General News 13-18 – Page 544
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Todd gets local ferry contract
Todd Pacific Shipyards of Seattle, USA, has been selected to build four 105 metre long ferries worth up to $223 million for Washington State Ferries. The state will negotiate a design-and-construction contract with Todd, which built the last state ferries, the Jumbo Mark II class, between 1997 and 1999. That ...
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Mipo wins six boxships
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has won six 1,800TEU container ships from German shipowner Claus-Peter Offen for delivery during 2008. Total contract price is $234 million. This latest order is an option declaration from the ship owner attached to a previous order.
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Austal delivers Yemen order
Austal Ships has delivered ten patrol boats to the Yemen Ministry of Defence which placed the order in June 2003. Loading of the 37.5 metre boats, each weighing in at 90 tonnes, onboard the heavy lift ship ?Maria?, was managed by Fremantle-based heavy lift and logistics specialists, Global Hire.The delivery ...
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H&W in profit
Harland & Wolff moved into profit in the last quarter of 2004 but lost money for the year as a whole, according to results posted today. Fred Olsen Energy, the Norwegian company that owns H&W, gave the details in its preliminary results for 2004.The data showed that its engineering and ...
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Ulstein conversion project for Solstad
Norwegian offshore shipowners Solstad announced that Ulstein Verft is to perform the conversion of their cable-laying vessel, Normand Clipper. The conversion is well underway at Ulstein Verft and is to be completed by the end of May 2005. "We are pleased that Solstad has yet again chosen us as its ...
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Europe launches Waterbone
A technology platform of industry, national authorities, regulatory bodies, research centres and universities on the maritime industry sector has been launched to maintain Europe's leading position in the industry. Europe is the world leader in the design, manufacture and production of specialist, high technology vessels but is facing increasing competition ...
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ShipConstructor gets more funding
The development of key features in ShipConstructor, the AutoCAD based 3D product-modeling software for the design and fabrication of ships, will be funded by the Second-Tier Shipyard Design Enhancement Project II, which recently received significant funding from the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise. The project, headed by ...
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Sperry supplies IBNS for X-Craft
Northrop Grumman Corporation has supplied its latest Integrated Bridge and Navigation System (IBNS) for the U.S. Navy?s new Littoral Surface Craft, the experimental or ?X-Craft,?. The vessel?s IBNS was designed, engineered, integrated and installed by Northrop Grumman?s Sperry Marine business unit and integrates more than 200 separate bridge and navigation ...
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BMT enters Chinese market
The latest hull-stress monitoring technology and the ability to turn around a crucial order in less than a week has seen BMT SeaTech Ltd, a subsidiary of British Maritime Technology (BMT), secure entry into the Chinese shipping market. BMT was contracted by the Hebei Ocean Shipping Company (HOSCO) to supply ...
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X-Craft cat christened
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) today christened its new X-Craft high-speed catamaran at the Nichols Brothers Boat Builders shipyard in Freeland, Washington. The innovative X-Craft, designed by Nigel Gee & Associates, is powered by an integrated propulsion system that includes GE Transportation?s LM2500 aero derivative marine gas turbines and ...
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Buoyant figures for SembCorp
Thanks to buoyant demand for its ship conversion and repair businesses, the Singapore shipyard of SembCorp Marine has recorded a 21% increase in last year?s net profits at $57.5 million. Revenue also hit a record high of $787 million. SembCorp Marine's ship conversion and offshore business was boosted last year ...
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STX secures orders for eight tankers
STX Shipbuilding, South Korea's seventh-largest shipbuilder, has received three orders worth $360 million in total to build eight oil and chemical tankers. The orders comprise of four vessels for a Cyprus-based company, two ships for STX Pan Ocean, a subsidiary of STX, and two ships for a company in Denmark.
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Daewoo confirms mega LNG carrier order
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) signed a $900 million contract with a consortium including Qatar Gas Transport Co. (QGTC) for the construction of four 216,000 cubic metre LNG carriers. Commerzleasing, a unit of Commerzbank, will own 54% of the four vessels, QTCL will hold 45% and German's Pronav the ...
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Cable ship conversion for Astander
Astander has been awarded a contract for the conversion of the cable layer ?Provider I?, owned by a subsidiary of the Swiss Group Allseas Swiss-based Allseas Group SA, one of the major offshore pipelay and subsea construction companies in the world. The work will involve converting this vessel into a ...
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Double tanker order for Dutch yard
Br?drene Klovning Shipping in Haugesund, Norway, has ordered two 4,000 dwt chemical tankers from Volharding Shipyards in Holland. The vessels shall be delivered at the middle and at the end of 2006 respectively, and are intended for trading in Western Europe. Long-term employment of the vessels has been secured via ...
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Basque yard gets LNG lifeline
Spanish shipbuilder Izar has signed a contract with Norwegian shipping concern Knutsen to build a LNG carrier at its La Naval-Izar shipyard in Sestao near Bilbao. This is the first order for this ship type the troubled Bilbao yard has won since 2000. La Naval has recently shed 578 workers, ...
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DNV scholarships at Indian IT universities
DNV has entered into an agreement with two universities in India, i.e. Indian Institutes of Technology at Kanpur and Kharagpur. Both universities are recognised for their excellence in the field of information technology and software development."We?re very pleased we?ve now entered into an agreement that will be beneficial to India, ...
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AMSC's super machines
Having received the green light from the US Navy in October 2004 to proceed toward final manufacture of a 36.5MW ship propulsion motor, American Superconductor (AMSC) has continued to make excellent progress and expects the motor's final assembly to be complete in early 2006. Greg Yurek, AMSC?s chief executive, commented ...
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More orders for STX and Daehan
STX Shipbuilding has secured a newbuilding contract for four 62,000DWT product carriers and two 10,600DWT chemical tankers from a shipowner in Cyprus. The total value amounts to $252million and all six ships will be delivered by 2008. Daehan Shipbuilding clinched six 10,000DWT multi purpose cargo vessels from unknown shipowner in ...
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Rolls-Royce waterjets power x-craft
Rolls-Royce is providing its Kamewa waterjets for the US Navy?s X-Craft, an experimental ship due to be launched tomorrow. The high-speed aluminum catamaran X-Craft under construction at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Whidbey Island in Washington state, has four high-efficiency Kamewa 125 SII waterjets, which will deliver 50.4MW of power, driving ...
