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CMA CGM orders boxship quartet - ndh
CMA CGM has placed a new order for four 6,500TEU container ships at the price of $420 million with Hanjin Heavy Industries. Ship particulars are 300m in length, 40m in breadth and 24.6m in depth with a service speed of 25.6 knots. They will be delivered by September 2009.
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Bibby orders Topaz
Bibby Offshore Ltd, the Aberdeen based Subsea Contractor, part of Bibby Line Limited of Liverpool, has placed an order for a second new-build diving support vessel (DSV) to the market, following on from the ?Bibby Sapphire? conversion which delivered in the first quarter 2005. The new vessel, named Bibby Topaz, ...
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Another Rem order for Kleven
Rem Maritime in Norway has ordered another UT712L anchor handling tug (AHTS) from Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway. The vessel will be identical to two more vessels already under construction at Kleven for Rem Maritime and the value of the contract is $47 million. The vessel is 78.3m long, with ...
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Hamworthy acquires Serck Como
Hamworthy has acquired Serck Como, which specialises in cruise ship desalination systems. "The acquisition complements our existing wastewater business and has excellent growth prospects both in the marine sector and ashore," said Kelvyn Derrick, Hamworthy?s chief executive. Benefits of the acquisition from Serck Como?s point of view include the use ...
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Far East newbuilding round-up
Jinling Shipyard in China seals six MR product carriers from Changjiang Shipping Group Nanjing Oil Shipping. Pacific International Line in Singapore placed an order for two 600TEU container ships with Penglai Bohai Shipbuilding in China at a cost of $24 million. Shanghai Chengxi Shipyard in China will build five 53,000DWT ...
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MSET plans to build larger vessels
MSET Shipbuilding Corporation Sdn Bhd, a leading shipbuilding and repair company in Kuala Terengganu on the East coast of Peninsular Malaysia, is aiming to build larger ships measuring up to 120 metres long when it moves into a new shipyard soon, its chairman Hasnan Abdullah said.He said the state government ...
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Indonesia to build mega shipyard
South Korea's Daeju Construction Engineering, which specialises in dockyard and city developments, will invest $500 million in a shipyard project in Karimun Island, one of the islands in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia. "The construction of the shipyard is expected to start in September or October," Oh Jae Hong, ...
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Another Siem contract for Kleven
Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, has signed a contract with Siem Offshore Inc for the building of a new, sophisticated multifunctional platform supply vessel. The newbuilding is based on the new MT 6017 design, developed in close cooperation between owner and yard, and is designed by Marin Teknikk. The contract ...
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Hanjin orders 10,000TEU quintet
Hanjin Shipping has placed an order for five 10,000TEU containerships with Samsung Heavy Industries. The five 117,000 DWT newbuildings are scheduled for successive deployment from February of 2010 on Hanjin's trans-Pacific route. Ship particulars are 349 metre length and 45.6 metre width, a 68,332 kW diesel engine and a service ...
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STX develops new epoxy paint
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea has developed, together with Nippon Paint in Japan, an epoxy paint which is VOC-free (Volatile Organic Compounds) compared with existing Alkyd based paint. The shipbuilder will be using the new coating on cabins and engine rooms on four 51,000DWT product carriers being built for Parakou ...
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Louis signs deal with easyCruise
The Cyprus-based Louis group has signed a franchise agreement with easyCruise for exclusive use of the brand in the eastern Mediterranean.Under the deal, Louis plc, which operates 12 cruise ships, will get exclusive rights to use the easyCruise brand in the eastern Mediterranean, as well as use of online sales ...
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Baosteel raises steel plate prices
The Chinese steel manufacturer, Shanghai Baosteel Group, has increased the price of its thick plate steel from $594 to $606 per tonne while galvanized sheet steel will increase 10.6% to $727. The higher zinc price hike could be one contributing factor for galvanised price hike.
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AKER Lorient delivers FOR tanker
The AKER Lorient shipyard (previously Alstom Leroux Naval), in cooperation with Saint-Nazaire Marine, have finalised the installation of a FOR (fast oil recovery) passive safety system on a 310 DWT 40 metre long oil tanker. It is the first coastal product tanker to be installed with the FOR system developed ...
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Enclosed spaces warning
The London P&I Club has warned of the potential dangers faced by seafarers on entering enclosed onboard spaces, in the event that proper safety procedures are not followed.IMO recommends that a competent person should undertake a preliminary assessment of the risk that the atmosphere might be toxic, flammable or oxygen-deficient. ...
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Davie sale foundering
Shipyard workers at the Canadian shipbuilder Davie shipyard are increasingly worried a deal to sell the shipbuilding facility to a Norwegian company is in trouble. Richard Gauvin, said the sale of the shipyard in Levis-Lauzon, across the river from Quebec City, failed to close as scheduled for a third time ...
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FellowSHIP introduces ultra clean ships
In the near future, fuel cell technology will transform the economics and environmental impact of commercial shipping, according to the joint industry project 'FellowSHIP'. The project recently concluded the first stage of its breakthrough scientific research on fuel cell technology on ships. "This technology can be up to 50% more ...
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Maine invites ferry bids
The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) in the USA is soliciting bids for the construction of a 47.40 metre long replacement ferry vessel for the Maine State Ferry Service, Rockland, Maine. Details of the ?invitation for bids? is posted at the MaineDOT website (http://www.state.me.us/mdot/comprehensive-list-projects/project-information.php).
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ThyssenKrupp sounds warning on Aussie naval shipbuilding
Australia has the skills and industrial bases to maintain an efficient naval shipbuilding industry despite questions about its viability, defence officials said today. A federal parliamentary inquiry has heard repeated evidence that the next generation of Australian warships will almost certainly be built offshore because of decades of errors in ...
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Aker wins two more from DOFCON
Aker Yards is to build two large construction vessels for DOFCON ASA, a subsidiary of District Offshore (DOF) in Norway, at a cost of $188 million. Both vessels are options attached to the initial order for two similar vessels placed with Aker in March this year. Aker Yards' site at ...
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DNV guideline on CO2 capture technology
The Norwegian National Centre for Gas Power Technology has awarded financial support to DNV?s development of a guideline that shall ensure the quality of CO2 capture technologies for natural gas power generation. "It is important to arrive at accepted standards and methods for assessing such technologies. DNV?s recommended practice will ...
