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Old ships may be banned from Indian waters
A local industry report claims that India's Shipping Ministry is considering plans to ban ships over 25 years old from docking at the country's ports. Also being considered are ships flying flags of convenience, such as Panama.The sweeping powers of the laws under consideration will make for uncomfortable reading for ...
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RAN to get new destroyers
Australia?s Federal Government will sign a contract with Spanish designer Navantia, Adelaide-based shipbuilder ASC and systems engineer Raytheon by mid-September, for the construction of three 6,000-tonne air warfare destroyers for the Royal Australian Navy. The new vessels will be customised versions of the Navantia F-100 warship with an extra helicopter ...
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Fesco places order in China
Vladivostok-based Far-Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) has ordered a series of new bulk carriers to be built in China at the Quingshan Shipyard in Ukhan.The 57,000 DWT newbuildings will be 190 metres long and 32 metres wide and will be fitted with four cranes. Designed to carry corn, coal, ore, pipes ...
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Swiber buys shipyard
Singapore-based Swiber Holdings Limited has acquired 100% issued share capital of North Shipyard (Pte) Ltd for $6.8 million. Swiber describes itself as a "niche service provider" to the offshore industry and is an integrated offshore engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commission ("EPCIC") contractor with supporting in-house offshore marine capabilities. North ...
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Indian yards seek to expand
ABG Shipyard in India has bid for two shipyards on the western coast, state-run Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Ltd. and Western India Shipyard Ltd.. In May, it bought unlisted Vipul Shipyard. Its competitor, Bharati Shipyard Ltd., had also shown interest in Alcock Ashdown and Western India Shipyard."There is a pressing need ...
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SHI half-year orders sets new record
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received an order from a US firm to construct two drill ships, just in time to put the company's combined orders for the first half of the year to over $10 billion. SHI claim this is the first time ever that a shipbuilding company has ...
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ADSB wins Bahrain contract
Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), the region?s only specialist naval and para-military shipbuilder, has signed a contract with Bahrain?s Ministry of the Interior to refit ten coast guard patrol boats. The deal marks ADSB?s first export order for refits from another GCC country. Work on the boats will take place ...
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GGOS orders two more PSV's
Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte. Ltd. (GGOS), Singapore, wholly owned by Greatship (India) Ltd (GIL), has signed a contract for two more new building multi purpose platform supply vessels (PSV) with Keppel Singmarine Pte. Ltd, Singapore. These vessels are expected to enter into service by the end of 2009.The newbuildings, ...
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IBIA warning on misleading SECA 2 advice
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has moved quickly to dispel certain misconceptions circulating within the market concerning the circumstances under which regulations affecting shipping within the designated Sulphur Emission Control Area for the English Channel and North Sea (SECA2) will be applied. It has been argued that, under SECA ...
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Angola to get new shipyard
A project to build a shipyard at Porto Amboim in the Angolan province of Kwanza Sul has been presented by two oil companies, Servi?os de Produ??o de Petroleos (OPS) and Sonangol.Jo?o Filipe Rodrigues, commercial director of OPS, said the new shipyard would produce metal equipment for the oil industry and ...
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China overtakes Japan
For the first time China has overtaken Japan to rank the second in terms of vessel order book tonnage with a record $5.49 billion new orders during the first half of the year. This represents an increase of 61% over the same period last year and, according to London-based Clarkson, ...
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Second ST design for CTC Marine Projects
Skipsteknisk AS of Norway was awarded the design contract for a second vessel ordered by Volstad Maritime AS for DeepOcean through its subsidiary CTC Marine Projects Ltd. The vessel of ST-256 L design has a length of 122.4 m and will be built by Fosen Mek. Verksted AS for delivery ...
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Keppel expands capacity with Nantong Shipyard
Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M) has officially opened its new wholly-owned subsidiary, Keppel Nantong Shipyard Co Ltd (Keppel Nantong), in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China. The official ceremony was marked by the keel laying of two AHTS for Whitesea Shipping & Supply LLC (WSS) company based in United Arab ...
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Bharati bags UP Offshore order
Mumbai-based shipbuilder Bharati Shipyard has bagged an additional order worth about $44 million from UP Offshore (Bahamas) Ltd., for two platform supply vessels. In April, the company had secured the first order for two PSVs worth $43 million from UP Offshore, a subsidiary of Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Ltd. and engaged in ...
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New Aussie cat for Japan
The first Incat 112 metre high speed ferry has been delivered to the Japanese ferry operator Higashi Nihon Ferry. The new Incat 112 metre wave piercing catamaran was specifically designed and built to meet the requirements of Higashi Nihon Ferry and will be able to handle the demanding challenges of ...
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Punj Lloyd buys into Pipavav Shipyard
The New Delhi-based infrastructure major Punj Lloyd has acquired a 25.1% stake in Pipavav Shipyard (PSL) for Rs 403 crore. The deal, done through preferential allotment, is seen as a strategic investment by Punj Lloyd to support the growth of its business in the offshore sector. "This investment will provide ...
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PRISCO launches second Suezmax
The Russian tanker operator Primorsk Shipping Corporation (PRISCO) recently launched ?PRISCO Alcor?, its second Suezmax type tanker. The 166,000 DWT newbuilding is under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard in South Korea and delivery is scheduled for end September.Built to ice class 1A, the tanker has a length of 285 ...
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Newbuilds must have protected bunker tanks
New regulation 12A of Annex I of MARPOL on oil fuel tank protection, adopted by MEPC 54 on 24 March 2006 will come into force. It sets out the requirements concerning the location of oil fuel tanks in all ships with an aggregate oil fuel capacity of 600m3 and above ...
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Cameroon shipyard works progressing
Work at the Limbe shipyard project, the second biggest infrastructural venture in Cameroon after the Chad-Cameroon pipeline, is running on schedule. Good progress has been made as work on the 700m x 8m breakwater, whose construction works commenced in February 2005, has been completed using an estimated 1.5 million tonnes ...
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China launches salvage vessel
China's most advanced salvage vessel "Nanhai 101" was recently launched at Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard and will be delivered in October to the to Nanhai Rescue Bureau in the Ministry of Communications. The 109.7 metre long newbuilding is the first of its kind built in China during the 11th five-year plan ...
