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    Russo-Brazilian JV to build Ekranoplans

    2005-10-18T00:00:00Z

    A joint venture between the Sao Paulo boat builder Companhia C?mara Constru?ões Navais and the Russian company ATTK, is going to manufacture WIG (wing in ground effect) craft known as Ekranoplans or Aquaglide. These aircraft-like boats were developed in Russia and fly just above the surface of the water. The ...

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    Mitsui build BNG ship

    2005-10-18T00:00:00Z

    The British Nuclear Group (BNG) has placed an order with the Japanese shipbuilder Mitsui Engineering to design and build a new INF 3 class nuclear waste vessel for the Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) fleet following an extensive 11 month tender exercise.The new ship is expected to be delivered in ...

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    TMT bids for CSBC

    2005-10-18T00:00:00Z

    Taiwan Maritime Transportation has submitted an expression of interest in bidding for the privatization of China Shipbuilding Corporation, the Taiwan government owned shipyard. It is believed that TMT was the only bidder when the process closed last Monday.TMT has bid for the privatization in order to assist the commercial development ...

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    Austal secures US navy LCS order

    2005-10-18T00:00:00Z

    The US Navy has awarded the construction contract for the Austal designed Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project. The $223 million order for the first of two planned "Flight 0" vessels was awarded to prime contractor Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics company which has teamed up with Austal, the designer ...

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    Aker inks anther PSV

    2005-10-18T00:00:00Z

    Aker Yards and DOF ASA have agreed to build a platform supply vessel (PSV) worth approximately $33 million. The Aker designed vessel is scheduled for delivery in April 2007 from Aker Yards at Aukra.

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    Esnaad builds at ADSB

    2005-10-18T00:00:00Z

    ESNAAD, a wholly owned ADNOC principal service company who provide offshore support services to oil operating companies and Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), one of the major shipbuilding facilities in the region, have signed a newbuilding contact to design and build a 40 metre crew boat with an option for ...

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    CLNG wants two more LNG carriers

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    China LNG(CLNG), joint venture of Cosco and Chinese government, has decided to order two more 147,000 cbm LNG carriers. However, ship delivery date, shipbuilder, ship price and LNG projects have not yet been revealed.

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    Korean shipbuilders win more LNG carriers

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Following the selection of preferential bidders by Korea Gas Corporation to carry 5.5 million tonnes of LNG from 2008, the company has placed newbuilding orders for LNG carriers with local shipbuilders.Korea Line will operate two LNG carriers which will be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding. One of the two LNG carriers ...

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    Aker inks Island order

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Aker Yards has signed a contract worth approximately $100 million to build a Well Intervention Vessel for Island Offshore for delivery in January 2008. Main duties for the new vessel of Rolls Royce design, will be maintenance and repair of oil-/gaswells in depths of up to 600 metres, and operate ...

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    Singapore's SembCorp Marine acquires US shipyard

    2005-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Singapore oil rig manufacturer SembCorp Marine has completed the purchase of a Texas-based shipyard in a move expected to boost its presence in the oil-producing US Gulf Coast region. SembCorp Marine said its subsidiary PPL Shipyard has acquired a 100% stake in Sabine Industries, Inc and subsidiaries Sabine Offshore Services, ...

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    Iran-India order LNG octet

    2005-10-13T00:00:00Z

    The Joint Iran-India LNG consortium in its first step for LNG export is to place an order for 8 new carriers valued at $1.6billion. Four of the ships will have a capacity of carrying 145,000 cubic meters. Delivery is expected to be 2010 and the fleet would be carrying 7.5m ...

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    Italians get Tallink job

    2005-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Fincantieri and Tallink signed a contract to build two new generation, high performance, ice-class cruise ferries, one of which is an option. Tallink, the leading Estonian ferry operators and one of the most important in the Baltic area, runs regular services connecting Estonia with Sweden and Finland.Each ship will have ...

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    Quebec yard to upgrade ferry

    2005-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Verreault Navigation Inc. of Les Méchins, Quebec in Canada, has been awarded a $4.8 million contract to modify and enhance some of the design elements of the ferry Madeleine operated by CTMA Traversier Ltée. between Cap-aux-Meules, in the Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, and Souris, Prince Edward Island. The Madeleine will be equipped ...

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    Ferry lifeline for Ferguson

    2005-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Western Ferries, which operates from Dunoon to Gourock, has placed a £500,000 order for a roll on/roll off terminal with Ferguson's yard on the river Clyde in Scotland. The Port Glasgow yard had to pay off about 100 workers after it lost out on a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry order to ...

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    Vinashin wins more Diamond orders

    2005-10-13T00:00:00Z

    The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) has signed a contract to build seven more Diamond 53,000 dwt bulk carriers for export to Britain. This latest contract brings the number of the Diamond 53 bulkers ordered from Vinashin for the UK-based company Graig British customers to 17. In addition, Vinashin has ...

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    Lukoil deal for Samsung

    2005-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Korean shipbuilder Samsung will build four ice-class 70,000-ton tankers for Russia?s oil major Lukoil to help it export crude from the Arctic to Western markets. Delivery is scheduled for 2008 and will be used to export crude from the Arctic port of Varandei, where Lukoil?s joint venture with US ConocoPhillips ...

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    Daewoo to bid for Santierul

    2005-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said it will bid for Santierul Naval 2 Mai Mangalia, a Romanian government-owned shipyard, to expand capacity in the country."Daewoo Shipbuilding plans to make a bid next week," Ahn Wook-hyeon, a Daewoo Shipbuilding spokesman, said. He expects the starting bid to be around $4.2 ...

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    SCI poised to order VLCCs

    2005-10-11T00:00:00Z

    National flag carrier Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) will sign a contract with Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to acquire two 300,000 dwt VLCCs at a cost of $253 million. Delivery is scheduled for 2008. Apart from these two vessels, SCI is also planning to order two ...

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    LNG tanker fleet needs to expand dramatically

    2005-10-11T00:00:00Z

    The global fleet of LNG tankers needs to expand by 66% by 2010 to meet current and future demand from exporters including Qatar, Australia and Nigeria, according to LNG Shipping Solutions. About 205 carriers need to be ordered, adding to the 182 ships in service and 127 vessels already contracted ...

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    Semi-subs for Daewoo

    2005-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Daewoo Shipbuilding has captured a contact for two semi-submersible drilling rigs from Frigstad Offshore Drilling in Singapore at the price of $480 million.They will be delivered on December 2008 and June 2009 and deployed at Palawan in the Philippines. Dynamic positioning system and mooring system will be installed enabling the ...