General News – Page 393
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Norwegian owner first to use Newbuildcon
An undisclosed Norwegian owner has become the first shipowner to use BIMCO?s newly launched global shipbuilding contract, which is believed to have been signed this month with a Chinese yard. Under the first Newbuildcon deal, Singapore was chosen as the jurisdiction, and English law the applicable law. "Chinese shipbuilders are ...
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HHI inks deal for offshore facility
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has clinched a $1.6 billion deal to build an oil platform in Nigeria. The deal with Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd., a subsidiary of France-based Total SA, calls on HHI to build the FPSO by October 2011. The FPSO will be deployed in a massive oil field ...
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Höegh LNG and CB&I Lummus in LNG FPSO partnership
Höegh LNG and CB&I Lummus have concluded a strategic and exclusive agreement for the next phase of Höegh LNG's FPSO project. The agreement formally ties the parties for a period of 2 years, where Höegh LNG will have exclusive rights to CB&I Lummus' patented "Niche LNG" liquefaction technology for its ...
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Bourbon orders ten GPA IMR vessels
Seattle based naval architecture firm Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. has signed a contract with Paris-based Bourbon to deliver the concept design, regulatory package, and final design for 10 GPA 696 IMR vessels. At 100 m overall length and 21 m maximum breadth, the GPA 696 IMR (inspection, maintenance and ...
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ABG Shipyard delivers Lamnalco AHTS
ABG Shipyard in India has delivered a new Anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel `Lamnalco Mallard` to the owner Lamnalco Group, UAE. The newbuilding is the third vessel to be delivered to Lamnalco in this financial year. The company has so far delivered 8 vessels, including the present one, to ...
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Cammell Laird secures MoD contract
Cammell Laird shipyard in England has landed its largest contract since it was reborn seven years ago. The Birkenhead yard has won a £28m Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract to overhaul Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ship ?Fort Rosalie?.Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders, which will change its name back to Cammell Laird ...
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Vinashin starts on Hoegh PCTC
Construction of a 6,900 car capacity car carrier (PCTC) for Norway?s Hoegh Autolines began in the northern port city of Hai Phong at Vinashin?s facility of Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Company.The vessel, which is 199.90m long, 32m wide, was designed by Finland?s Delta Marine and built under the supervision of Norway?s ...
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India improves on delivery times
When state-run Cochin Shipyard Ltd delivered the sixth and last of a series of bulk carriers built for Denmark's Clipper Group late last year, it achieved a first for the Indian shipbuilding industry. The ship was handed over to the owner 105 days before the scheduled delivery date.The building of ...
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GEM orders first Aframaxes from SHI
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has signed a $160m contract with Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) for the construction of two high specification LR2 double-hulled Aframax tankers. Upon delivery by end 2011, the two 114,700 dwt vessels will be the first of their kind to join GEM's growing fleet and will be ...
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Turkey cracks down on shipyard safety
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security in Turkey announced on Tuesday that three shipyards in Istanbul?s Tuzla district, the site of numerous work-related fatalities in recent years, have been shut down for violation of occupational safety measures following ministry inspections. A statement released by the ministry said serious occupational ...
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Havila orders IRM vessel
Havila Shipping ASA has entered into a contract with Havyard Leirvik for the construction of an offshore IRM (inspection, repair and maintenance) vessel, Havyard 855. The vessel is developed by Havyard Maritime in close cooperation with Havila Shipping ASA and will have a length of 97.54 m and breadth of ...
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Aker delivers fast Color ferry
Aker Yards has delivered a "superspeed" day ferry for Color Line Transport AS. The vessel built at the Rauma yard in Finland is the first in a series of two. The second will be delivered next summer.The contract for two fast passenger day ferries worth approx. 250 million euro was ...
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Jurong?s Brazilian plans falter
Last year, Singapore-based Jurong Shipyard exited its joint venture in Maua Jurong, near Rio de Janeiro, and had signed a memorandum of understanding with WTorre Empreendimentos Imobili?rios to establish a yard in Rio Grande. However, a spokesperson from Jurong?s parent SembCorp Marine confirmed a report that negotiations on the planned ...
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Yinxing yard to expand
South China's Jiangmen Yinxing Shipbuilding has plans to invest CNY 228m ($31.9m) to build a 50,000-tonnage shipbuilding addition to the current yard. The 15 hectare expansion is scheduled for completion by 2010 and will boast an annual capacity of four vessels of 50,000 dwt each. The current yard has an ...
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Bangladesh enters world shipbuilding market
Bangladesh will enter the international shipbuilding market when the country one of the biggest shipyards in the country, the Chittagong-based Western Marine Shipyard Ltd, will deliver next week two 4,100 dwt dry cargo vessels to a Danish owner.Western Marine?s chairman Saiful Islam said the shipyard has received orders for 18 ...
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Vietnam building country?s largest tanker
Dung Quat Shipbuilding Company, part of the Vinashin group, recently began the building of the first of three 105,000 dwt oil tankers for PetroVietnam Transportation Company (PV Trans). It is the largest oil tanker to be built in Viet Nam and will be powered by a 13,560 kW engine, have ...
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Cosco to invest in overseas repair yards
COSCO Shipyard Group's (CSG) main shareholder, Cosco Corp, has plans to buy foreign ship repair yards as China is getting too expensive. CSG itself has become a major shipbuilder bagging $6.6bn of orders since it moved into newbuilds at the start of last year. According to Ji Hai Sheng, president ...
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MHI unveils Japan's largest goliath crane
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced that the 1,200-ton goliath crane installed at the Koyagi plant of its Nagasaki Shipyard became operational this week. The crane is the largest in Japan today and, in combination with the existing 600-ton cranes at the yard, the Koyagi facility is now able to handle ...
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ST Marine secures outfitting contract
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) announced that its marine arm, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), has secured an S$28m contract from Norway-based Waveship AS, a subsidiary of Wavefield-Inseis ASA (Wavefield), for the complete outfitting works on its seismic research vessel ?Geowave Voyager?. Work commences at ST Marine's Tuas ...
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Odjfell orders another type II tanker
Odfjell's 49% owned joint venture company Odfjell Dong Zhan Shipping (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, has signed a contract for the building of an 8,200 dwt chemical tanker. The ship is a fully coated IMO II type carrier that will be built in China by Zhoushan Penglai Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. The ...
