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NYK orders two Wozmax
NYK Line in Japan has placed a new order for two 250,000DWT bulk carriers with Namura Shipbuilding. This will be the first time for an ore carrier of this size to be built. Delivery is scheduled for 2010 and 2011. They will be used for ore transport from Western Australia.The ...
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Mipo wins four PCs
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea has won a new order for four product carriers at a price of W 181.2 billion. They will be delivered by February 2011.
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EU OK?s Thales DCN merger
The European Commission said it approved the proposed acquisition of joint control by French defence equipment supplier and naval prime contractor Thales, together with the French state, of French state-owned military shipyard DCN.The commission said its market investigation concluded that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition in the ...
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STX to produce ship engines in China
Last January, STX group made an agreement with Dalian municipal Government to construct a production facility that includes engine crankshaft manufacturing, marine diesel engine manufacturing and a ship block assembly plant. According to the agreements, STX Engine will establish an affiliated company named as STX Dalian Engine as a part ...
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GSI wins product carriers
Guangzhou Shipyard International in China secured a contract for two 50,500DWT product carriers from Motia in Italy. Ship particulars are 183.2m in length, 32.2m in breadth and 18.2m in depth with a draught of 12.6m. They can sail at the speed of 14.8 knots.
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Increasing incidence of serious accidents
The accident frequency in shipping has decreased over the past few decades. However, although the figures today are half of what they were in the late 80s, this trend is about to be reversed. DNV monitors the annual frequency of serious accidents in several ship segments. Over the last five ...
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Vinashin starts new shipyard
The mammoth Hai Ha project in northern Vietnam, which covers 15,000ha and includes a large deepwater port, economic zones, a steel mill, a thermo-power plant, an oil refinery, a tourism site, new urban towns, also includes the construction of a new shipyard for Vinashin.Work on the shipbuilding yard has now ...
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GOG orders Panamaxes
Bermuda-based Golden Ocean Group Limited (GOG) has acquired four plus two optional newbuilding contracts at Pipavav Shipyard in India at a cost of $35.5 million each. The 75,000 dwt bulk carriers will be strengthened for ice trading, will be delivered during 2009 GOG has also agreed to sell two ice ...
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Mipo clinches six more PCTCs
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has clinched six more PCTCs from a European ship owner. Total contract price is $ 327 million and the newbuildings will be delivered by November 2010.
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China overtakes Korea
Chinese shipbuilders have caught up with their South Korean rivals in new orders received in the first two months of this year, according to an international market researcher. Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries and other Korean shipbuilders won a combined 2 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders ...
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Daesun signs LOI for chemicals
Daesun Shipbuilding in South Korea signed a letter of intent on the construction of four 25,000DWT class chemical tankers from a European ship owner. They will be delivered by July 2010. Contract price will be W 142 billion.
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Danaos orders five Post-Panamax boxships
The Greek shipping company Danaos Corporation has signed shipbuilding contracts for five 6,500 TEU vessels with Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. These containerships are expected to be delivered to Danaos in late 2009 and throughout June 2010. The capital expenditure commitment, which is in the region of $500 ...
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First block of "Celebrity Solstice" laid
The first of 72 blocks of the new 122,000 grt passenger cruise vessel "Celebrity Solstice" for Celebrity Cruises was laid at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany. The first block of the new ship was put in position by the yard?s 800-ton crane. The first block weighs more than 430 tonnes, ...
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Baosteel, CSSC to set up shipbuilding jv
China's Baosteel Group Corp and China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) signed an agreement to invest more than 10 bln yuan in a civilian shipbuilding joint venture, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.Xinhua said China State Shipbuilding Corp will have a 65% stake in the venture, with Baosteel holding the rest. ...
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ABG launches PCV for the Indian coast guard
ABG Shipyard in Mumbai has launched a pollution control vessel (PCV) for the Indian Coast Guard. The shipbuilder has contracted to build three PCVs, the first of which, yard number 221 is named "Samudra Prahari".The 94 metre PCV, based on a Rolls-Royce design, has a displacement of 3,300 tons, a ...
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Sunseeker going mega
Sunseeker International Limited in Poole, England, has agreed outline terms with US-based Luhrs Marine for the purchase of its Legend Yacht manufacturing facilities at Osprey Quay, Portland on the UK's South Coast. The site will be acquired to accommodate Sunseeker International's planned expansion with a license to use the facilities ...
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Sarawak seeks extra land for shipbuilding
The Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC) in Borneo hopes to obtain another 49 hectares of land to facilitate the shipbuilding industry in the new township of Tanjung Manis in Sarikei. Minister of Urban Development and Tourism said an earlier allocation of 81 hectares for the industry had been fully ...
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Cosco Nangtong wins cylindrical rig
COSCO Corporation (Singapore) reports that its 51%-owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group, has secured a contract from Sevan Drilling Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Oslo-Sevan Marine ASA, to build a Sevan drilling unit, based on the proprietary Sevan 650 design, featuring the Sevan cylindrical platform. The contract is divided into two ...
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Damen delivers Qatar pilot boat
Following a contract in the summer of 2006, Qatar Shipping Co. has just taken delivery of the new pilot boat 'SHAQRA'. The pilot boat is of the standard Damen Fast Crew Supplier 1605 design and will be used by Qatar Shipping Co for its contract with Qatar Petroleum for the ...
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Liberian Registry undertakes successful IMO audit
THE Liberian Registry has successfully undergone a voluntary audit under the International Maritime Organisation?s recently adopted Member State Audit Scheme. Liberia, the largest flag to have thus far carried out the audit, has emerged without a single non-conformity recorded against the operation of the registry.The IMO Audit Scheme is intended ...
