General News 13-18 – Page 446
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Old Cammell Laird yard safe
A future for ship working has been guaranteed at the famous former Cammell Laird yard England after the historic Birkenhead site had been acquired by property giant Peel Holdings. The previous owner, Reddington Finance, had planned a £2bn leisure, residential and retail redevelopment.Peel Holdings announced that ship conversions and repairs ...
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P&O to build new cruise ship
Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise operator, will build a new ship for its P&O Cruises brand at an estimated all-in cost of $705 million, delaying delivery of a previously announced vessel by a year. Fincantieri, Italy's state- owned shipbuilder, is constructing the 116,000 gt ship at its Monfalcone yard. ...
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Samsung gets BG duo
BG Group plc in the UK has signed an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea for the delivery of two new-build dual-fuel diesel electric (DFDE) LNG ships. The new ships will each have a cargo capacity of 170,000 m3 and are scheduled to be delivered in 2010. Martin ...
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2006 was a good year for Keppel
Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M) completed and delivered 26 newbuilds and conversions totalling about S$2 billion ($1.3 billion), on time or ahead of time and within budget in 2006. Tong Chong Heong, Managing Director of Keppel O&M, said, "At present, many shipyards worldwide are faced with high level ...
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Daewoo delivers first ship this year
Daewoo Shipbuilding has delivered a 151,700 cbm LNG carrier to Teekay named Al Areesh. Ship particulars are 285.40m in length, 43.0m in breadth and 26m in depth with a draught of 11.50m and is the first South Korean export ship this year.
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Kazakhstan to get new ship repair facility
Caspian Services Inc. in Kazakhstan has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a vessel maintenance and repair facility with joint venture partners Nico International and Kazmortransflot JSC. Nico International is a Dubai based international ship repair and ship building company with 30 years experience in the industry. Kazmortransflot ...
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Cobelfret exercises options
The Belgian shipping company Cobelfret NV has declared two options for Flensburger?s ConRo 220 type. The German shipbuilder will deliver the first 14,800 DWT vessel in November 2010 with the second unit in February 2011. The main scantlings are a length of 195.40 metres, a breadth of 26.20 metres, a ...
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DNV confirms COSCO?s sustainability credentials
COSCO, China?s major shipping company, has released its first Annual Sustainable Development Report. The report, verified by DNV, covers the three critical aspects of sustainability ? economic performance, environmental protection performance and social impact. "I made a promise on implementation of Global Compact to the former UN Secretary General Kofi ...
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Ontario truck ferry project moving forward
The idea of launching a truck ferry between Oswego and Hamilton, Ontario, is slowly coming to fruition and could materialize by 2008. "We had a meeting two weeks ago with Marine Link (the company that would operate the proposed truck ferry), the Coast Guard, customs officials, and the Department of ...
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Samsung predicts drop in orders
Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea said this year?s orders for new vessels and offshore platforms may fall as much as 21% as demand weakens from a record 2006. New contracts may drop to $10 billion from $12.6 billion last year, the Seoul-based company said in an e-mailed statement today. ...
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ABG cements new order
ABG Shipyard in Mumbai, India, has secured a repeat order from Gujarat Ambuja Cements (GACL) for the construction of a 4,000 DWT self-loading & unloading bulk cements carrier at a price of $9.90 million. The 97 metre vessel is slated for delivery by end June 2008.
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Repair yard diversifies
Western India Shipyard Ltd has diversified into the lucrative areas of offshore rig repairs and ship building with a view to fully utilize the facilities of its dry dock and wet repair berths at its shipyard at Mormugao Harbour, Goa. The Company main business continues to be on repair of ...
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Samsung doubles steel purchases from China
Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea will more than double purchases of steel plate from China next year because it can't get enough from suppliers in South Korea and Japan. The company will rely on China next year for 21% of the 5 mm to 20 mm-thick slabs used to ...
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Maersk confirms AHTS deal
Maersk Supply Service has confirmed that it has signed a contract for construction of four multi-purpose anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS) with Volkswerft in Stralsund, Germany.The four vessels will be upgraded and updated sister vessels to the A class AHTS previously delivered to the company by Volkswerft. The newbuildings ...
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Venture orders second Sevan FPSO
Venture Production plc (Venture), the Aberdeen-based UK independent oil andgas production company, has awarded Sevan Marine ASA in Norway a contract for the provision of a second FPSO to be deployed in its North Sea operations, thereby exercising an option previously agreed between the two companies. The hull and marine ...
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Garware Offshore in talks with Havyard
The Mumbai-based Garware Offshore Services is in talks with Norwegian shipyard Havyard Leirvik AS over a cross marketing deal involving ONGC and the Shipping Corporation of India. ONGC and SCI need about 28 and 5 new offshore vessels respectively and Garware Offshore has submitted its expression of interest with both ...
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Worlds top three to maintain record-high prices
South Korea?s big three shipbuilders, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Samsung Heavy Industries plan to keep newbuilding ship prices at record highs for a third year as they seek to shield earnings against dropping orders and higher steel costs. All three yards will book new orders ...
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Siem awards Kleven contract
Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, has signed a new contract with Siem Offshore Inc for the building of one new, sophisticated vessel. The contract has a value of $56 million. The vessel is a Multifunctional Platform Supply Vessel (MFPSV) of the MT 6017 design, a Marin Teknikk design developed in ...
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Iran needs 20 LNG carriers
Iran may need to place orders for 15 to 20 LNG tankers once the South Pars LNG deal goes through, according to managing director of National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC). The purchase is pending upon the final sale and export ratification of NIOC, Iran and Pars LNG contracts in Assaluyeh, ...
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Beltrame mulls steel plant in Argentina
Italy?s Gruppo Beltrame, Europe?s fifth largest steelmaker, is considering plans to build its first plant outside Europe in Argentina at a cost of about $53 million to manufacture plate for the shipbuilding sector, R?o Santiago shipyard (ARS) said in a statement. The group?s manager Antonio Beltrame last week met with ...
