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EU delays decision on Polish shipyard restructuring
The European Commission said there will be no decision before the summer vacation on whether Poland will face penalties over shipyard restructuring. "We are in regular contact with the Polish authorities and they give every impression of taking the matter very seriously," said EU competition spokesman Jonathan Todd. "There will ...
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STX raises sales target
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea has raised its sales target for the year to $10 billion from the previous $5.5 billion on increased orders for high-priced ships. So far this year, the shipbuilder has won deals valued at $5.3 billion to build 103 vessels. Last year, the shipbuilder clinched deals ...
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Oman shipyard attracts 15 bidders
International and local construction firms have shown interest in a contract to develop a ship repair yard and dry dock complex in south-eastern Oman, the state tender board said. As many as 15 prospective bidders have collected tender documents and the last date for submitting bids is 30 July for ...
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EPIC contract confirmed
Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark has confirmed it has entered a final contract with the UK-based EPIC Shipping Group for building and delivery of six Ro-Ro vessels.The vessels are 193 meters long, 26 meters wide and have approximately 3,700 lane meters. The 11,000 DWT vessels will be able to transport ...
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COSCO wins big contracts
COSCO Corp (Singapore) Ltd has secured $563 million worth of ship conversion and shipbuilding contracts from undisclosed international customers. The projects, which include 10 conversions and the building of eight new bulk carriers, will be carried out at COSCO's shipyards in China. Each conversion will take between 160 and 180 ...
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Keppel wins drilling ship equipment deal
Singapore-based Keppel Corp said its Keppel Shipyard has won a $100 million contract to supply and install equipment on a drilling ship which is being built in a shipyard in China and is due to arrive at Keppel's shipyard during the current quarter. The project is expected to be completed ...
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Seadrill orders another drill ship from Samsung
Seadrill has entered into a turnkey contract to build a third ultra-deepwater drill ship at the Samsung Shipyard in South Korea. The contract has a total project value of $598 million with scheduled delivery of the unit in June 2010. The rig is based on a Samsung design and is ...
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Boost to Aussie shipbuilding
The Australian government has awarded the $3 billion contract for two of the Royal Australian Navy's new landing ships to a consortium of Spanish firm Navantia and Tenix in Victoria. The hulls based on F100 design will be built in Spain and transported to Williamstown for the ships' completion. The ...
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UK and France ponder CVF work sharing
A final decision to place the £3.8bn order for the Royal Navy?s future aircraft carrier programme (CVF), already delayed from last year, is now unlikely before October or November while French suggestions for a 40% slice of the work are examined in detail. France has already paid a £100m share ...
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Eitzen orders LPG carriers
Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA in Norway has reached an agreement with Sasaki Shipbuilding in Japan for six 2,500 cbm semi/pressurized LPG carriers at a cost of $14.2 million each. The vessels will be delivered in 2011. Axel Eitzen, Chief Executive Officer, said: "These newbuildings together with the sale of ...
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Schat-Harding expands US network
Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has strengthened its US service network by purchasing Maritime Solutions Inc, a Norfolk, Virginia-based lifeboat and davit service company.Gary Joseph, president of Schat-Harding USA, says, "We have worked with Jim Lyttle and his staff at Maritime for a number of years and know the good ...
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Aegean expands fleet
The Piraeus-based Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc., an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, has recently taken delivery of the ?Milos?, a newly built 4,600 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker, from Fujiian Southeast Shipyard in ...
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SSW launches new feeder design
The German shipbuilder Schichau-Seebeck Werft (SSW) is setting new international standards in feeder shipping with the launch of the 152 metre-long "Anne Sibum" at its Bremerhaven facility. This is the first ship of the new "SSW Super 1000" series to come off the slipway and the design has already come ...
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Hanjin mulls new shipyard in Phivedec
After investing over $1.6 billion in Subic Bay Freeport for a shipbuilding facility, Korea?s shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) is investing another $1 billion in the state-owned Phivedec Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental for the construction of a further shipbuilding facility that is one a half times bigger ...
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Massive boxship contract for Daewoo
Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine & Engineering Co. (DSME) has won a deal valued at $1.5 billion to build nine container vessels. The order from a European shipping company calls on DSME to deliver the vessels by March, 2011.Following this order, DSME said it has already met its previous order target of ...
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RINA to train Carnival new build inspectors
Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding, the newbuilding arm of the world's largest cruise ship group, has contracted with leading classification society RINA to train its newbuilding superintendents.The three year contract will provide Carnival's inspection teams with training in health, quality and safety, CCS organisation, and technical subjects such as fire protection, materials, ...
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Bharati gets repeat orders from Norway
Indian shipbuilder Bharati Shipyard has received repeat orders worth $43.40 million from Norway-based Sea Cargo Skips AS for the design, construction and supply of two ro-ro/pallet/container vessels. The company said the 5,800 DWT vessels will operate between the various ports in Scandinavia and the UK. 'With this, our total order ...
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Trinidad to establish shipbuilding industry
The government of Trinidad is currently looking into the establishment of a local shipbuilding industry. Minister in the Ministry of Finance Christine Sahadeo made the announcement and said that as part of the development of the local shipping and maritime industry the government planned to look at the opening of ...
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Acergy orders DSV
Norwegian offshore engineering and construction contractor Acergy SA has signed an agreement with Havila Shipping for a new build diving support vessel (DSV) for Northern Europe operations which will join the Acergy fleet in 2010.This new state-of-the-art vessel is specifically designed for efficient diving operations in the harshest environments. It ...
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Fincantieri launches oceanographic ship for India
Fincantieri?s Muggiano shipyard (La Spezia) has launched the "Sagar Nidhi" ("Pearl of the Oceans"), an oceanographic vessel ordered for the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Madras. The 5,000-ton ship, whose aft section was built at Riva Trigoso shipyard (Genova), is 104 metres long and 18 metres wide with delivery ...
