General News – Page 381
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Bunker industry going distillate
Rising crude oil prices and tighter environmental regulations are moving the shipping industry into an era of ever higher bunker prices, the Sustainable Shipping Forum in Singapore has been told. Robin Meech, Managing Director of Marine & Energy Consulting Ltd, made the predictions in his opening chairman's remarks on Thursday. ...
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New icebreaker launched
A new diesel-electric icebreaker, ?Sankt-Peterburg? has been launched at the Baltic Shipyard in Russia. The construction is carried out under the survey of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). This multipurpose icebreaker is designed for piloting of large ships in the Gulf of Finland, towing of ships and floating facilities ...
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Maersk backs slow steaming
The world's largest container liner Maersk Line is backing slower steaming as a response to rising bunker costs. Slow steaming is an efficient way to reduce bunker consumption, lowering operational costs as well as cutting CO2 emissions, according to Jesper Praestensgaard, CEO Asia Pacific of AP Moller-Maersk. Bunker bills currently ...
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Rem?y orders two PX105s
Rem?y Shipping has signed a contract with Ulstein Verft for the building of two eco-friendly platform supply vessels (PSV) of Ulstein PX105 type designed by Ulstein Design with future oriented products and systems from Ulstein Elektro. The vessels are already set for long-term contracts with StatoilHydro upon completion. The vessels ...
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Hyundai Mipo bags two chemicals carriers
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has won a 121 billion won ($117 million) deal to build two chemicals carriers for a European shipping company for delivery by December 2011.
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STX inks two bulkers
STX Shipbuilding has won a 129 billion won ($126 million) order to build two bulk carriers for a European shipping company with delivery in May 2009.
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EU to demand aid repayment for Polish yards
The European Commission said on Thursday it is preparing to demand the repayment of Polish government aid to the Gdynia and Szczecin shipyards, while Warsaw signaled it needed more time to find a way of saving the yards. A spokesman for EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes said: "As regards the ...
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Profits up at Sri Lanka yard
Colombo Dockyard, Sri Lanka's sole listed ship builder, said its March quarter net profit went up 22.5% to 245 million rupees from 200 million rupees a year ago. Revenue rose 49.6% to 2,968 million rupees from 1,984 million rupees in the same period a year ago.The yard delivered two anchor ...
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ST-design for Sea4
Grimstad based ship owner Sea4 has ordered two ROV/ light construction vessels of Skipsteknisk design ST-254L CD at Freire Shipyard in Vigo, Spain. In all Skipsteknisk have currently 8 designs under construction in Spain. The new vessels will be delivered in February and August 2010 respectively. They are not committed ...
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Noreq acquires Crevi Davit
Noreq AS, the Norwegian manufacturer and supplier of maritime deck equipment, has acquired the Bergen-based davit manufacturer Crevi Davit AS. The acquisition strengthens Noreq?s focus on the development of maritime equipment, particularly launching arrangements (davits) for lifeboats and rescue vessels.Together with Crevi Davit, Noreq has already made great progress in ...
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Wartsila centralizes spare parts centre
Wärtsilä will strengthen its international customer service by centralizing the spare parts logistics and by building a new spare parts distribution centre in the Netherlands. A large and modern central warehouse is planned near the company's current service unit in the Netherlands. Wärtsilä will invest approximately EUR 70 million in ...
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JdN signs contract for five workboats
The Jan De Nul Group in Belgium has signed contracts with Tianjin Xinhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co Ltd in Tianjin, China, for the construction of five work boats. The workboats are similar to the DN 46, built by the same shipyard in 2006. The vessels have a length of 28m, ...
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NMB plans fleet renewal
The KG Maritime Shipping consortium which has a 70% stake in Bulgarian national maritime carrier NMB, will add to the fleet 25 new vessels over the next decade, The initial talks will focus on the delivery of eight 34,000 DWT vessels according to a company spokesman. He did not say ...
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Any advance on 22,000 TEUs?
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea reports that it has succeeded in developing a 22,000 TEU containership making it the worlds largest of its type. The containership is 460m in length, 60m in width and 30m in height. To date, according to STX, the world?s largest containership currently in service is ...
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Daewoo to build Oman yard
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has won a 277 billion won ($264 million) order from the Omani government to build a ship repair yard and dry dock complex in southeastern Oman. The deal, signed with Oman's Ministry of National Economy, calls for Daewoo E&C to complete the construction of the ...
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STX to add floating dock
STX Shipbuilding plans to raise capacity at its South Korean yards by 20% this year after adding a second floating dock to meet demand for new vessels. Yards in Busan and Jinhae will be able to handle 60 ships compared with 50 last year, senior vice president Kang Ssang Won ...
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Transpetro launches 2nd phase of tanker order
The shipping arm of Brazil's state oil company Petrobras launched an expanded second phase of its tanker order with planned tenders for 23 vessels, including four Suezmax and three Aframax carriers. The order prospectus for Brazil-based shipyards will be published in the coming weeks, Petrobras unit Transpetro said. The ships ...
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Jurong yard inks another Seadrill semisub
Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has secured a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Seadrill Limited to build a deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig at a turnkey contract value of $640 million. This is a repeat order and the fourth identical newbuild deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig that ...
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Maersk ponders job cuts at Lindo
Danish shipping group AP Moller Maersk is to launch a cost-cutting programme at its Odense shipyard that could jeopardise jobs as it seeks to stem mounting losses. "The shipyard is still operating at a massive loss and is hit hard by the international fluctuations, including the development of the U.S. ...
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Philly yard makes start on first shuttle tanker
Aker American Shipping (AKASA) representative Michelle Pinto started a plasma cutter today to officially begin production of the company?s first shuttle tanker. When this vessel is completed, Aker American Shipping will become the first company in the United States to own a U.S. flag shuttle tanker for use in the ...
