General News – Page 368
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Japan names bulker 'Ship of the Year'
MOL-operated iron ore carrier Brasil Maru has been selected as the Ship of The Year for 2007 by Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers. The selection committee noted that the Brasil Maru is a pioneering vessel in reducing iron ore transport cost which will have a great effect ...
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Latest LCTC joins WWL
The world's largest and most environmentally adapted car and truck carrying ship, Aniara, was named today in Bremerhaven, Germany. Built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering yard in Korea, the 71,673 grt newbuilding is the 4th large car and truck carrier ship in a series of 11 LCTC vessels ...
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STX wins two bulk carriers
STX Shipbuilding has won a 129-billion-won ($120 million) deal to build two bulk carriers for an undisclosed European shipping company. Delivery of both vessels is slated by October, 2011.
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Hanjin Heavy secures order for two bulkers
Hanjin Heavy Industries has won a 215 billion won ($200 million) order to build two bulk carriers. The deal with a European shipping company calls for Hanjin Heavy to deliver the vessels by February 2011.
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AVAS approves German company
The Authority for State Assets Recovery (AVAS) in Romania agreed to the association of the Mangalia Shipyard with German company Lurssen Lar Investment. The association is the last stage provided by the 'restructuring programme' approved by AVAS for the Mangalia Shipyard. According to the authority, this programme was necessary in ...
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New Caledonia ferry launched
The FBMA Marine Inc. shipyard in Balamban, Cebu, Philippines, recently launched a 57-metre car and passenger high-speed vessel ordered by the government of New Caledonia, a French territory. President Neko Hnepeune of the Loyalty Islands Province government and President Philippe Gomes of the Southern Province government, the two provinces of ...
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Lind? puts Loksa yard up for sale
As part of the ongoing efficiency drive, Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. A/S (Lind?)in Denmark has put Loksa Shipyard Ltd. in Estonia up for sale. Loksa Shipyard became part of the Odense Steel Shipyard Group in 1994 and is now one of the world?s leading manufacturers of hatch covers. In addition, ...
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AET orders Russian product tankers using Newbuildcon
Tanker owner-operator AET, a wholly owned subsidiary of MISC Berhad in Malaysia, has ordered three 6,600 DWT oil/chemical tankers from Russia?s Okskaya Shipyard using BIMCO?s Newbuildcon standard newbuilding contract. The contract for the new tankers was signed on 28 August, with the vessels due for delivery between July and December ...
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STX wins Maersk VLCC quartet
Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk has placed an order for four VLCCs with South Korea's STX Shipbuilding. The contract includes an option for two more ships.
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Austal Tasmania delivers first ferries
The first vessels to be completed at Austal?s Tasmanian shipyard have commenced their 14 day delivery voyage to Hong Kong via the east coast of Australia onboard the heavy liftship "Pantanal"The two 47.5 metre high speed passenger catamarans, built for New World First Ferry (Macau), are scheduled to enter service ...
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Work at Gisan suspended
The activities of Gisan Shipyard in Tuzla district of Istanbul were suspended after three workers died in an accident. Labour & Social Security Ministry Istanbul Department's Commission decided to suspend the activities of Gisan for 20 days. Three workers died and 12 others were wounded in an accident at the ...
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Todd gets aircraft carrier contract
Todd Shipyards Corp., which provides repair work for US government ships, has won a five-year contract from the US Navy to overhaul and maintain four aircraft carriers in the Puget Sound. The company said the total value of the contract, which consists of multiple options, would not be known until ...
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Acquisition of Vik-Sandvik closed
Wartsila has received all relevant regulatory approvals in Norway for the acquisition of the ship design group Vik-Sandvik. The acquisition has now been closed for Vik-Sandvik?s Norwegian companies Vik-Sandvik AS, Vik-Sandvik Marine Services AS and Skipkonsulent AS, which form the substance of the acquisition. Wartsila announced in the beginning of ...
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RR waterjet services agreement with ADSB
Rolls-Royce has strengthened its relationship with leading Middle East shipbuilder Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) though a new agreement which will further improve customer service for Kamewa waterjets in the Arabian Gulf region. The agreement, signed in Abu Dhabi on 20 August, is the third services-related venture to be announced ...
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Pride International to build drillship
Offshore drilling contractor Pride International Inc said it will spend about $745 million to build another ultra-deepwater drillship to expand its presence in deepwater drilling sector. The drillship will be built by Samsung Heavy Industries and is expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2011. "We believe demand ...
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Hanjin Heavy wins order for bulker
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction, South Korea's seventh-largest shipbuilder, has won a 108 billion won ($99.9 million) order to build a bulk carrier. The deal with an unidentified Asian shipping company calls for Hanjin Heavy to deliver the vessel by April 2011. Hanjin Heavy's backlog now has reached 90 ships ...
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USCG enforces nontank vessel response plan rule
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced the beginning of enforcement of the requirements for owners and operators of large cargo vessels other than tankers, known as nontank vessels, to prepare and submit plans for responding to a worst case oil spill from their vessels. Should a nontank vessel be found ...
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India seeks JV for ailing shipbuilder
The government in India has decided to look for a joint venture (JV) partner from the private sector to bail out ailing state-owned shipbuilder Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers Ltd (HDPEL) and allow it to participate in the ongoing ship-building boom in the country.A committee of secretaries, headed by the ...
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Hyundai Heavy bidding for Daewoo
POSCO and Hyundai Heavy Industries officially expressed interest in acquiring a majority stake in world No. 3 shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering estimated at up to $8 billion.The successful buyer could secure a new growth engine from the lucrative energy-related business and strong cash flows of the shipbuilder. Cash-rich ...
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NYK to use new technology to cut pollution
Nippon Yusen K.K. (NYK), Japan's largest shipping line by sales, will spend 70 billion yen ($638 million) over six years on new engines, solar panels and other technologies to help cut vessel fuel usage and pollution. The company aims to cut carbon-dioxide emissions by at least 10 % per ton-mile ...
