All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 938
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GL rejects BV bid
The Executive Board and Supervisory Board of Germanischer Lloyd (GL) advised their shareholders to reject the acquisition offer by Bureau Veritas (BV). It would neither meet the needs of the Society and its 3,200 employees, nor be in the best interests of the shareholders themselves.After due examination and assessment of ...
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Offshore boom creates shipyard backlog
More than 100 new offshore drilling rigs and drill ships scheduled for delivery during the next few years will likely be late because of a backlog of shipyard work, said Mark Burns, Gulf of Mexico vice president and division manager at Noble Corp.Burns claims that the newbuildings will not be ...
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Pearl delivered
Meyer Werft delivered the 93,500 gt cruise ship "Norwegian Pearl" to Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line in the Dutch port of Eemshaven. The "Norwegian Pearl" is the third ship out of a series of four the Papenburg shipyard is building for NCL. The 2,394 passenger cruise ship combines modern event gastronomy ...
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Heerema plans mega crane vessel
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) will be placing an order for the construction of a new crane vessel at an estimated cost of $1 billion. The strategy of HMC focuses on full field development in the international oil & gas industry, including possible future development in the Arctic. "Heerema Marine Contractors ...
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Global orders CPPs from China
Global Carriers Bhd in Malaysia has placed an order for two 7,000 DWT double hull clean petroleum product (CPP) tankers from China's Ningbo Dongfang Shipyard. The vessels, priced at $9.98 million, are expected to be delivered in May and August 2008 respectively. The new double hull CPP tankers will be ...
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Korea Line orders three bulkers
Korea Line has ordered three Capesize bulk carriers from an unspecified shipbuilder at a total cost of about $200 million. Delivery is scheduled from 2010 to 2012.
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Taiwan builds first steel hulled megayacht
Jade Yachts Shipbuilding, based in Kaohsiung, is to deliver the first ever Taiwan built steel super yacht representing a technology breakthrough and milestone in the nation's shipbuilding sector. "We hope to take the shipbuilding industry in Taiwan to a higher level in terms of quantity and quality," Jade Yachts chairman ...
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Converteam and Vacon sign cooperation agreement
Converteam, an international company developing systems and customized solutions for the conversion of electrical energy, and the AC drives manufacturer Vacon have entered into a global cooperation agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Vacon will supply low voltage air-cooled AC drives to Converteam worldwide. This arrangement is in ...
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PDVSA into shipbuilding
Venezuela Oil (PDVSA) signed an agreement with Brazilian company Andrade Gutierrez to build a shipyard in Venezuela which will provide the state owned oil company with new oil tankers.The creation of this facility that will be able to build large the ships for PDV Navy, a PDVSA subsidiary, and platforms ...
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Garware Offshore expands
In the wake of the present boom in offshore oil exploration and production activities in the India, Garware Offshore Services (GOS) has drawn up an acquisition plan involving the procurement of about 14 offshore supply vessels by 2010. GOS has just received delivery of a new platform supply vessel, a ...
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Third E class named
Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark presented its latest newbuilding, an 11,000 TEU container vessel, for A.P. Moller ? Maersk Group. The newbuilding, named ?Eleonora Maersk?, will, like her predecessors ?Emma Maersk? and ?Estelle Maersk?, be part of the seven-ship series of the world?s largest container vessels which are setting new ...
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ENOC cancels order
Dubai Drydocks is looking for new buyers for the four 6,100 dwt bunker tankers it is building for the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) after that company decided to cancel the contract.
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Ballast ban proposed on Great Lakes
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission has now put the idea of banning ballast water in the Great Lakes on the legislative table. One shipping industry representative says the toll such a ban would take on the region's economy would be catastrophic.The Michigan commission's request came in the form of a ...
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Another Vietnam bulker for Japan
A 10,500dwt bulk carrier built for Japan's NOMA Marine Transport Company was recently launched in northern Hai Phong city. The ship, built by the Bach Dang shipyard company, is the second of its kind under construction for NOMA and the 110m long and 18.8m wide newbuilding is named ?Sun Spirits?. ...
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Semi-sub resort for Malta
A Florida-based company is suggesting a project of enormous magnitude for Malta, which includes the construction and placing in Qawra Bay of a semi-submerged resort, casino and convention centre. The project also has the potential of providing the local shipyards with billions of dollars of business over the coming two ...
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Karachi Shipyard not to be privatised
A statement made by Rear Admiral Iftikhar Rao, managing director of the Karachi Shipyard in Pakistan, said that the yard would not be privatised and it would continue its operational activities under the control of the defence ministry.He told that, for the time being, the government has provided funds to ...
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Boskalis orders two IHI dredgers
IHC Holland Merwede?s subsidiary company IHC Holland Dredgers BV has won an order from the Dutch dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster for two medium sized trailing suction hopper dredgers of 5.600 m³. These vessels will have a length of almost 100 metres and will each have one trailing suction pipe. ...
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VT Halter awarded Egyptian contract
VT Halter in Pascagoula may have a second chance to assist the Egyptian navy in upgrading its ships from aging Russian- and Chinese-designed vessels to Western-, primarily United States, designed vessels. The United States Navy has awarded the Pascagoula shipbuilder a contract for more than $165 million to begin acquiring ...
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Studies claim aluminium vessels more efficient
Rising fuel prices have had a clear impact on all forms of passenger transport and the ferry industry is no exception. It is already well established that, when considering high speed marine transportation, the lighter weight of aluminium construction provides clear economic benefits over steel. Now new design studies undertaken ...
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Simon Mokster orders AHTS
Simon M?kster has signed a contract with the Leirvik-based shipbuilder Havyard to build an Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) of Havyard 842 design. The $46 million vessel is due to be delivered in November 2008 and the order carries an option for a second vessel.The newbuilding is of same category ...
