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    FVH expresses interest in Stocznia Gdanska

    2006-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The Italian LPG tanker company, FVH SpA in Brindisi, would like to acquire the Stocznia Gdanska shipyard in Poland and plans to carry out due diligence and submit its offer."Italian FVH has sent a letter where it says it would like to conduct due diligence in the company", one of ...

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    Aker delivers fourth Matson boxship

    2006-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Matson Navigation took delivery of the ?Maunalei?, the fourth and last of its Independence Class CV2500 containerships from Aker Philadelphia shipyard. Oakland-based Matson is owned by Honolulu-based Alexander & Baldwin Inc. and the ?Maunalei? is the fourth ship Matson has bought since 2003 in a modernization and replacement program costing ...

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    Four moss LNG carriers ordered

    2006-07-12T00:00:00Z

    NYK Line placed an order for four 145,000 cbm moss type LNG carriers with two Japanese shipbuilders. Kawasaki Shipbuilding and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries each will build two ships with delivery from 2009 to 2010. NYK signed a LNG transportation contract with Chinese Petroleum Corporation to carry 3 million tonnes of ...

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    World?s largest Boxship delivered

    2006-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Samsung Heavy Industries recently delivered the world?s largest container ship, breaking its own world record of 9,200 teu which it set less than 12 months ago. The ?Xin Los Angeles? is now the new champion with a 9,600 teu capacity. Ironically, the record will almost certainly be broken again in ...

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    Rami Ungar bids for Gdanska shipyard

    2006-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Rami Ungar, the owner of Ray Car Carriers in Israel, has submitted an offer to buy Stocznia Gdanska shipyard which is looking for a private investor. The yard is trying to become independent from its owner, Stocznia Gdynia and, according to "Puls Biznesu" sources, Rami Ungar made a strong bid ...

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    Daewoo grabs handful of orders

    2006-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Daewoo Shipbuilding in South Korea has clinched orders valued at $1.84 billion comprising of a semi-submersible drilling rig, a drillship, a LNG carrier and four 4,800TEU container ships.Pertoserv S.A. in Brasil ordered a drilling rig with own dynamic positioning system and mooring system for delivery in July 2009. The drilling ...

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    Boxships for Korean yards

    2006-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Samsung Heavy Industries clinched two more 4,300TEU container ships from Itochu in Japan. The new order is option declaration and will be delivered during 2009. Hyundai Heavy Industries secured two contract for 6,500TEU container ships from two German owners. The first is from Oltmann while the other is from Herman ...

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    Titan orders bunker barges

    2006-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The Hong Kong-based Titan Petrochemicals Group has entered a contract for the purchase of up to ten 6,500 dwt double hulled bunker barges, at $8.67 million each, as part of its plan to expand and upgrade its bunkering business."The bunkering market in Asia is experiencing steady growth in demand, and ...

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    Mangalia shipyard back on sale

    2006-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The tender for the privatization of the Santierul Naval Mangalia Shipyard in Romania could resume this autumn as new evaluation procedures are under way, said the shipyard's General Director Eugen Tudor. This follows the failure of the first tender in January which was won by Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries with ...

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    Vietnam aims to be number four

    2006-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Vietnam aims to be number fourThe Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin Group) will exert an all-out effort to make the country the world's fourth largest shipbuilder by 2015. President and CEO of Vinashin Group, Pham Thanh Binh, spoke about the plan at a recent ceremony in Hanoi to announce the ...

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    SOFF construction vessel for Subsea 7

    2006-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) in Norway has received a Letter of Intent from Subsea 7 for the hire of a large construction service vessel for a fixed period of six years with an option to extend his period by another 4 x 1 years. The commencement of the contract is ...

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    HHI lands Kristen tanker order

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Kristen Navigation Inc., Greece's biggest owner of oil tankers, ordered three tankers from South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries for about $234 million. The three 159,000 dwt ships are due to be delivered in 2009.

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    STX inks GE Shipping product tankers

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping), India?s largest private sector shipping firm, has ordered two 74,500 dwt LR1 Product tankers from STX Shipbuilding in Korea. GE Shipping is modernising and diversifying its fleet and the newbuildings are due for delivery during the third quarter of 2008-09.With this order, the company's ...

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    Meyer Werft wins gas tanker quartet

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    The Hamburg shipping company Harpain Reederei GmbH & Co. KG, a joint venture comprising Harpain Shipping GmbH and Hansa Hamburg Shipping GmbH & Co. KG, has ordered four ethylene/LPG carriers from Meyer Werft. Following the LPG tanker "Queen Zenobia," this set of four ships is the second joint project of ...

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    Jumbo exercises option

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    The Dutch heavy lift ship operator, Jumbo, exercised an option for the fourth 1,800 tonne lift capacity J-class vessel with Damen Shipyards in Romania. The first two J-class vessels, the 1,600 tonne lift ?Jumbo Javelin? and the ?Fairpartner? were delivered in 2004 and, in order to meet the growing demand ...

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    Indian Navy contnues expansion

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Adding to its stealth capabilities, the Indian Navy is on the verge of ordering three more 4,000 tonne Talwar-class frigates from Russia in a deal that could cost upwards of $650 million. Equipped with the 200-km range Klub cruise missiles, the first three such frigates, INS Talwar, INS Trishul and ...

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    Seaspan exercises boxship options

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Hong Kong-based Seaspan Corporation exercised its option to build four 2500 TEU vessels at Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (YZJ), one of the largest private shipyards in China. This option was part of the February contract with YZJ that included the firm order of four 2500 TEU vessels and options to build ...

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    GWS clinches two box ships

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China clinched two 1,700TEU container ships from an unspecified German owner. Price and delivery dates are not revealed.

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    BCF goes local for new ferry

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    BC Ferries in Canada has signed a $45.5 million contract with Vancouver Shipyards, a Washington Marine Group company, to build a new 125-car intermediate size ferry. Construction on the 100 metre vessel will begin later this year and the ship is expected toenter service by the summer of 2008.The 3,500 ...

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    Northrop Grumman gets USCG approval for S-VDR

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    The US conglomerate Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded type approval by the U.S. Coast Guard for the Sperry Marine VoyageMaster II Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR). The Coast Guard type approval certifies that the Sperry Marine S-VDR meets the IMO carriage requirements and International Electrotechnical Commission performance standards for ...