General News 13-18 – Page 306
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NewsLR starts 250th anniversary celebrations with HHI delivery
Lloyd’s Register marks the beginning of its 250th anniversary year with the delivery of an Ecuadorian tanker, first ship of 2010 to LR class.
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News13 rig deliveries in 2009
Keppel FELS has delivered West Vencedor, the sixth of seven KFELS semisubmersible drilling tenders (SSDT) to Seadrill.
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NewsNew Indian yard gets go-ahead
The Indian government is reported to have given the nod to a new Hindustan shipyard.
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Petrobras signs charter contracts for tanker newbuildings
The Brazilan state-run oil company uses its transport needs to help the domestic shipbuilding industry.
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Hyundai misses 2009 target
The shipbuilder fell short of target, despite increased yearly sales
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NewsFirst fuel cell-equipped commercial vessel on show
The Viking Lady was in Copenhagen to demonstrate low-emissions shipping to world leaders – and The Motorship
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Bangladesh cleaning up its shipbreaking act
The government of Bangladesh proposes to set up a specific zone for ship-breaking.
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NewsNorth Pole customer for trimaran newbuilding
THE MOTORSHIP WISHES ALL ITS READERS A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS
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VT Halter wins USN contract for survey vessel
VT Halter Marine has been awarded a contract to build an enhanced T-AGS 60 Class oceanographic survey ship for the US Navy.
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NewsSTX awarded two contracts with Island Offshore
STX Europe has entered into new contracts with Norwegian-based Island Offshore
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NewsIdle fleet falls due to slow steaming
The idle containership fleet has fallen, as employment of larger vessels has received a boost
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NewsMAN Diesel adds high speed
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge will transfer part of its business involving high-speed engines to the group’s sister company, MAN Diesel
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STX Rauma yard starts construction of second P&O ferry
Construction of the second in a pair of large new ropax vessels for P&O Ferries has started at the yard of STX Europe in Rauma, Finland.The first of the new ships is on schedule to be floated out of its building dock in early May when it will be fitted ...
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Keppel clinches three more contracts
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its subsidiaries, Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) and Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), has secured contracts worth S$160 million ($115 million) for a FPSO vessel conversion, a derrick lay barge completion and the life extension of a semisubmersible rig. Tong Chong Heong, ...
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Emissions targets all at sea
Cars and trucks, coal-fired power stations, and belching cows. The usual suspects when it comes to discussions of carbon footprints and climate change. But, Greek researchers discuss, in the International Journal of Ocean Systems Management, just how important it is to understand carbon emissions from shipping.Harilaos Psaraftis and Christos Kontovas ...
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Lindo shipyard ready to go green
Green development at Odense Steel Shipyard has now been secured with the establishment of a fund consisting of a few powerful Danish businessmen. OSS, better known as Lind? Shipyard, is being shut down by its owner, A.P. Moller-Maersk, but the new fund will help turn Lind? into one of the ...
