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    STX Pan Ocean orders a PC

    2007-02-22T00:00:00Z

    STX Pan Ocean Co in South Korea placed a new order for a 45,800DWT product carrier with STX Shipbuilding. Ship particulars are 183m in length, 32.2m in breadth and 19.1m in depth and has a speed of 15.2 knots. On November last year, the Korean shipping company placed an order ...

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    Wärtsilä extends Yichang licence

    2007-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Wärtsilä Switzerland Ltd and Yichang Marine Diesel Engine Plant (YMD) of Yichang, China, jointly signed an agreement in January 2007 to extend the existing licence agreement for the manufacture and sale of Wärtsilä low-speed marine diesel engines. The new agreement enables YMD to deliver also certain types of low-speed engines ...

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    The product tanker ?Palva? delivered

    2007-02-22T00:00:00Z

    The product tanker ?Palva? was delivered today from Bordosplit Shipyard in Split. The ?Palva? and her sister the ?Stena Poseidon?, which was delivered from the same shipyard in January, this year, are jointly owned by Concordia Maritime and Neste Shipping on a 50-50 basis. Both vessels have been signed to ...

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    DDD opens new dock

    2007-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Dubai Dry Docks recently inaugurated the new extension to its ship repair and shipbuilding facilities. The new extension - the fifth dock - is to be added to the four existing dry docks and measures 130 metres long, 65 metres wide and a depth of five metres. The new drydock ...

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    Mipo clinches four PCs

    2007-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea won an order for four product carriers from a European ship owner for delivery by July 2010. The total contract price is $190 million.

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    Tug builder to expand

    2007-02-22T00:00:00Z

    A shipyard in East Boothbay that has become the largest tugboat builder on the US East Coast is planning a multi-million-dollar expansion that could triple its work force of skilled boat-builders. Washburn & Doughty Associates Inc. has signed an agreement to buy 14 acres at a former oil terminal in ...

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    Penang yard to build chemical tankers

    2007-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Penang Shipbuilding and Construction Sdn Bhd (PSC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the PSC Industries Bhd (PSCI) in Malaysia, has secured a contract to build three chemical tankers valued at $42 million for Gagasan Carriers Sdn Bhd. Deliveries are scheduled for October 2008, January 2009 and March 2009.Bumiputera-owned Gagasan owns and ...

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    L&T plans mega shipyard

    2007-02-21T00:00:00Z

    With demand soaring and the waiting period for ships extending beyond three years anywhere in the world, engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) plans to make an initial investment of $230 million to build India`s largest shipyard. The new shipyard is likely to be built in the southern port of ...

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    Navatek gets USN contract

    2007-02-21T00:00:00Z

    Honolulu-based naval architect Navatek has landed a $2 million contract from the US Navy to design a prototype ship to deliver heavy equipment onto beaches. Navatek's T-Craft design uses an amphibious transporter that can be launched from a specially designed ship. If its initial design is accepted by the Navy, ...

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    Spain gets new coast guard vessel

    2007-02-21T00:00:00Z

    The first of two coastal protection vessels has been delivered to Spain?s Maritime Safety Authority SASEMAR. The main role for 220-ton bollard pull ?Don Inda? is emergency towing of a tanker, for which it is also equipped with a full range of equipment for recovering spilled oil. Rolls-Royce developed the ...

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    Russia carries out nuke sea-trials

    2007-02-21T00:00:00Z

    Russia failed to report sea trials of its latest nuclear icebreaker in the Gulf of Finland in contravention of a bilateral agreement requiring advance notification. The Russian shipyard Baltiisky Zavod, based in St. Petersburg, ran two weeks of sea trials on a newly-built nuclear icebreaker in the Gulf of Finland ...

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    STX enters LNG carrier market

    2007-02-21T00:00:00Z

    STX Shipbuilding in South Korea has secured its first 173,600 cbm LNG carrier from a Spanish owner for delivery in May 2010. The new order also attaches three more options and the total contract price, including options, is around $1 billion.

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    Whitby builder to expand

    2007-02-21T00:00:00Z

    Parkol Marine in Whitby, UK, is hoping Scarborough Council will allow them to expand their shipyard premises to bring more work into the yard. The northern end of Eskdale Wharf, which includes the former harbour joinery workshop, was mothballed some time ago and the Council is weighing up what to ...

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    ASL building two RotorTugs

    2007-02-21T00:00:00Z

    Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV (KST) has received an order for two of their RT-80r class tugs from Unterweser Reederei GmbH of Bremen, Germany. These RotorTugs are to be built at ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd in Singapore. The 28.30 metre tugs will each have a bollard pull capacity of 80 ...

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    Japanese steelmakers hike Korean price

    2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

    Negotiation between Korean shipbuilder and Japanese steelmakers reached conclusion with Japan supplying thick steel plate to Korean shipbuilder at the level of $625 per ton, a $15 hike compared with current price. The new price will be implemented from April this year to March 2008.

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    Hooking on for the future

    2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

    Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has completely re-engineered its range of on-load release hooks. The new hooks provide a safer solution and are less maintenance dependent than most of the hooks in use today. All Schat-Harding cruise tenders and lifeboats are already fitted with this new generation hook, complementing the ...

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    Bulgaria ponders fleet privatization

    2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

    The government in Bulgaria is considering its strategy for the privatization of the ?Bulgarian Marine Fleet? shipping agency. The government already approved the first draft of the strategy in the beginning of February, and the project now has to be voted by Parliament. If passed, Bulgaria will put up for ...

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    Rolls wins South American contracts

    2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has further strengthened its position in South America as a supplier of designs and equipment packages for offshore vessels with contracts for six platform supply vessels (PSV) worth around £45 million, including the first offshore orders from Chile.CBO (Companhia Brasileira de Offshore) has ordered four UT-Design type UT 715 ...

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    ADSB delivers FSV to UAE Navy

    2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

    Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), the Arabian Gulf's only specialised naval warship builder, has delivered the first of four of the UAE Navy's latest 26-metre aluminium alloy Fast Supply Vessels (FSV).These multi-role amphibious warfare support vessels are built by Abu Dhabi Ship building and are designed by SwedeShip Marine of ...

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    INTERTANKO welcomes Norway's action

    2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

    Norway recently passed national legislation which will ensure that the IMO?s International Convention for the Control and Management for Ships? Ballast Water will be implemented for ships entering Norwegian waters by the end of 2007. INTERTANKO welcomes this bold move by the Norwegian administration, which goes with the country?s formal ...