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Ferguson picks up ferry job
The Ferguson shipyard in Inverclyde has been awarded a multi-million pound contract to build a new ferry for Caledonian MacBrayne. The $10.4 million order was won by the Port Glasgow yard despite competition from Poland, Germany, Norway and Italy. The announcement comes as the yard faces the threat of closure, ...
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Norden signs contracts with CSSC
Norden, Denmark-based shipping company, signed three contracts with China State Ship-building Corporation (CSSC). The contracts will increase Norden's current investment in China to over $100 million. Under the agreement, Norden will commission 2 product carriers from Guangzhou Shipyard and one bulk carrier from Chengxi Shipyard.
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China delivers Iranian bulker
Iran's Shipping Lines (IRISL) Panamax bulk carrier ?Iran Bojnourd? was recently delivered by Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. The 74,000 DWT newbuilding is the second in a five-ship series ordered by IRISL and is 225 metres long, 32.2 metres wide and has a maximum speed of 14.6 knots. It is notable ...
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Aker launches Galaxy
The christening and launching ceremony of the large cruise ferry ordered by Tallink took place at Aker Yards shipyard in Rauma. The 165 million Euro vessel was named ?Galaxy? and will start cruises from Helsinki to Tallinn next spring. The vessel will be one of the biggest cruise ferries in ...
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Mipo clinches 8 PCs
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard recently captured two orders for product carriers. The first comprised of three 37,000DWT tankers from a European ship owner for as a total value of $124 million. The second is for five 47,000DWT product carriers valued at $230 million for delivery from 2008 to February 2009.
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L-3 acquires SAM
L-3 Communications based in New York has signed an agreement to acquire SAM Electronics GmbH (SAM) for $150 million in cash, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. SAM is expected to generate approximately $320 million of sales for the year ending December 31, 2006. The acquisition is expected ...
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Philly yard starts tanker number two
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has begun production on the second of ten vessels in the 46,000 dwt product tanker build program announced last spring. Steel cutting for the ship, the sixth built by the yard since its opening five years ago, begins just weeks after keel laying for the first tanker ...
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Huangpu standardizes on PTC(R) shipbuilding solution
The Product Development Company(TM), and Guangzhou-based CSSC Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding (HS), announced that HS has expanded its use of PTC Shipbuilding Solution, which includes CADDS(R) 5i to improve its overall design capabilities. With the expanded software implementation, HS is standardizing on PTC Shipbuilding Solution as its manufacturing design platform. HS ...
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Petersburg shipyard tests new generation submarine
The St. Petersburg-based Admiralty Shipyard has begun sea trials of a fourth-generation Project 677 Lada class diesel-electric submarine, according to the company's press office. During the next few months, the submarine, called ?St. Petersburg?, will undergo manoeuvrability and submersion tests and operations in extreme conditions. After completion of the tests, ...
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RINA and RS strengthen co-operation
The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) and Italian classification society RINA have signed a new agreement on co-operation in performing surveys of ships and floating structures under construction and in service, as well as certification of materials and products. The agreement has significantly broadened the scope of existing co-operation, ...
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Constanta launches tanker for local shipowner
The first ship built since 1990 for a Romanian ship owner was launched at Constanta Shipyard. The 41,000 TDW oil tanker ?Histria Perla? was designed by ICEPRONAV Galati and was ordered by Romanian businessman Gheorghe Bosinceanu.The yard is building five similar ships for the same owner. Bosinceanu says the tankers ...
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Quartet ConRo order for Flensburger
Flensburger shipyard in Germany has signed contracts for four ships plus six options of its new design ConRo 200 with a European Shipowner. The price of the newbuildings is not being disclosed. The main parameters of the new ConRo ferries, type ConRo 200, are a length of 180.89 m, a ...
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Farstad confirms supply vessel
Farstad Supply, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norway-based Farstad Shipping, has confirmed an order for a platform supply vessel with West Contractors of ?lensvåg, Norway. Delivery is scheduled for January 2007.The newbuilding, of VS470 MkII design, will have a cargo carrying capacity of about 3,500dwt. The newbuilding is part of Farstad's ...
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Viking LoI confirmed
The LoI for a fast passenger/car ferry signed on 21 November by Aker Yards and Viking Line Abp has now been confirmed as a firm contract worth approximately 120 to 130 million euro. The contract includes options for two similar vessels. The vessel intended for the Helsinki-Tallinn route will be ...
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Chinese shipbuilders win LNG and VLCC jobs -
Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding secured a contract for three LNG carriers from two domestic gas tanker operators. The 47,000 cbm newbuildings will be delivered on November 2008, July and October 2009. This latest order will bring the number of LNG carriers under construction at HZ to five. CSSC won an order ...
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Stolt Offshore charters new build IMR and survey ship
Stolt Offshore has entered into an agreement with Eidesvik Shipping AS to charter a new build ship for the inspection, maintenance, repair (IMR) and survey market for a period of 8 years, plus options for a further 12 years. The charter commences on delivery of the ship in mid 2007.The ...
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New boxship for E.R. Schiffahrt
The Hamburg shipping company E.R. Schiffahrt recently commissioned its 60th ship, with the 8,200TEU ?E.R. Tianan?. This Post-Panamax ship is one of the largest in the world, with length overall 335 metres, beam 42.8 metres and draught 14.5 metres.The main engine, an MAN B&W with twelve cylinders and an output ...
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Keppel to maintain oil-rig order book
Top offshore oil-rig builder Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) said it would settle for fewer new orders next year and would not build or buy new yards as it is already converting two ship repair facilities.The chairman of Keppel O&M, a subsidiary of Singapore?s top conglomerate Keppel Corp, said ...
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ThyssenKrupp + EADS bid for Atlas Elektronik
ThyssenKrupp Technologies and EADS signed a Memorandum of Understanding making both companies a team in the bidding process for Atlas Elektronik, a subsidiary of BAE systems, and are submitting a joint bid. According to the agreement, ThyssenKrupp Technologies will keep 60% of Atlas and EADS 40%. "Our subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Marine ...
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BP gets third Alaska tanker
BP Oil Shipping Co. USA has received delivery of the third of four 193,050 dwt Alaska-class double-hull crude oil tankers being built by National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. (Nassco), San Diego. The fourth ship will be delivered in late 2006. The ?Alaskan Navigator?, 25% owned by BP, will be operated ...
