General News – Page 419
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LDA orders ferry from Singapore yard
French shipping company Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has ordered a new roro ferry for its LD Lines subsidiary, which currently operates the services between the UK ports of Portsmouth and Newhaven and the French ports of Le Havre and Dieppe. The newbuilding has been designed specifically for the Portsmouth/Le Havre ...
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Halul Offshore receives new vessel
Halul Offshore Services Company (HOSC) in Doha received delivery of their newly-built DP1 Anchor Handling Tug supply vessel ?Halul 26?. The vessel was built by Q-Con at Mesaieed, Qatar, a Shipyard owned by Qatar Shipping Company. This newbuilding is the first of two DP1 AHTSV ordered by HOSC as a ...
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STX wins order for six bulkers
Korean shipyard STX Shipbuilding has won an order worth 292 billion won ($317 million) to build six bulk carriers for an undisclosed company in the Middle East. The vessels will be delivered by April 2011.
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Odense sells Volkswerft Stralsund
Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. (Odense Staalskibsv?rft A/S) has entered into agreement with the Hegemann Group of Companies, Germany, regarding the sale of Volkswerft Stralsund GmbH. Conclusion of the sale is subject to documentation of the necessary guarantees by the Hegemann Group which is expected by the end of July 2007. ...
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Hosco orders three bulkers
Hebei Ocean Shipping (Hosco), the third largest shipping company by tonnage in China, has ordered three 57,000 dwt bulk carriers from Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard, boosting its spending on vessel purchases to $1.4bn this year. The three supramaxes are due to be delivered in the second half of 2009.Hosco made a ...
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Pride orders ultra-deepwater drillship
Pride International, Inc based in Houston, USA, will construct an advanced-capability, dual activity drillship for use in ultra-deepwater drilling locations. The new rig will be capable of drilling in water depths of up to 12,000 feet, with a total vertical drilling depth of up to 40,000 feet. The rig, to ...
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MISC inks deal with SLS
Kuala Lumpur based MISC Bhd has signed an agreement with South Korea's SLS Shipbuilding (SLS) to buy eight 45,000 dwt chemical tankers. The double-hulled IMO II vessels ordered at a total cost of about $430million will be delivered during 2009 and 2010. The newbuildings will enable MISC to improve its ...
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Largest LNGC delivered to BP
BP Shipping recently took delivery of the British Emerald, the world?s largest liquefied natural gas carrier (LNGC), the first in a series of dual-fuel diesel-electric gas ships. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, Korea, at 155,000 cubic metres is the largest LNG carrier to date.The design and construction of ...
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Aker warns of challenges in Finnish yards
Norwegian shipbuilder Aker Yards said in a recent statement that it was revising its 2007 earnings forecasts down as a result of challenges, mainly to do with ferry projects at its three Finnish yards.Juha Heikinheimo, the head of Aker's Cruise & Ferries arm, said that although the company would restructure ...
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Incat launches big cat
The recent launch of Australian Incat yard?s 112-metre wave piercing catamaran set new milestones for high speed light craft (HSLC) shipping. The vessel, named the Natchan Rera, is the world?s largest diesel-powered HSLC, and the largest HSLC ever to be built in Australia. The newbuilding is the first of two ...
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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines lengthens second ship
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Ltd. has announced plans to lengthen and upgrade another of its cruise ships during 2008. The Braemar will undergo the work during its dry dock period scheduled for May and June next year.The work will be carried out by Blohm + Voss Repair GmbH Hamburg which ...
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Major Vietnamese orders for Lyngs? Marine
Lyngs? Marine of H?rsholm, Denmark, a subsidiary of SAM Electronics, has been awarded a major contract for supply of integrated automation packages for installation aboard a series of 14 54,000 dwt bulk carriers under construction at Hanoi-based Vinashin Group?s Dung Quat and Ha Long yards for delivery to its own ...
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Russia merges two state shipping companies
President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree merging the country's top energy shipping companies in a move to create a $5 billion national shipping giant and help develop the country's huge offshore oil and gas projects.Russia has been seeking to merge Sovcomflot and Novoship for several years, in line with ...
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Largest Vietnam cargo ships handed over to Graig
The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) recently delivered a 53,000 dwt bulk carrier, the largest ever built in Vietnam, to its UK owner in northern Quang Ninh province. Named ?Florence?, the newbuilding is the first among 27 vessels built under the contract between the UK's Graig Investment Limited and two ...
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Adelaide gets navy contracts
Adelaide in South Australia will become the home of Australian naval ship building following the latest defence contract. The Royal Australia Navy is to get three new air warfare destroyers and two landing ships - all Spanish designed - for a total cost of $11 billion. The three Navantia F100 ...
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Hanjin Heavy grabs Belgian container ship order
Hanjin Heavy Industry has secured a $224 million shipbuilding order from a new European client on the back of increased shipping volumes and fees. Delphis of Belgium placed an order for Hanjin Heavy to build four large-sized container ships by the end of 2010. The South Korean shipbuilder said the ...
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Daewoo secures drillship and bulk carriers
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has obtained a combined $800 million worth of orders from two international customers. The South Korean shipbuilder said an unidentified US shipowner ordered an oil drill ship while a shipowner in Liberia ordered three bulk carriers. The shipbuilder did not disclose detailed prices for the ...
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Odense to sign Epic deal
Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. (Odense Staalskibsv?rft A/S) has announced that EPIC Shipping, UK, has contracted to purchase six RO-RO vessels from the Danish shipyard. Main particulars are length 193 m, breadth 26 m and 3,700 lane meters. The vessels are to be delivered in 2009 and 2010. Final contract with ...
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Multraship expands tug fleet
The Dutch salvage and towage company Multraship has bought two newbuilding Azimuth Stern Drive tugs for delivery October 2007 and April 2008. The two multi-purpose tugs will be rated around 70 tonne bollard pull and are currently under construction at the Vega Denizcilik Sanayi Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti shipyard in ...
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Hawaii Superferry delivered with GL Class
"Alakai", the 107 meter high speed ferry classed by Germanischer Lloyd, has been delivered from its builder Austal USA to Hawaii Superferry. A second US flaggedvehicle-and-passenger carrying catamaran is currently under construction.Powered by four MTU 20V 8200 M70 main engines via four ZF 53800 gearboxes, with a top speed of ...
