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    Meyer wins Norwegian LPG duo

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    The Norwegian shipping company Solvang ASA together with a group of investors have placed a new order with Meyer Werft in Papenburg for construction and delivery of two LEG/LPG tankers. The gas tankers will have a length overall of 154.9 m, a breadth of 22.70 m and a cargo capacity ...

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    Vinashin lands Danish job

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Fabricius BR Marine in Denmark has inked its first shipbuilding contract with Vietnam?s shipbuilder Vinashin. Fabricius and Vinashin signed a $5 million deal to construct a 2,500 DWT vessel of an unspecified type. The 1,600-HP and 67-metre-long vessel will be delivered in early 2007. In addition, Fabricius is negotiating a ...

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    Vietnam starts construction of new shipyard

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Work to build the largest shipyard in Vietnam?s central region started on Sunday in the country?s central hub, Danang city. The Danang shipyard, located on an area of more than 31ha in Son Tra district, is to be built at an estimated cost of $37.5 million.It will be able to ...

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    New Malaysian shipyard ready for ops in July

    2005-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Avanzamento Engineering?s (AESB) new shipyard in Manjung, Perak, Malaysia, will start operating in July 2006. About $13.2 million has been invested in the shipyard, which will employ 50 to 60 people and specialise providing maintenance, repairs and overhaul services and supply logistic support equipment for naval and coast guard frigates. ...

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    Venezuela and Iran plan new shipyard

    2005-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Venezuela and Iran have agreed to explore setting up a joint shipbuilding operation in the South American country with cooperation of the domestic shipbuilder Dianca. The memorandum of understanding was signed between Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) and Sadra Iran Marine Industrial Company with yards in Bandar Abbas, Bushehr and ...

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    Pacific Basin orders handy quartet

    2005-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Pacific Basin placed a new order for four 32,000DWT handysize bulk carriers with Guangdong Machinery and Jiangmen Nanyang Ship Engineering at a cost of $21.98 each. The four will be delivered on January, May and September 2008 and January 2009 and the contract includes options for two more vessels for ...

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    Istanbul orders two Austal cats

    2005-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Austal Ships has secured a newbuilding contract for two 88 metre high speed vehicle-passenger catamarans from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. This follows the submission of a fully compliant proposal with the lowest price offer in an international tender that began earlier this year. To be operated by Istanbul Deniz Otobusleri ...

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    Pertamina to acquire 32 tankers

    2005-12-12T00:00:00Z

    The Indonesian state-owned oil company PT Pertamina plans to acquire 32 oil tankers totaling more than 800,000 DWT for domestic oil shipments. The company`s president director, Widya Purnama, said the procurement was made to support domestic fuel oil supply security and in view of the fact that "the company`s oil ...

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    Konecranes to supply Korean shipyard

    2005-12-09T00:00:00Z

    KCI Konecranes in Finland has received an order for a Goliath gantry crane from Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The new 900-ton crane will be delivered to the DSME shipyard in Okpo in November 2006 and will further strengthen KCI Konecranes' position on the fast-growing Korean shipbuilding ...

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    Turbomeca sets up Indian subsidiary

    2005-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Turbomeca, the French-based player in manufacturing aero, land and marine turbines, is opening its industrial operations in Bangalore, India, though its 100% subsidiary Turbomeca Turbochargers Industrial India (TTII).The subsidiary will initially focus on industrial turbochargers and will assemble, sell and service turbochargers, which are used to boost several hundreds of ...

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    HHM to up production

    2005-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Hudong Heavy Machinery in China aims to increase its engine product capacity by almost four times. The engine maker has set a target of producing 1.4 million bhp in 2006, 2.5 million bhp in 2008 and 3.5 to 3.8 million bhp in 2010.

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    New Dalian shipbuilder unveiled

    2005-12-09T00:00:00Z

    A new and bigger shipbuilder was unveiled today in Dalian as part of the restructuring of the city's shipbuilding industry. Dalian Shipbuilding Industry was formed by the merger of Dalian Shipyard Co and Dalian New Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. Dalian Shipyard, with more than a 100-year history, used to be ...

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    Thales to take 25% stake in DCN

    2005-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Thales and naval construction group DCN have agreed a tie-up, which will see Thales take a 25% holding in DCN. The source confirmed a report that appeared in French financial daily Tribune that the government would announce the tie-up officially next week. According to the source, the agreement will be ...

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    Jordan dredger for Vosta LMG

    2005-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Vosta LMG received a contract for a cutter suction dredger from Arab Potash in Jordan. This new dredger is of special design as it will need to excavate hard salt deposits in extremely corrosive and harsh climate conditions. Ambient site temperatures exceeding 40 C are common. The Arab Potash site ...

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    Gibbs sets up in Aussie

    2005-12-07T00:00:00Z

    US naval designer Gibbs & Cox will set up an Adelaide headquarters, helping to create more than 100 jobs.The Virginia-based firm will set up corporate headquarters near Outer Harbor-based ASC, which, in May, secured the $6 billion contract to build three air warfare destroyers for the navy. Gibbs & Cox's ...

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    ABB wins multi contracts

    2005-12-07T00:00:00Z

    ABB has won contracts worth $140 million to supply its Azipod propulsion systems for three vessels and electrical power systems for 11 new marine vessels and for two semi-submersible drilling rigs. The order includes six 10MW Azipod propulsion units for three Arctic shuttle tankers being built for Russia's Sococomflot at ...

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    SCI to acquire 14 newbuildings

    2005-12-07T00:00:00Z

    As part of its ambitious expansion plans, national flag carrier Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is all set to acquire 14 ships at a total cost of $563 million."The proposal of acquiring 14 ships has been cleared by the pre-Public Investment Board (PIB) and is awaiting final clearance from PIB ...

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    Odense delivers Gjertrud

    2005-12-05T00:00:00Z

    The Odense Steel Shipyard presented its latest newbuilding for the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. The 7,000TEU post-Panamax boxship was named Gjertrud M?rsk and is the fourth ship in a new series of updated container ships operated with extensive automation. With its 12-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex96C diesel engine from Doosan Engine, ...

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    Petronet charters Exmar LNG carrier

    2005-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Petronet LNG Ltd, India's largest liquefied natural gas importer, has awarded a 25 year charter agreement for one additional LNG ship from a consortium led by Exmar of Belgium at a day rate of about $82,000. Exmar, together with its Indian consortium partners, Varun Shipping Company and Indian Oil Corporation, ...

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    Research vessel for Macduff

    2005-12-02T00:00:00Z

    A new marine research vessel will be built by the Macduff shipyard in Aberdeenshire. Ministers are expected to confirm that the $7 million contract has been awarded to the north east yard, which will safeguard 130 jobs.