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    Coastal to build offshore vessels

    2006-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Coastal Contracts Bhd in Sabah, Malaysia, will focus on building oil and gas (O&G) logistics vessels to capitalise on the current high crude oil prices and increase in O&G exploration as well as production activities. The company was currently working to secure the supply of machinery and equipment for the ...

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    Varun plans to build LNG carriers

    2006-08-16T00:00:00Z

    India?s fourth largest private sector shipowner, Varun Shipping Co, plans to raise $536 million in an effort to expand business, mostly in the carriage of liquefied natural gas.Varun, a leading player in the transport of liquefied petroleum gas, will sell securities either in the domestic market or abroad to raise ...

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    China to get big Venezuelan contract

    2006-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will travel to China later this month to strengthen energy ties between the two countries, and is expected to sign contracts worth more than $1 billion. Chavez will sign agreements for 18 oil tankers worth $1.3 billion, as well as 24 oil-drilling rigs, Energy and Oil ...

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    ASC to be sold off

    2006-08-16T00:00:00Z

    The former Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC Pty Ltd) will be sold under a competitive tender by the South Australian federal government. The tender would most likely begin in late 2007, with a sale completed by the second half of 2008 and would protect the company's long term interests. It is ...

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    Swissco orders OSV

    2006-08-15T00:00:00Z

    Swissco Offshore in Singapore has ordered a multi-purpose offshore support vessel from a Chinese shipyard in Guangzhou. The 55metre vessel, to be delivered in the first half of 2008, will be the group?s first vessel to incorporate an anchor handling capability and bulk cargo handling capability. With the ability to ...

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    Flensburger launches Cobelfret Con-Ro

    2006-08-15T00:00:00Z

    The first of two Con-Ro vessels for the Belgium customer Cobelfret was launched at Flensburger Schiffbau in Flensburg, Germany. Delivery is planned for November 2006. The new vessel will be named after delivery in a port which Cobelfret will announce at a later date. With an overall length of 203 ...

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    Five boxships for Seaspan

    2006-08-15T00:00:00Z

    Seaspan placed an order for five 5,100TEU container ships with Hyundai Heavy Industries for delivery during 2009.

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    New shipyard planned for Azerbaijan

    2006-08-15T00:00:00Z

    Korean representatives will arrive in Baku to hold talks on the creation of a new shipbuilding and ship-repair facilities in Azerbaijan. It is expected that talks on this project will also be held with representatives from Turkey, Italy and other countries. At present, the Azerbaijan State Caspian Shipping Company (SCSC) ...

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    Saudi yard seeks rig work

    2006-08-14T00:00:00Z

    The King Abdulaziz Port in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia can now repair offshore drilling rigs and is encouraging rig operators to use its facilities. "Repairs of drilling rigs have been a problem for local operators who spent a lot of money to have their rigs towed and repaired ...

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    Infinity pod problem

    2006-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Celebrity Cruises announced cancellation of yet another cruise, this one a 10-night Alaska voyage a month from now on the cruise ship ?Infinity?, as a result of a new variant of the pod problems that have plagued its Millennium-class ships.Celebrity said problems with the electrical system of one of the ...

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    US and Italian yards gun for Iraqi navy

    2006-08-14T00:00:00Z

    US and Italian shipyards are rumoured to be favourites to win tenders to build 19 ships and patrol boats for the fledgling Iraqi navy to enable it to take over security of Iraq's vital off-shore oil terminals. The tender calls for 15 patrol boats, four corvettes and two off-shore support ...

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    RR supplies USN with gas turbines

    2006-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has won another significant order for the largest naval gas turbines in the world to power a next generation US Navy warship.Two Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines will power the second Lockheed Martin-designed Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Another set of the same turbines has already been ordered and installed in ...

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    Emma joins Maersk fleet

    2006-08-14T00:00:00Z

    The Odense Steel Shipyard recently delivered its latest newbuilding, an 11,000 TEU container vessel, to the A.P. Moller ? Maersk Group. Named ?Emma M?rsk?, the world?s largest container vessel she will set new standards for safety and environment. Environmentally friendly silicone paint covers the hull of the vessel below the ...

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    Three launches at Cochin

    2006-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Cochin Shipyard Limited (CLS) launched three vessels last week at a brief function held at the Shipyard. The vessels were a bulk carrier for Clipper group of Bahamas, a fire-fighting tug for ATCO Saudi Arabia and a platform vessel for Deep Sea Supplies of Norway. The vessel for the Clipper ...

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    Samho delivers mega boxship

    2006-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Hyundai Samho HAS delivered a 9,400TEU container ship to CMA CGM.She is named as CMA CGM Norma. Ship particulars are 349m in length, 42.8m in breadth and 22.8m in depth and a speed of 24 knots.

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    HHI wins biggest engine order from China

    2006-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) contracted with Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard for the supply of nine sets of marine propulsion engines (MAN B&W 7K90MC-C) and 68 diesel generating sets (HiMSEN 7H21/32), which will be installed onto 3,500TEU container ships for German shipowners. The contract is valued at $110 million and, ...

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    Bharati to build oil rigs

    2006-08-14T00:00:00Z

    The private Indian shipyard Bharati Shipyard has firmed up plans to foray into oil rig construction. The company, which operates three yards, has tied up with a major US-based oil manufacturing company for the project. The development comes with domestic majors crowding the Indian offshore space scouting for brand new ...

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    Aker and Kleven finalize agreement

    2006-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Aker Yards has finalized the transaction with Kleven Maritime to acquire Kleven Flor? AS and Kleven Design AS. The previously announced joint venture with Damen Shipyard Group in Ukraine creates an opportunity for Aker Yards to utilize the Kleven tanker know-how in order to develop a new highly competitive line ...

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    Shipyard split

    2006-08-07T00:00:00Z

    The state-owned Industrial Development Agency (ARP) in Poland has signed a deal with Gdynia Shipyard that will allow it to take over the Gdansk Shipyard, previously owned by the Gdynia yard. ARP acquired one-third of Gdansk shipyard's shares expects to come into possession of the remaining shares by the end ...

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    Savannah to get rehab

    2006-08-07T00:00:00Z

    The 1962 built ?Savannah?, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship is being rescued from a floating graveyard in Virginia and restored as a possible museum. Colonna's Shipyard of Norfolk, Va., won a $995,000 contract to repair and spruce up the vessel that has been anchored for years among ...