All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 946
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STX clinches three PCs
STX Shipbuilding clinched three 50,400DWT product carriers from Taiwanese carrier Formosa Plastic Marine for delivery by 30 November 2009. Total contract price is $137 million. Ship particulars are 183m in length, 32.2m in breadth, 19.1m in depth and have a speed of 15.2 knots.
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DNV growing in China
Bj?rn K. Haugland has no doubts about his objectives for DNV in China. "My mission is to give our customers first-class support and through that expand DNV?s business in this growing market. We consider China, and Greater China as a whole, as a real growth area," says DNV?s regional manager ...
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DNV classes world?s largest car carrier
The world?s largest newbuilding car carrier measured in car capacity is at present being built in Croatia to DNV class. The vessel will have a capacity of 7,000 vehicles and will be completed in January next year. The giant car carrier is being built for P.D. Gram and Leif Hoegh ...
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Cummins, Beiqi Foton Motor form JV
The Indiana-based engine manufacturer, Cummins Inc., has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Beiqi Foton Motor Co. in China to set up the Beijing Foton Cummins Engine Co. Ltd. (BFCEC). The company said the new joint venture company will manufacture two types of Cummins light-duty, high-performance diesel engines in ...
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Daewoo adds another goliath
Daewoo Shipbuilding has added a second giant goliath crane, with a maximum capacity of 900 tonnes, a hoisting height of 72m and a rail span of 148m. With this newly-erected crane the shipbuilder will achieve a much improved productivity and efficiency in constructing vessels as well as offshore plants. The ...
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GL Academy in Dalian
Engineering services such as hydrodynamics, strength and fatigue, vibration, acoustics and experimental investigation will be presented by Germanischer Lloyd Academy at the Shiport China trade show in Dalian this week. In addition, the training institute of the Hamburg based classification society, GL Academy, will offer a full range of advanced ...
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R&R Marine newbuildings for Pelican Offshore
R&R Marine Fabrication and Drydock ("R&R Marine") in Port Arthur, Texas, has signed an agreement with Pelican Offshore Services Company, Inc. ("Pelican Offshore") of Galveston, Texas to build four lightering support vessels with an option to build four additional vessels. Pelican Offshore is a wholly owned subsidiary of AET Inc ...
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PNSC finalises financing deal
The Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) has finalised a $135 million financing deal with ABN-Amro Bank for acquisition of three vessels. These new vessels include two Aframax class double-hull oil tankers and one Panamax class bulk carrier.The vessel acquisition plan would cost $150 million, of which $135 million has been ...
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Croatia snaps up Yarmouth ferries
Wightlink has placed a contract for two new Yarmouth to Lymington ferries with a Croatian shipyard. The ferries, set to cost about $19 million, are due on the route before the summer season of 2008.The new design came from a working party made up of staff from the route, managers ...
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Nokbong clinches two chemical tankers
Nokbong Shipbuilding in South Korea clinched two 12,000DWT chemical tankers from Heung-A Shipping for delivery during second half of 2008. Total contract price is $61 million.
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Sumatec building two tankers in China
The Malaysian company Sumatec Resources Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Semua Shipping Sdn Bhd, has entered into two shipbuilding contracts with Yangzhou Kejin Shipyard and Jiangsu Guotai International Group for the construction of two 8,000 dwt product oil tankers for $12 million each.Delivery of the first vessel is expected in ...
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Seabourn orders two of the best
Seabourn Cruise Line has placed an order to build two new, ultra luxury ships, for delivery in spring 2009 and 2010. Seabourn, a division of Miami-based Carnival Corporation, has signed a letter of intent for the project with shipbuilder T. Mariotti of Genoa, Italy. The sister ships will have an ...
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Pietro Barbaro constructs tankers in Russia
Italian shipper, Pietro Barbaro, intends to construct a fleet of 12 crude tankers and carry nearly 1 million tons of crude and petroleum by river from 2009. The market analysts say Pietro Barbaro has chosen bad time for launching the business in Russia, where petroleum has been leaving rivers since ...
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Hartmann orders two AHTS from Fincantieri
Fincantieri has gained an order from Hartmann Logistik GmbH to build two multipurpose Anchor Handling, Tug & Supply Vessels (AHTS) with delivery scheduled for December 2008 and February 2009. The contract includes an option for further two.The vessels, classed by ABS, will be 76.50 metres long, 17.50 metres wide with ...
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Pearl ready for trials
Having completed extensive tests and engine trials, the 93,500 gt cruise ship Norwegian Pearl was floated out of the covered building dock of Meyer Werft and berthed at the yard?s outfitting pier where outstanding work will be completed. She will then proceed down the river Ems to carry out sea ...
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Italian shipbuilders reach record-high orders
Faced with fierce competition from shipbuilders in Korea, Japan and China, Europe has responded by focusing on technological supremacy and is third in terms of tonnage built and first in terms of value. Italy has distinguished itself in the highly specialised niche market for passenger ships, cruise ships and ferries ...
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GulfMark gets AHTS newbuilding
GulfMark Offshore, Inc. in Houston, Texas, has received delivery of the newbuilding Sea Sovereign built by Jaya Shipbuilding and Engineering PTE LTD at their Batam, Indonesia yard near Singapore. The newbuilding is a 70 metre, 5,500 BHP, 70 tonne bollard pull, dynamic positioning 2 (DP-2) anchor handling towing supply (AHTS) ...
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Vinashin FSO first
PetroVietNam Technical Services Company signed a $110 million contract with Vinashin for a new floating storage offshore (FSO) vessel. This will be the first FSO to be built in Vietnam and is scheduled for completion in 17 months.
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Sovcomflot tanker delivered
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea delivered a new product tanker to Sovcomflot JS?. Named ?SKF Neva?, this is the first product tanker of the series and the 46,520 tonne vessel is 183 metres long and 32.20 metres wide. ?SKF Neva? will be deployed between Vladivostok and ports in South-East ...
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Galbraith's predicts Suezmax growth
International shipbroker and consultant Galbraith's Ltd says that demand for Suezmax tankers is expected to grow strongly in the next five years in line with large-scale expansion of crude oil exports in three of the four main Suezmax markets. In a new report on the Suezmax market, Galbraith?s notes that ...
