable of ...
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GE signs contract for new vessels
The Singapore unit Greatship (India) Ltd, a subsidiary of Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Co (GE), had signed a contract for two new multi-purpose platform supply and support vessels. The contract has been signed between Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte Ltd, Singapore and the Indian shipbuilder Mazagaon Dock Ltd. These 4,600 ...
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Japanese order Incat Crowther cat
Incat Crowther has completed negotiations for the design and construction of a 32m catamaran ferry for Ishigaki Dream Tours in Japan. The vessel will be built by Richardson Devine Marine at their new facility in Hobart, Tasmania.The 32m high speed catamaran ferry will be capable of carrying 257 passengers. The ...
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Garware Offshore orders barge
Diversifying services from its core business of leasing out ships for oil and gas exploration, Garware Offshore Services Ltd in India is acquiring a construction barge from a Chinese shipyard for $25 million. According to a company official, the contract details have been discussed and the order will be finalised ...
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Hallin contracts new SOV
Hallin Marine, the Singapore-based provider of subsea solutions to the oil and gas industry, has signed a contract for the construction of an 80 metre DP2 subsea operations vessel. The vessel, to be named the ???Windermere???, is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2010 from the Singapore yard ...
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UK yard plans new base in India
The South Tyneside engineering company McNulty is planning to open a shipyard in India. The McNulty yard in the UK has been building oil rigs and floating oil production vessels for about 20 years but, now that the North Sea oil is running out, the company wants to open its ...
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DOF confirms option with Aker
Aker Yards has signed a contract with DOF Installer ASA for the building of a highly sophisticated Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel. The value of the contract for the fourth vessel is approximately NOK 765 million ($142 million). The vessel is a declaration of an option on the contract ...
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Oceanteam secures two more options
Oceanteam Power & Umbilical ASA has secured two additional options with the Spanish shipbuilder MetalShips & Docks, SUA to build construction support vessels with delivery third quarter 2011 and third quarter 2012. Oceanteam will target the vessels at its established Subsea - and Power & Umbilical installation services markets with ...
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GulfMark newbuilding programme
Houston-based GulfMark Offshore recently ordered a $130 million, five vessel addition to the existing newbuild programme, including three 3,000 dwt platform supply vessels (PSVs) built to U.S. flag requirements and two 10,000 BHP anchor handling, towing, tug supply vessels (AHTSs). Of the five new builds, the two AHTS vessels will ...
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Tata NYK to acquire 10 more bulkers
Singapore-based Tata NYK Shipping Pte Ltd, the 50:50 joint venture shipping firm set up by India???s largest and the world???s sixth biggest crude steel maker, Tata Steel Ltd, and Japanese shipping major NYK Line, will expand its fleet by inducting 10 more bulk carriers to meet rising demand for shipping ...
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MISC to upgrade shipyard
MISC Bhd, the Malaysian shipping company with a big stake in the LNG market, has allocated about RM1.5 billion ($450 million) over the next four to five years to upgrade and expand its subsidiary unit Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering (MMHE) shipyard. To date, about RM150 million has been spent ...
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Greatship orders another PSV pair
Keppel Singmarine Pte, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, has secured a repeat contract from Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte to build two platform supply vessels. Deliveries for these two PSVs will be between end 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. The vessels are similar to ...
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Aker to build more PSVs for "K" Line
Aker Yards has signed a contract with "K" Line Offshore AS to build four platform supply vessels of Aker Yards design. The total value of this contract is approximately NOK 1.4 billion ($258 million) and delivery of the four vessels is scheduled between fourth quarter of 2010 and third quarter ...
