General News – Page 417
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Korea seeks investment in Fiji shipyard
A Korean investor is looking for sites in Fiji to set up a shipyard and slipways for a multi-million dollar project. At the moment Fiji has the capacity to service vessels up to 1,000 tonnes although the government plans to increase it to 4,000 tonnes to meet international standards. Fiji ...
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PNTL orders two newbuilds
Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) in the UK has ordered two new purpose built ships for transporting radioactive materials from Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding. The Japanese shipbuilder is currently building the ?Pacific Heron? at Tamano shipyard. The contract is for the design and build of two further INF 3 ships ...
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VP props for accommodation vessel
Edda Accommodation, a company of the Norwegian ?stensj? Group, is currently building a highly specialized offshore support vessel which will be driven by five Voith Schneider Propellers. While this new supply vessel with a length of 130 meters and a weight of 7500 tonnes has not yet been named, the ...
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UK to approve CVFs next week
The long-awaited UK government announcement giving the go-ahead for the construction of two CVFs, the new future aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, is expected before the end of next week. Ministers hope to approve the £3.5 billion project before Parliament breaks for its summer recess next Thursday.British defence group ...
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Century for UT755 design
Simek shipyard in Norway has delivered ?Dina Supplier? to its owner Myklebusthaug Offshore AS, Fonnes, Norway. This PSV is the 100th UT 755 design to have been delivered to date.The newbuilding is a UT 755 LC, as of today, a total of 134 UT 755 designs have been built or ...
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New pilot station vessels for Germany
To replace three 40 years old pilot station vessels, operating in the Deutsche Bucht, the German authorities recently ordered two new SWATH-type vessels from Abeking & Rasmussen (A&R) in Lemwerder, near Bremen. Time of delivery is respectively the second and fourth quarters in 2009.With an overall length of 59.90 metres, ...
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SLS Shipbuilding chooses Aveva
Aveva, a leading provider of plant and marine design and engineering lifecycle solutions, has won a new contract with Korean shipbuilder SLS Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Gyeongnam. SLS Shipbuilding is one of Korea?s oldest shipyards, internationally recognised as a highly specialised constructor of medium sized vessels and chemical tankers. The ...
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Daewoo bags more boxships
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea has won a $592.3 million container ship order from an Asian shipper. The vessels will be delivered to the unidentified shipper by the end of July 2011.
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Remontowa launches its biggest vessel
The first of a series of ships ordered by Finnish chartering and operations company Meriaura Oy Ltd has been launched at Remontowa SA, in Poland.Named ?Aura?, (yard no. B 602/1), this is a new type of multipurpose deck cargo vessel and was recently launched at Northern Shipyard, a member of ...
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DSS gets new PSV
Deep Sea Supply ASA in Arendal, Norway, has taken delivery of the 3rd of eight PSV newbuildings from Cochin Shipyard in India. The vessel ?Sea Angler?, a UT 755L platform supply vessel, will go directly to Congo for a three (plus one) years time charter with ENI Congo.
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CSBC full up until 2012
Taiwan's state-run shipbuilding company CSBC has received orders for 11 container ships, which boosts its total orders to 67 ships, enough to keep the yard busy until 2012. On Monday, CSBC signed a contract to build seven container ships for Taiwan's Yangming Marine worth $800 million. The order consists of ...
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Labroy bags two PSVs
Singapore-based shipbuilder Labroy Marine has signed two shipbuilding contracts with a German customer for two platform supply vessels. The contracts are worth $47.2 million and the vessels are scheduled to be delivered in 2009. The latest orders will boost Labroy Marine's total outstanding order book to $1.5 billion.
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A.P. M?ller orders MAN diesels
MAN Diesel has received the first order for its 7K80ME-C, Mark-9 engine.Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will build four such engines for the A.P. M?ller Group, intended for container ships to be constructed by the Korean Hanjin Group.The K80ME-C Mark-9 engine is extremely competitive in terms of production costs and cost ...
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Swire makes it ten
Swire Pacific Offshore has ordered another four IMT966 anchor handlers to the IMT Marine Consultants design. These follow six similar vessels already under construction at Labroy Shipyards, Singapore. Scotland-based IMT Marine Consultants, partner in the Offshore Ship Designers Group, was responsible for the design of these innovative and powerful vessels.The ...
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ABS classes first USA built CSR tanker
ABS confirmed it will class the first common structural rules (CSR) tankers built in the United States. Three shallow-draft 49,000 dwt Jones Act product tankers built for Texas-based AHL Shipping Company are currently under review by the society. ABS is most familiar with the tanker design having been involved since ...
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HK company to build shipyard in Viet Nam
Hong Kong-based Sam Woo Holdings, a marine transportation company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Viet Nam?s Nha Trang Vinalines Marine to build a shipyard in Viet Nam. Work on the 60-hectare complex is scheduled to begin by the end of the year at a cost of at least ...
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Vinashin invests in new shipyard
Viet Nam authorities recently approved a detailed planning of the An Duong Vinashin Shipyard which a total investment of $80 million. The shipyard is to be built on a total area of 70 hectares in Hoang Dong commune, Thuy Nguyen district. This includes over 40 hectares for the shipyard and ...
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JdN places eight ship order in China
Jan de Nul, the Belgian dredging company, has placed orders with Tianjin Xinhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industries Co Ltd in Tianjin, China, for eight new vessels.The contracts include one 3,700m3 splithopper dredger similar to De Bougainville which was delivered in 2006. The vessel is provided with a suction pipe with submerged ...
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Vietnam mulls passenger transport sea route
The Viet Nam government has assigned the Ministry of Transport and Communications to map out plans to build a North-South sea route for the express transportation of passengers. The country?s largest shipbuilder, Vinashin, has been designated to carry out the $1.5 billion project under which it will build six ships ...
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DDW takes control of PUM
Dubai Drydocks World, the global maritime arm of Dubai World, has, as of 10 July 2007, received acceptances of approximately 84.82% of Pan-United Marine Limited (PUM) shares, in connection with its voluntary conditional cash offer for the Singapore-based shipyard. Four of Dubai Drydocks World's nominees have been appointed to PUM's ...
