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Chinese build Ketchikan floating drydock
A new 2,500-tonne floating dry dock will be built by the Chinese shipbuilder Penglai Bohai Ship Co for the Ketchikan Shipyard, in Alaska, at a cost of $9.2 million for delivery in July 2007."This will provide us with the additional shiplift capacity on the dry docks themselves and, more importantly, ...
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South African shipper places barge orders in China
Grindrod?s ship owning arm, Unicorn Shipping, has placed shipbuilding orders for two high-specification bunkering barges and secured options for more from a southern China shipyard.This had been done in response to the announcement by South Africa?s Grindrod?s black-economic-empowerment subsidiary, Southern Tankers, that it was diversifying into barged in-port bunker delivery ...
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Wärtsilä acquires German service company
Wärtsilä has acquired the German service company INTEC Injectortechnic GmbH from the four persons owning and managing the company. The Hamburg-based company is specialized in fuel injection equipment, providing installation and services of injection components for marine diesel engines. The annual net sales are approx. EUR 3 million and the ...
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Mangalia in the red
Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) shipyard, the biggest shipyard in Romania, last year recorded losses worth 18.5 million euros despite a 46% increase in its turnover. DMHI slipped into the red mainly because of the increase in the price of sheet metal according to a statement by the company management. ...
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Esnaad orders two UT vessels
Esnaad, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adnoc in Abu Dhabi, has become the first Middle East based ship owner to order a vessel of UT-Design from Rolls-Royce. The contract covers the supply of two vessels with full of Rolls-Royce equipment. Construction of the UT780 Anchor handling Tugs (AHTS) has begun ...
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Delivery Stena Performance
Concordia Maritime took delivery of 62,500 dwt Stena Performance, the fourth vessel in the P-MAX series of total eight vessels. The vessel is on charter for five years to the American oil company Amerada Hess Corporation.
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CSIC to triple turnover
China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC), one of the nation's two state-run shipbuilding groups, plans to triple its turnover by 2015 when it expands its building capacity to meet rising global demand. The Beijing-based group said yesterday it expects to achieve a turnover of 150 billion yuan ($18.75 billion) in 2015, ...
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Germans order chemical carriers from China
Two German shipping companies, Aquarius Marine Consulting GmbH & Co. KG (AMC) and TB Marine-Hamburg GmbH have ordered a class of four chemical tankers from the Chinese shipbuilder Liaoning Hongguan Shipbuilding. With a carrying capacity of 19,500 cbm and 16,500 dwt, these IMO II-class carriers will be ice-classed and delivery ...
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K Line launch coal carrier
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) has launched the "JP GUNJO," an 88,000 DWT-type special coal carrier at Marugame Shipyard of Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Japan. Vessel?s specifications are length 229.93 m, beam 38 m and draught 13.8 m.The new vessel is the same type as "K" Line?s specialized fleet ...
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STX seals two boxships
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea has secured an order for two 2,700TEU class container ships from an Asian ship owner for delivery during 2009.
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SOLAS, SAR amendments enter into force
Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) enter into force on 1 July 2006, including amendments relating to bulk carrier safety and persons in distress at sea. The amendments to SOLAS (adopted in December ...
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Korean top trio likely to win $30b in orders
South Korea's top three shipyards are likely to win higher-than-expected orders worth at least $30 billion this year on strong sales in the first half of the year, industry sources said. The three companies - Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co and Samsung Heavy Industries Co ...
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ThyssenKrupp to build two more 3,400 TEU feeders
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems ? a company of ThyssenKrupp Technologies ? has got an order to build two 3,400 TEU container ships. These compact vessels will be built at the company?s yard Nordseewerke in Emden and are designed for worldwide trade enabling this ship type to be employed for feeder traffic ...
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Indonesia orders number 24 from Meyer
The Meyer Werft shipyard of Papenburg, Germany, has received from the Republic of Indonesia an order for one more passenger vessel thus continuing a series of 23 ships the last of which was delivered in 2004. Vessel no. 24 will be taken over by the owner in summer 2008.The ship ...
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Herning orders tanker pair in China
Herning Shipping in Denmark has ordered two 11.000 dwt IMO product / chemical carriers at Nantong Mingde shipyard in China for delivery in 2008. The vessels will be ice class 1A and are being built to Danish flag requirements.Nantong Mingde Shipyard is currently building two 7,000 dwt product/chemical tankers for ...
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Wärtsilä sets up factory in China
The new factory for Wärtsilä Auxpac marine generating sets in China was inaugurated today by Wärtsilä Qiyao Diesel Company Ltd (Shanghai), the joint venture between Wärtsilä Corporation and the Shanghai Marine Diesel Engine Research Institute (SMDERI). "China is one of the leading shipbuilding countries in the world and its shipbuilding ...
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Russia and China building littoral warships
As the USA proceeds with its littoral combat ship program, other nations are building less versatile and less expensive craft for littoral warfare and patrol roles. In addition to Sweden's Visby class corvettes (recently upgraded to a "Visby Plus" configuration) and Norway's smaller Skjold class air cushion catamarans, the Russians ...
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Daewoo clinches four box ships
Daewoo Shipbuilding clinched four large post-Panamax container ships from a ship owner in Panama. Total contract price is $530 million and delivery will be completed by April 2010.
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ASMAR builds Faroese trawler
The Faroese fishing company Hvalnes hf, which operates the pelagic vessels ?Christian ? Grótinum? and ?Nordborg?, has signed a contract for the largest and most expensive addition to the Faroese pelagic fleet ever. The new vessel is expected to cost $42 million.The new ship, with a length of 86 metres ...
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Halifax lives in hope
If the Halifax lead team is selected to design and build joint supply vessels for the Canadian navy, it would mean sustained work for team members, an Irving spokeswoman said Monday. This follows an announcement by the federal government that $2.6 billion program to build and maintain three new joint ...
