General News – Page 372
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JYSC wins mega contract
According to Jiujiang Yingxin Shipbuilding Company (JYSC), one of the largest private shipbuilders in China, the company has recently signed a large newbuild contract with Dalian Haichang. The contract involves building 20 60,000 dwt bulk carriers worth over $900 million. This is so far the largest single new-build contract in ...
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Brazil orders dozen VLOCs
Brazilian iron ore miner Vale has ordered 12 very large ore carriers (VLOC) from Chinese shipbuilder RongSheng Shipbuilding and Heavy Industry for $1.6 billion. Each of the ore carriers will have a capacity of 400,000 dwt and delivery of the first of these vessels is expected in early 2011 with ...
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Siba expands livestock fleet
Italian-based Siba Ships, the world?s leading maritime livestock transporting company, has placed a $250 million order for two livestock carriers to be built at Croatia?s Uljanik yard. The new vessels will carry 18,000 cattle or 75,000 sheep safely and in comfort. Aimed at the thriving Australian livestock export trade, the ...
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Fincantieri to acquire Manitowoc
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has signed a definitive acquisition agreement to acquire the Manitowoc Marine Group (MMG), from its parent company, The Manitowoc Company, Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation has agreed to be a minority investor with Fincantieri in the proposed acquisition.The transaction, that is valued at approx. $120 million (subject to ...
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Gulfs Area and Southern South African waters special areas
Special Areas in which the discharge of wastes from ships is prohibited will take effect in the ?Gulfs area? and off southern South Africa on 1 August 2008, providing extra protection from pollution from shipping in those areas under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). ...
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Polish yard negotiations continue
A report on the progress of negotiations with investors interested in buying the Polish shipyards was sent to the Polish Treasury Minister yesterday. Aleksander Grad has designated special teams to conduct the negotiations. ?Today I will receive information from the negotiation teams about what has and what has not been ...
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GPA opens European subsidiary
Seattle-based naval architect firm Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA), is further expanding its international focus after opening an office in Shanghai, China in 2004, and has announced the establishment of a European subsidiary "Guido Perla Europe GmbH" (GPE GmbH) in Germany. GPE GmbH will initially handle the sales, marketing ...
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Austal USA expanding yard
Austal?s US operation located in Mobile, Alabama, celebrated the start of work on its Modular Manufacturing Facility (MMF) with a groundbreaking ceremony. The MMF project when complete will include 65,000m2 of manufacturing space, 7,400m2 of warehouse space, and 5,600m2 of office space. In addition to the buildings, the site will ...
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DW expanding in SE Asia
Drydocks World (DW) - SE Asia expects to start operations at a fifth yard in the Southeast Asia region in 18 months' time. Dredging work will begin on the 174-hectare (430-acre) site in Batam, Indonesia from late September. The new yard, PT Maritime Centre, will be operated by a 80/20 ...
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Another drillship order for DSME
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) secured a drillship order from an undisclosed client based in the Americas. The drillship, valued at a reported KRW766 billion ($754.7 million), is scheduled for delivery by mid-2011.The unidentified client is believed to be Rio de Janeiro-based Petroserve SA which earlier ...
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WWF welcomes recommendations for robust Marine Bill
WWF-UK welcomes the findings of the joint committee report on the Draft Marine Bill which have been published today. The report raises important points about the need to strengthen the provisions of the Marine Bill to ensure the UK seas are managed sustainably.WWF welcomes the recommendation for clarity on the ...
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Another Qingdao yard emerges
The recently established Qingdao Yangfan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., funded by Yangfan Group and Qingdao Machinery Industry General Co., Ltd., with a total registered capital of RMB650m, plans to construct a shipbuilding facility at the Jimo Nvdao Lingang industrial zone. Qingdao is an emerging shipbuilding centre with a large number of ...
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Bharati wins AHTS order
India's Bharati Shipyard has won a repeat $67.86 million order from Norwegian Offshore Shipping Ltd for two AHTS vessels.
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IMO calls for increased damage stability
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has resolved to step up protection of new cargo and passenger vessels in the case of accident. Accordingly, all new vessels built from 1 January 2009 will be governed by new technical design regulations to ensure a higher level of stability in a damaged state. ...
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Titan Quanzhou doubles capacity
The commissioning of a second slipway at Titan Quanzhou Shipyard in China?s Fujian province has doubled its annual shipbuilding capacity to 20 vessels of 7,000-9,000 dwt. The second slipway is 275 metres long and 48 metres wide and is equipped with a 160 ton gantry crane. The first slipway is ...
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Fincantieri to build radioactive waste vessel
Fincantieri has signed a contract with Rosatom, the Russian Body for Atomic Energy, for the construction of a vessel to transport irradiated fuel and radioactive waste from the dismantling of Russian nuclear submarines. The ship will be constructed at the Italian shipbuilder?s Liguria yards and is scheduled for delivery in ...
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SCI to order four ships
State-run Shipping Corp of India (SCI) will order four bulk carriers by August as part of its ongoing fleet expansion programme. The company already has ordered 28 ships costing $1.6 billion and has plans to buy up to 70 vessels costing $5 billion, all of which will be ordered by ...
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New cranes aid growth at Halter
Pascagoula-based VT Halter Marine is entering an expansion mode that should create about 200 jobs over the next five years. Two new $2 million cranes, each with a lifting capacity of 310 tonnes, are part of the first steps in upgrading the facility, which employs about 1,200 workers. According to ...
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R-R wins specialist vessel order
Rolls-Royce has won a $33.4m follow-up order to design and equip a specialist well intervention vessel. The latest order, from Island Offshore, follows the successful delivery of the first well intervention vessel, Island Wellserver, in March this year. The new 130 m long UT 767CDL vessel, which will drill in ...
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Greatship orders AHTSs from Drydocks
Greatship (India) Ltd. (GIL) has ordered two deepwater 150 tonne bollard pull anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSs) from Drydocks World Singapore. The AHTSs are scheduled for delivery in January 2011 and March 2011. These vessels will have enhanced accommodation, DP2 capability, fire fighting equipment, and are SPS (Special Periodic ...
