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Samsung wins LNG quartet
Samsung Heavy Industries has won an 851.3 billion won ($905.4 million) order for four LNG carriers. The order came from an unidentified company in the Americas and the ships will be delivered by January 2012.
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Aker delivers another Conti boxship
Aker Yards Germany in Wismar and Rostock-Warnemünde delivered the fourth container vessel in a series of five of the newly developed type Aker CS 2100 container ships for Conti Reederei in Munich. The 30,750 DWT newbuilding was named Conti Arabella and will sail on its maiden voyage under its charter ...
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WWL's orders world's largest ro-ros
WWL's owners Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA of Norway and Wallenius Lines of Sweden have ordered four of the world's largest ro-ro vessels from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' (MHI) Nagasaki yard in Japan for delivery in 2011 and 2012. The new ships will service Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics and have a carrying capacity of ...
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Krasnoye Sormovo scoops another five tankers
The Baku-based shipbuilder Krasnoye Sormovo, part of the MNP Group, has won another contract from Palnali Shipping Company for five IMO2 tankers of "New Armada" type of RST22 project with high "ECO Project" ecologic class. Andrey Ivanov, MNP Group Shipbuilding Director, said that the first contract for five contracts was ...
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China in bulker mode
China Shipping Development Co plans to order four very large ore carriers (VLOCs) from Chinese shipbuilders for a total of $470 million. Each vessel will have capacity of 300,000 dead weight tonnes. The company also plans to order ten 57,300 DWT bulk carriers for a total $386 million from China ...
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Saipem to build deepwater FDS
Milan-based Saipem SpA will build a new deepwater field development ship (FDS)to be named 'Saipem FDS 2?, at an overall cost of 380 million euros. The order with the shipyard is expected to be signed in the second quarter of next year for delivery in three years time. The new ...
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GE Shipping orders two more bulkers
Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd in India has placed an order for building two 57,000 DWT dry bulk carriers. The order has been placed with Cosco (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co Ltd and the vessels are expected to be delivered by second quarter of 2010-11. This is the second contract GE Shipping ...
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ABG delivers Egyptian AHTV
Mumbai-based ABG Shipyard has delivered its third anchor handling tug vessel (AHTV) to Egypt-based Maridrive & Oil Services SAE. The AHTV, named ?Maridive-229?, will assist in the offshore oil and gas field activities of Maridrive on Egyptian shores. The AHTV is 61 metres long and displaces 3,600 tonne fully loaded. ...
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CMB announces fleet expansion
Bocimar, part of the Belgium CMB Group, has expanded its newbuilding programme with the acquisition of two newbuilding Capesize vessels. The first vessel is a 180,000 DWT bulker that has been ordered from Imabari in Japan at a cost of $108 million and delivery is expected to take place in ...
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New reefer for Eimskip-CTG
The Icelandic shipping company Eimskip-CTG has received its fifth new reefer vessel in approximately two years. The newbuilding, a combined reefer and container vessel, was built at Myklebust Verft AS in Norway and will be named ?Holmfoss?. It is 82m long and 16m wide, with maximum cruising speed of 16 ...
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K Line gets new LNG carrier
"K" Line LNG Shipping (UK) Limited (KLNG) in London has taken delivery of its brand new 145,000 m3 LNG carrier ?Celestine River?. This Moss LNG tanker was constructed at the Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation?s Sakaide Shipyard in Japan and will be chartered to a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy Inc. for a ...
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Austal to go ahead with expansion
Austal USA plans to go ahead with a $200 million-plus expansion of its Mobile River shipbuilding facility, whether it wins major new military work or not, company officials said. The shipbuilder expects to learn sometime in January whether it wins a preliminary, $3 million design contract for a high-speed troop ...
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Flensburger yard launches last BC ferry
The last in a three-ship order for double-ended ferries for Canadian ferry operator British Columbia Ferry Services (BC Ferries) was recently launched at Flensburger shipyard and delivery is planned for May 2008. BC Ferries owns approx. 35 ferries which are operating on 28 different routes on the Pacific coast of ...
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US shipyard to build two Aker PSVs
Aries Marine Corp, based in Lafayette, Louisiana, has signed a letter of intent with Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, Florida, for the construction of two Aker Yards PSV23 DE supply vessels. This latest AY clean design developed for the Gulf of Mexico is a diesel electric DP 2 vessel ...
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Grand Slam PSV delivered
Bollinger Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana, has delivered the Grand Slam, the fourth of the ten-series GPA 654 Platform Support Vessels, designed by Guido Perla & Associates, Inc., that won the "Significant Boats of 2007" award during the Workboat Show in New Orleans. The design of the DP2- and FFV1-certified GPA ...
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Eastern Echo signs up for more X-Bows
Eastern Echo Holding Plc has signed shipbuilding contracts with Drydocks World in Dubai and design and equipment contracts with Ulstein Design for two seismic vessels, each capable of towing up to 12 streamers. The shipbuilding contracts conclude and replace the original Letter of Intent (LOI) announced on in September 2007. ...
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Wärtsilä wins carrier contract
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract for approx EUR 30 million for the manufacture and supply of the main diesel generating sets and their auxiliary and support systems for the Royal Navy's Future Aircraft Carriers (CVF) by Thales Naval Division on behalf of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance. The Wärtsilä engines ...
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C&Heavy wins six bulker
South Korean shipbuilder C&Heavy Industries has won a $342.2 million order to build six bulk carriers for an unidentified firm in Central America. Delivery of the vessels is slated for August 2010.
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Essar orders more bulk carriers
Essar Shipping & Logistics Limited (ESLL) in India has contracted to acquire six modern mini Cape bulk carriers of 103,664 DWT each with an option to acquire another three similar vessels. The order for building the vessels has been placed with STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., China at an estimated ...
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Malaysian expertise attracts BAE
The future looks promising for a BAE Systems-Labuan Shipyard and Engineering Sdn Bhd (LSE) tie-up. The British firm is so impressed with the Malaysian company that it is in "detailed discussions" to become one of its suppliers. BAE Systems managing director (Asia Pacific) Steve Meighan said this following discussions with ...
