General News 13-18 – Page 492
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VLCC duo for Euronav
Euronav NV based in Antwerp, Belgium, has signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries to build two double hull 318,000 dwt VLCCs to be delivered in the first quarter of 2009. The construction price for each ship is $120 million. Euronav already owns, fully or in joint venture, 4 ships ...
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Frontier Discoverer enhancement
Frontier Drilling USA in Houston has engaged Aker Arctic of Helsinki, Finland, to proceed with the initial design and conceptual development of the modification work for their turret moored drillship ?Frontier Discoverer?. The work includes development of a modified hull form and protection to the riser to suit the harsh ...
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Maersk contracts eight AHTS
Maersk Supply Service signed a contract for eight new 11,242kW VS 472 anchor handling and supply (AHTS) vessels from AKER Yards AS in Norway. The vessels are of Vik & Sandvik design and the first vessel is expected to be delivered during the first quarter of 2008 with the following ...
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STX signs up product carrier
STX Shipbuilding clinched a 51,000DWT ice class product carrier from Pietro Barbaro in Italy. Ship particulars are 183m in length, 32.2m in breadth and 19.1m in depth. Coincidently, the Italian owner christened three similar 51,000DWT product tankers at STX which are named West Point, Ice Point and Baltic Point.
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Indian company orders two Aframaxes
India`s Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals has placed an order with South Korea`s Hyundai Heavy Industries for two Afamax tankers. One vessel is expected to be delivered in the last quarter of 2008 and another in the first quarter of 2009.
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GL publishes new IMO Pilot
Germanischer Lloyd has just published the new "IMO Pilot 2006" with an overview on the current legislation of the IMO is now available. New additions include the requirement to fit water level detectors in the cargo hold of single hold ships and the introduction of the "Company and registered owner ...
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Samho clinches VLCC pair
Hyundai Samho Shipbuilding in South Korea clinched two more VLCCs from NSCSA in Saudi Arabia. The 318,000DWT tankers will be delivered by 2009 at a total price of around $240 million.
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Orders continue being placed in China and Korea
Bohai Shipbuilding in China won an order for two 300,000DWT VLCCs and eight 50,000DWT product carriers from Nanjing Tanker Corporation at a total cost of around $500 million. No delivery date has been revealed.Shanghai Chengxi Shipyard in China secured five 53,000DWT bulk carriers from Parakou in Hong Kong. Total contract ...
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Largest boxship christened
The world's largest container ship, a 9,500 TEU post-Panamax vessel classed by Germanischer Lloyd, has been christened ?COSCO NINGBO?. The 350 m long, 42.8 m wide 109,149 DWT ship was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea for the Greek ship owner Costamare and is chartered by COSCO. It is ...
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Mipo clinches six PCs
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea won an order for six 46,000DWT product carriers from the Norwegian shipping company Westfal-Larsen at a total contract price of $300 million. They will be delivered by December 2009.
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Orpheus undergoes sea trials
After successful trials on HMS Marlborough in 2005, QinetiQ's Onboard Risk Performance Hazard Evaluation system (ORPHEUS) is now undergoing year-long trials on three Royal Navy Type 23 frigates - HMS Northumberland, HMS Westminster and HMS Montrose. ORPHEUS is a dedicated and flexible operator guidance system that provides clear and concise ...
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NOFOS chooses MIROS to manage spills
MIROS, the Norwegian supplier of sensor-based met-ocean systems for the offshore industry in Norway, has won an agreement to supply five of its marine x-band radar-based oil spill detection systems to the common oil spill response organization for oil producers on the Norwegian continental shelf, called NOFO. With these unique ...
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W&D delivers tug
Washburn & Doughty Associates (W&D) of East Boothbay, Maine, delivered Bulldog, a 30.15 metre, 11.4 m wide, 6,700 hp, Z Drive firefighting tug, to Crescent Towing of New Orleans. The Z-drive Bulldog provides ship-assist and escort services for LNG tankers at the Elba Island LNG re-gasification terminal in Savannah and ...
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Korean navy launches destroyer
The fifth South Korean built 4,200 ton class destroyer was recently launched at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). This is part of a six-ship series all being built at DSME since 2002 under a project codenamed KDX II. A CODAG plant consisting of four gas turbine and diesel engines ...
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Evergreen to build more boxships
Evergreen Marine Corp. of Taiwan, which operates Asia?s largest container shipping line, plans to order at least 20 container ships in the next 10 years to replace existing vessels.The boom in transporting manufactured goods from China and carrying raw materials to the country has fuelled demand for new ships and ...
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B+V to sort out QM2 pod
Cunard?s Queen Mary 2 will be dry-docking at Blohm + Voss Repair yard in Hamburg on 6 May for routine maintenance work and to remove one of its four podded propulsors which sustained damaged when it came into contact with the side of the underwater channel upon departure from Fort ...
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ST Marine secures conversion contract
Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), the marine arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), has secured a $17m contract from Chinese company BGP Inc. to convert a fishing trawler into a seismic research vessel.BGP is one of the world?s leading onshore and shallow water geophysical service contractors based ...
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High speed trio for NorFerries
Norwegian ferry company NorFerries plans to order three new high-speed cargo vessels to operate on freight routes between Norway, France, Spain and Britain. According to NorFerries chairman, Sigurd Steen, the company plans to order two vessels of 180 metres capable of carrying 94 trailers and one larger vessel of 210 ...
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DESS in expansion mood
Deep Sea Supply ASA (DESS) in Norway has today entered into an agreement to acquire 22 shipbuilding contracts for a total consideration of $394 million from Hemen Holding Ltd. (`Hemen), a company controlled by John Fredriksen. The acquisition is subject to DESS raising the necessary financing and the approval of ...
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Imtech to acquire RHG
Radio Holland Group B.V. (RHG) has announced that Imtech N.V. intends to acquire its shares. The acquisition will almost double the revenues of Imtech in the maritime market and place it in the top five of the global marine marketand fits its strategy of further international growth in the maritime ...
