General News – Page 413
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Aker to build two AHTS vessels
Aker Yards has entered into a contract with an international shipping company to build two 5,000 dwt anchor handling tug supply vessels of Aker Yards AH 12 design.The total value of the contract is approximately $292 million and deliveries are scheduled for Q4 2010 and Q2 2011. The hull for ...
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MCA detains eleven ships
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) in the UK detained eleven foreign ships in UK ports during July 2007 after failing Port State Control (PSC) safety inspection.Latest monthly figures show that there were nine new detentions of foreignflagged ships in UK ports during July 2007 and two vessels under detention ...
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Rotortug orders
In a repeat order, KST BV, formerly trading under the name Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading, recently closed contracts with Unterweser Reederei GmbH of Bremen, Germany, for the construction of two Rotortugs RT80-28. The 28 metre long tugs, previously known as RT80-r, are expected to have a bollard pull in excess ...
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ABG to buy WISL
Mumbai-based ABG Shipyard is all set to take over Western India Shipyard (WISL) in a $48 million deal to be announced in a few weeks. ABG will get management control of WISL and the 40% stake held by financial institutions led by ICICI Bank. Sources said the deal will not ...
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L&T wins Dutch order
L&T wins Dutch orderThe Indian engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro Ltd. has won a contract worth $70 million from RollDock BV of the Netherlands to build two 8,250 dwt semi-submersible heavy-lift container ships. The companies have also signed an agreement which includes options for more vessels of the ...
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Nassco gets additional T-AKE contract
General Dynamics Nassco has reached an agreement with the US Navy to build up to five additional T-AKE-class cargo ships. The deal has a potential value of $2.5 billion if the Navy exercises all of its options. Nassco is already building ships of the T-AKE class and the shipbuilder expects ...
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Finnlines investing in new roros
Finnlines has ordered six new roro vessels from the Chinese Jinling shipyard. Each of the ice-class vessels will have about 3,200 lane meters and a service speed of 20 knots. The contract price is around EUR 240 million and the vessels are to be delivered during 2010-2011.
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World's biggest rig sets sail
Drydocks World Dubai recently completed the construction of a 16,300 tonne drilling rig hull. The 120 metre long, 77 metre wide and 37.5 metre high ?Alpha Aker Spitsbergen? hull is currently being towed to the Aker Kvaerner Stord yard in Norway for outfitting involving installation of the deck structure including ...
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Indonesia to build SE Asia`s largest shipyard
The Indonesian shipping business leader Oentoro Surya has said he will build a shipyard and heavy equipment factory at a cost of $230 million in Batam, just south of Singapore. "I want to build in Batam the largest and most modern shipyard in Southeast Asia," Oentoro said last weekend. About ...
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Cosco bags FPSO conversion deal
Singapore-listed shipbuilding company, Cosco Corp Ltd's subsidiary Cosco Shipyard, has secured a $21.7 million deal to convert an oil tanker to a FPSO vessel. The conversion of the vessel is expected to commence in late Aug 2007 at Cosco's Nantong shipyard in China, with delivery scheduled for mid 2008. Cosco ...
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Derecktor launches ferry
Derecktor Shipyards in Bridgeport, USA, has launched the second of two ferries for the Bermuda government. The Bridgeport shipbuilder won the contract for the second ferry late in 2006, shortly after it delivered the first built for Bermuda and the yard built the ferry in just under nine months.The newbuilding ...
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Shipbuilders bid for SCI?s AHTS vessels
Around six firms including Bharati Shipyard, Hindustan Shipyard and other international firms have queued up for Shipping Corporation of India?s (SCI) plan to acquire four anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS) with 80 tonne bollard pull capacity. The international firms include Colombo Shipyard, and one shipyard each from China, Korea ...
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SMC delivers LPG carrier
Oslo-based I.M. Skaugen (IMSK) recently took delivery of a second pressurized 3.200 m3 LPG carrier, named ?Qin Shi Huang? which has been fixed on a 12 months time charter contract. This follows the $14.8 million sale of a sister ship, ?Mei Wen Ti? which was delivered during the first quarter ...
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Damen AHTS for Med Offshore
Med Offshore (MO) has ordered a Damen 6615 AHTS from the Damen Offshore series. This is the second time MO has ordered an AHTS from Damen, following the AHTS 6114, Med Otto, which was delivered in September 2006. Construction of the 6615 AHTS vessel will take place at Damen Shipyards ...
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Abu Dhabi plans commercial yard
Abu Dhabi Ship Building Co (ADSB) in Dubai, the Middle East?s largest naval builder, may set up a new shipyard for commercial vessels to tap demand from the region?s booming offshore oil and gas industry. "We want to cater for the offshore industry in the niche market of supply and ...
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Gdansk shipyard workers plan EU protest
Some 100 trade unionists from Gdansk Shipyard will picket the headquarters of the European Union (EU) in Brussels later this month to protest against plans of a decision on capacity reduction in the yard. The Gdansk Shipyard Solidarity trade union says the demonstration will be peaceful and that nobody wants ...
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ABG delivers newbuilds
ABG Shipyard in Mumbai, India, has delivered one vessel each to UAE-based Lamnalco Group and Norway-based Deep Sea Supply ASA. An anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel was delivered to Lamnalco Group and the shipyard is building another five vessels for the UAE based group. The yard also delivered an ...
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Samsung expanding capacity
Samsung Heavy Industries plans to resolve its shortage of production facilities in light of the dramatic increase in orders it has experienced in recent years, by building a new mega block assembly factory on a 280,000m2 plot near the Geoje shipyard. The plot is located across from the Geoje Shipyard, ...
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Szczecin gets government subsidy
Deputy Prime Minister Przemyslaw Gosiewski recently announced that Szczecin Shipyard is to receive PLN 100-200 million ($35 to 70 million) from the Polish government as a subsidy.
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PSV delivered to North Star
The NSS-IMT 978 Platform Supply Vessel ?Grampian Talisman? was recently delivered to her owners North Star Shipping at the Balenciaga Shipyard in Northern Spain. The newbuilding sailed from the port of Pasajes in Northern Spain for Peterhead in Scotland where she will commence a long term contract with Talisman Energy ...
