General News 13-18 – Page 365
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Korean yards facing decline in orders
BNP Paribas SA said newbuilding orders will slow amid a global credit crunch and economic slowdown. The liquidity crunch is making it difficult for shipowners to borrow money and slowing economic growth is undermining trade. "In the face of tighter market liquidity, increased trepidation toward further global economic slowdown and ...
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Wärtsilä extends service centre in USA
Wärtsilä Corporation has inaugurated a new extension to its service centre in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA. The building provides increased capacity for propeller repairs and water jet assembly, while creating a service centre for repair and overhaul of engines, propulsion equipment and shaft seals. The principal customers for the new service ...
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Contracting services from Deltamarin
Deltamarin in Finland recently launched its one-stop Contracting Services. This life-cycle service was launched at the request of its customers and to meet the growing market needs and combines high-quality engineering with cost-efficient construction or conversion support for the marine industry. "We make it possible for our customers to take ...
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Rolls-Royce to power new aircraft carriers
Rolls-Royce has won a £96 million contract to provide power and propulsion equipment, including four gas turbines, for two of the world's largest warships - the UK?s new 65,000 tonne aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.The order is an important milestone in the Rolls-Royce marine business ...
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MacGregor reorganises
MacGregor has merged its RoRo, Dry Cargo and Crane divisions and the self-unloaders part of the Bulk Handling division to form a new Merchant Ship division, which will benefit its two biggest groups of customers ? shipowners and shipyards ? as well as the Group itself. "The company has been ...
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Wilsons building new shipyard
Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ltd. (OWH) has reaffirmed its growth strategy by investing in the construction of a new shipyard in Rio Grande, Brazil. The company said Conselho de Autoridade Portuia (CAP), Rio Grande do Sul's port authority council, approved modifications to existing zoning standards of the shipyard, allowing for new ...
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Hanjin resumes Philippine project
South Korea?s Hanjin Heavy Industries Construction Co. Ltd. will resume its $2-billion shipyard project at the Philippine Veterans Investments and Development Corp. (Phividec) industrial estate in the first quarter of 2009. Initial development of the 500-hectare Hanjin shipyard complex was suspended in April following a row with local government officials ...
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ASL moves into dredger market
The Singapore shipbuilder ASL Marine (ASL) has secured new shipbuilding and fabrication contracts worth a total of S$101m ($68.7m). The bulk of the total value of the contracts is for the construction of one self-propelled cutter suction dredger, while the fabrication, outfitting and reinstatement works to a heavy transport vessel ...
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'Buy Canadian,' shipbuilders say
The federal government must commit to Canada's shipbuilding industry rather than shopping in places like South Korea and Europe, the Shipbuilding Association of Canada says. "Over the next 25 years, the federal government has plans to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on new ships for the Navy and the Coast ...
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Latest Finarge newbuild delivered
The latest addition to the Genoa-based Finarge Armamento, the AH Camogli, was recently delivered. This Moss 424 Mk II designed AHTS was built by Fincantieri Shipyard in Riva Trigoso before being moved to Muggiano (La Spezia) for final fitting out. The vessel is equipped with FiFi II, DP II and ...
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Gunderson books big barge order
Gunderson Marine division in Portland, Oregon, has signed contracts with Vessel Management Services, a subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corporation, to build 10 heavy lift series deck cargo barges for delivery by 2012. The deck cargo barges measure 400 feet in length and 105 feet wide. They are equipped with a ...
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US Navy christens LCS Independence
The US Navy will christen littoral combat ship (LCS) 'Independence' on Saturday, 4 October during a ceremony at Austal USA Shipyard, Mobile, Ala. Independence is one of two LCS seaframes being produced. LCS 1, Freedom, completed its acceptance trials and was delivered to the Navy last month and is scheduled ...
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Poles fear EU will reject shipyards plan
Poland's state-owned shipyards face a risk of bankruptcy after emergency talks between the European Commission and Warsaw failed to resolve doubts over massive state aid they had received. Polish Treasury Minister Aleksander Grad voiced doubts that EU Competition chief Neelie Kroes would accept restructuring programmes for the shipyards in Gdynia ...
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SCI in talks for shipbuilding
State-run Shipping Corp of India Ltd (SCI) is planning a foray into shipbuilding and is in talks with domestic and overseas firms for a joint venture, Chairman and Managing Director S Hajara said on Monday. "We are in talks with not only national but international shipbuilding organisations. More than that ...
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Asry expansion approved
The Arab Ship Building and Repair Yard's (Asry) board of directors has given the green signal for a $188 million expansion project as a part of the strategic plan for the 2008-2012 period. The strategic plan includes a large expansion project comprising of construction of 1,200 metres of wet berths, ...
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Philly yard makes start on ninth product tanker
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard began construction on Hull 013, the ninth product tanker in a series of twelve to be built for American Shipping Company. When completed, the 46,000 dwt vessel will be 600 feet in length and be capable of transporting the equivalent of 14 million gallons of liquid product. ...
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Austal USA launches second Hawaii Superferry
The second of two high speed vehicle-passenger catamarans for Hawaii Superferry has been launched at Austal USA?s purpose-built production facilities in Mobile, Alabama. With a service speed of 40 knots and the capacity to transport 866 passengers and 282 cars, the high speed catamaran joins sister vessel "Alakai" - which ...
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Wartsila offshore designs for China and India
Wartsila Ship Design has received major orders from customers in China and India, including a Deepwater Engineering Survey Vessel design for China Oilfield Services Ltd. This is a 105-metre, 4,300dwt vessel capable of drilling operating at deep water for geotechnical surveys and geophysical surveys. To date, most of China?s oil ...
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Four more for Rickmers
Four more 24,000dwt multi-purpose, heavy-lift vessels have been ordered for the global services of Rickmers-Linie by Rickmers Group company Polaris Shipmanagement from Chinese shipbuilder Guangzhou Wenchong. Delivery of the first vessel is scheduled for May 2011 and by December 2011 all four will be in service. This latest quartet brings ...
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Bollinger wins major USCG contract
Lockport-based Bollinger Shipyards in the US has won a contract for U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) patrol boats that could be worth as much as $1.5 billion. If fully exercised, it would be the largest in the firm?s history.In the deal, which officials said was more than two years in the ...
