General News – Page 363
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U.S. loses Jones Act case
A federal court in Virginia has handed the Shipbuilders Council of America its second victory this year in cases it brought against the US Coast Guard for allowing major work on Jones Act ships to be done at foreign shipyards.Matthew Paxton, SCA president, said that District Judge T.S. Ellis of ...
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Brazilian shipbuilders get funding boost
The Brazilian government has pledged R$10bn ($4.5bn) of soft-funding to support the country?s resurgent shipbuilding sector. The government?s chief of staff, Dilma Rousseff, said the funds would guarantee not only the construction of new oil platforms and the expansion of state-controlled energy giant Petrobras tanker fleet, but also provide the ...
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LCS christened Independence (LCS 2)
Austal USA?s 127 metre trimaran Littoral Combat Ship, LCS 2 Independence, has been christened during an official ceremony held at its Mobile, Alabama shipyard.The General Dynamics LCS Team - within which Austal is ship designer and builder - christened the state-of-the-art combat ship on 4 October on the waters of ...
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Sea-Cargo orders LNG ferries
Multi-purpose ro-ro operator Sea-Cargo AS in Norway has placed an order for four cargo ferries powered by LNG rather than bunker fuel. They are believed to be the first of their kind.In a statement the Bergen-based firm explained: "With focus on reducing exhaust emissions from short sea and coastal vessels, ...
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Singapore to build DP2 subsea vessel for Hallin
Marco Polo Marine Ltd in Singapore has, via its wholly-owned subsidiary Bina Marine Pte Ltd, secured a S$74.5 million contract to build an 80m DP2 subsea operations vessel for Hallin Marine Subsea International Plc. Delivery is slated for end 2010.The contract sum includes the procurement of saturation diving system and ...
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US report highlights harmful impact of emissions
The Environmental Defense Fund has released a new report on air pollution from large ocean-going ships. Entitled "Floating Smokestacks: A Call for Action to Clean Up Shipping Pollution," the report analyses the latest available data from the U.S. EPA and finds that large ocean-going ships in the United States emitted ...
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ExxonMobil to develop advanced gasification technology
ExxonMobil has entered into an agreement with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to develop next-generation technology to convert coal, coke or biomass to synthesis gas (i.e., CO and hydrogen), which could facilitate the use of carbon capture and storage to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. Under the agreement, ExxonMobil ...
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India may revive shipbuilding subsidy
The government in India is planning to revive the subsidy scheme in shipbuilding, discontinued since August 2007. "A cabinet note on the extension of subsidy for the shipbuilding industry will be circulated this week. We will get comments, which will be sent to the highest authority for taking a decision," ...
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Boxship orders plunge
Orders for new container ships have dried up as vessel charter rates and ocean freight rates tumble and volume growth slows on key liner trade routes. Enquiries to shipbuilders about new tonnage have "hit the floor," according to London-based Clarkson. The collapse in orders, which has affected all ship sizes, ...
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Exxon invites shipyard bids for gas carriers
Exxon Mobil Corp., operator of a planned $11 billion LNG project in Papua New Guinea, said it will invite shipyards and vessel owners to take part in a tender for the supply of gas carriers to transport the fuel. Pre-qualification for the tender and decisions on the required number and ...
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Sealink in shipyard expansion
Sealink International Bhd, a shipbuilder and operator of offshore support vessels based in Miri, Malaysia, will expand its shipyard for ship repair services in view of the lack of such services in the region. The company's ceo and group managing director Sam Yong said the company would spend RM50mil for ...
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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 ...
