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UK and France ponder CVF work sharing
A final decision to place the £3.8bn order for the Royal Navy?s future aircraft carrier programme (CVF), already delayed from last year, is now unlikely before October or November while French suggestions for a 40% slice of the work are examined in detail. France has already paid a £100m share ...
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Eitzen orders LPG carriers
Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA in Norway has reached an agreement with Sasaki Shipbuilding in Japan for six 2,500 cbm semi/pressurized LPG carriers at a cost of $14.2 million each. The vessels will be delivered in 2011. Axel Eitzen, Chief Executive Officer, said: "These newbuildings together with the sale of ...
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Boost to Aussie shipbuilding
The Australian government has awarded the $3 billion contract for two of the Royal Australian Navy's new landing ships to a consortium of Spanish firm Navantia and Tenix in Victoria. The hulls based on F100 design will be built in Spain and transported to Williamstown for the ships' completion. The ...
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Hanjin mulls new shipyard in Phivedec
After investing over $1.6 billion in Subic Bay Freeport for a shipbuilding facility, Korea?s shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) is investing another $1 billion in the state-owned Phivedec Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental for the construction of a further shipbuilding facility that is one a half times bigger ...
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Schat-Harding expands US network
Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has strengthened its US service network by purchasing Maritime Solutions Inc, a Norfolk, Virginia-based lifeboat and davit service company.Gary Joseph, president of Schat-Harding USA, says, "We have worked with Jim Lyttle and his staff at Maritime for a number of years and know the good ...
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SSW launches new feeder design
The German shipbuilder Schichau-Seebeck Werft (SSW) is setting new international standards in feeder shipping with the launch of the 152 metre-long "Anne Sibum" at its Bremerhaven facility. This is the first ship of the new "SSW Super 1000" series to come off the slipway and the design has already come ...
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RINA to train Carnival new build inspectors
Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding, the newbuilding arm of the world's largest cruise ship group, has contracted with leading classification society RINA to train its newbuilding superintendents.The three year contract will provide Carnival's inspection teams with training in health, quality and safety, CCS organisation, and technical subjects such as fire protection, materials, ...
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Massive boxship contract for Daewoo
Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine & Engineering Co. (DSME) has won a deal valued at $1.5 billion to build nine container vessels. The order from a European shipping company calls on DSME to deliver the vessels by March, 2011.Following this order, DSME said it has already met its previous order target of ...
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Bharati gets repeat orders from Norway
Indian shipbuilder Bharati Shipyard has received repeat orders worth $43.40 million from Norway-based Sea Cargo Skips AS for the design, construction and supply of two ro-ro/pallet/container vessels. The company said the 5,800 DWT vessels will operate between the various ports in Scandinavia and the UK. 'With this, our total order ...
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Aegean expands fleet
The Piraeus-based Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc., an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, has recently taken delivery of the ?Milos?, a newly built 4,600 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker, from Fujiian Southeast Shipyard in ...
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Fincantieri launches oceanographic ship for India
Fincantieri?s Muggiano shipyard (La Spezia) has launched the "Sagar Nidhi" ("Pearl of the Oceans"), an oceanographic vessel ordered for the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Madras. The 5,000-ton ship, whose aft section was built at Riva Trigoso shipyard (Genova), is 104 metres long and 18 metres wide with delivery ...
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LDA orders ferry from Singapore yard
French shipping company Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has ordered a new roro ferry for its LD Lines subsidiary, which currently operates the services between the UK ports of Portsmouth and Newhaven and the French ports of Le Havre and Dieppe. The newbuilding has been designed specifically for the Portsmouth/Le Havre ...
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Trinidad to establish shipbuilding industry
The government of Trinidad is currently looking into the establishment of a local shipbuilding industry. Minister in the Ministry of Finance Christine Sahadeo made the announcement and said that as part of the development of the local shipping and maritime industry the government planned to look at the opening of ...
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Acergy orders DSV
Norwegian offshore engineering and construction contractor Acergy SA has signed an agreement with Havila Shipping for a new build diving support vessel (DSV) for Northern Europe operations which will join the Acergy fleet in 2010.This new state-of-the-art vessel is specifically designed for efficient diving operations in the harshest environments. It ...
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Odense sells Volkswerft Stralsund
Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. (Odense Staalskibsv?rft A/S) has entered into agreement with the Hegemann Group of Companies, Germany, regarding the sale of Volkswerft Stralsund GmbH. Conclusion of the sale is subject to documentation of the necessary guarantees by the Hegemann Group which is expected by the end of July 2007. ...
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Halul Offshore receives new vessel
Halul Offshore Services Company (HOSC) in Doha received delivery of their newly-built DP1 Anchor Handling Tug supply vessel ?Halul 26?. The vessel was built by Q-Con at Mesaieed, Qatar, a Shipyard owned by Qatar Shipping Company. This newbuilding is the first of two DP1 AHTSV ordered by HOSC as a ...
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Pride orders ultra-deepwater drillship
Pride International, Inc based in Houston, USA, will construct an advanced-capability, dual activity drillship for use in ultra-deepwater drilling locations. The new rig will be capable of drilling in water depths of up to 12,000 feet, with a total vertical drilling depth of up to 40,000 feet. The rig, to ...
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MISC inks deal with SLS
Kuala Lumpur based MISC Bhd has signed an agreement with South Korea's SLS Shipbuilding (SLS) to buy eight 45,000 dwt chemical tankers. The double-hulled IMO II vessels ordered at a total cost of about $430million will be delivered during 2009 and 2010. The newbuildings will enable MISC to improve its ...
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STX wins order for six bulkers
Korean shipyard STX Shipbuilding has won an order worth 292 billion won ($317 million) to build six bulk carriers for an undisclosed company in the Middle East. The vessels will be delivered by April 2011.
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Hosco orders three bulkers
Hebei Ocean Shipping (Hosco), the third largest shipping company by tonnage in China, has ordered three 57,000 dwt bulk carriers from Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard, boosting its spending on vessel purchases to $1.4bn this year. The three supramaxes are due to be delivered in the second half of 2009.Hosco made a ...
