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Northrop Grumman gets USCG approval for S-VDR
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 ...
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BV approval for RR gas turbine
Bureau Veritas has awarded approval in principal to the Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine power station for LNG carrier propulsion in conjunction with electric drive. The MT30, producing 36MW, is an aero-derived gas turbine which has 80% commonality with the well-known Rolls-Royce Trent 800 aero engine which has been in service ...
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SOLAS sets safe servicing standards
Amendments to Chapter III of SOLAS, which came into force on July 1, 2006, and the proper implementation of MSC1206 (including MSC1093), a guidance note amplifying SOLAS requirements, together introduce new rules for looking after lifeboats and davits. The new rules and guidance require regular tests and inspections of lifeboats, ...
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Island Offshore orders PSVs
Aker Yards has signed a contract with Sneingen AS, a company within the Island Offshore Group in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to deliver two 3,200 dwt UT 755 LN platform supply vessels. The value of the contract is approximately $51 million. The 74 metre long and 16 metre wide hulls will be ...
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Keel laying UAE Navy Corvette
The biggest ever naval construction project in the Arabian Gulf Region was officially launched today with the keel laying ceremony of a Corvette at Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB).The vessel is one of six being built by ADSB for the UAE Navy. The ?Baynunah? class vessels are highly advanced 71 ...
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Keppel secures Lukoil contracts
Keppel Singmarine in Singapore has clinched contracts worth $164 million for two highly specialised vessels from Lukoil Kaliningradmorneft, a subsidiary of the Russian oil giant Lukoil Oil Company. These two new contracts, secured on the back of the AHTS, are turnkey projects and comprise the construction of an auxiliary icebreaking ...
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South Australia approves funding for shipbuilder
The South Australian government has approved a $115 million funding boost for a new shipbuilding facility in Adelaide. Called Techport Australia, this will be the home base for the $6 billion air warfare destroyer project. Premier Mike Rann said the extra funds would ensure it became the best shipbuilding facility ...
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Petrovietnam inks Aframaxes
Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation (Petrovietnam) has signed a contract with compatriot shipbuilder Vinashin for three 105,000 dwt Aframax tankers to transport crude oil for its first oil refinery at Dung Quat which is due to be operational in 2009.The three vessels are valued at around $65 million each and ...
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EC investigates Greek shipyard
The European Commission (EC) has decided to extend its formal investigation under EC Treaty State aid rules into aid granted by Greece to Hellenic Shipyards S.A. (HSY), based at Skaramangas near Athens. In 2004, the Commission opened an investigation into amendments to an investment plan financed by investment aid to ...
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RR delivers gas turbine gensets to Korean Navy
Rolls-Royce has delivered the first three gas turbine generator sets which will provide the main electrical power system for the Republic of Korea Navy?s first 7,000-tonne destroyer, designated KDX-III. The first AG9140RF gas turbine genset was produced at the Rolls-Royce Indianapolis plant, and the other two were assembled by Samsung ...
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Hanjin deploys world?s fastest boxships
Hanjin Shipping has entered into service the 6,655TEU ?Hanjin Bremerhaven?, the world's fastest containership, on its Asia-Europe trade.Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea, the 304 metre long newbuilding is the first of the company's series of eight 58,000 dwt-class newbuildings. With a 68,332 kW main engine, the vessel will ...
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RK 280 becomes MAN 28/33D
MAN B&W Diesel are making a further step in strengthening and consolidating their medium speed engine portfolio. The RK 280, previously developed and sold through the UK branch of MAN B&W Diesel, will be transferred to the headquarters in Augsburg and newly launched as an MAN 28/33D engine.The commercial responsibility ...
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Mersey gets new shipyard
A new shiprepair business has been launched in Bromborough, Wirral in the UK, which aims to build new vessels and could bid to break up toxic "ghost ships".The Merseyside Slipway Company is a joint venture between Liverpool-based Mersey Heritage Ship Repair and Warbreck Engineering.The new venture has spent £1.5m buying ...
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Fugro orders survey ship
Dutch-based offshore survey company Fugro N.V. has placed an order for a new vessel (Geo Caribbean) with the Bergen Mekaniske Verksted (BMV) shipyard in Norway. The vessel will be owned by Fugro and will be delivered no later than October 2008.The overall length of the vessel is 101 metres and ...
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Daewoo develops LNG scaffolding
Daewoo Shipbuilding has developed scaffoldings to be used in all large LNG carriers? cargo containment tanks using an original design, manufacture and installation for the first time in Korean shipbuilding. In the past, the shipbuilder was dependent on imported scaffoldings that would result in problems with costs, and in ...
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Major semi-sub contracts for SBM Offshore
Three Letters Of Intent have been received by Atlantia Offshore Limited, a fully-owned subsidiary of SBM Offshore N.V., from several Brazilian drilling contractors in the wake of major drilling contracts recently awarded by Petrobras for their deep offshore development plans. Under these LOI's, Atlantia would provide, on a lump sum ...
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Gearbulk demands compensation from Stocznia Gdynia
Stocznia Gdynia, the Polish shipyard owned by the Ministry of the Treasure and its subsidies, was expected to get out of the red. Its GSM has agreed to increase the equity by up to PLN 500m (EUR 123.5m), the state-owned shipyard agency KPS is to lend it PLN 19m to ...
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Cosco orders two bulkers
Cosco (H.K) Shipping Co., Limited places new order of two 300,000DWT bulk carriers with the Chinese shipbuilder NACKS. The new order also attaches two options. Ship price and delivery dates are not revealed.
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Shipyard to be established in Azerbaijan
It is intended to construct a shipbuilding yard in the Garadagh District, Baku, by upgrading an existing shiprepair yard. Azerbaijan state-owned Caspian Sea Shipping Company?s chairman, Aydin Bashirov, told journalists that there are four shiprepair facilities in Baku and the company is negotiating with a number of Russian and Korean ...
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ABB supplies Chinese train ferry project
Swiss-based ABB has won a contract to provide an electrical power plant and podded propulsion system for a train ferry between the eastern Chinese cities of Yantai and Dalian. Construction of the new ferry will begin in April next year and is scheduled to be completed in May 2008. The ...
