General News – Page 422
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Indian Navy may order ships from Korea
India and South Korea this week will lay the groundwork for defence cooperation during the first visit of a South Korean defence minister to India. The two country?s defence ministers will be discussing matters of mutual interest and, according to a statement from the Indian Defence Ministry, various steps to ...
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Subsea mining vessel ordered
Vancouver-based Nautilus Minerals Inc. (Nautilus) has announced that the Belgian Jan de Nul Group, one of the world's leading dredging companies, has signed the shipbuilding contract with La Naval, in Sestao, Northern Spain, for the construction of ?Jules Verne? a 191 metre vessel to be used as the ship for ...
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East Isle Shipyard lands contract for three escort tugs
Workers at the East Isle Shipyard in Georgetown, part of the Irving Shipbuilding Inc. group in Canada, have another contract to handle after Irving confirmed a contract to build a series of three escort tugs for Atlantic Reyser. "It means more work for our more than 100 employees at the ...
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Belships orders supramax bulkers
Norwegian-based Belships ASA has entered into an agreement whereby the company will purchase building contracts for 5 supramax bulk carriers at about 58.000 dwt at a total cost of about $200 million. The vessels will be built at Yangzhou Dayang Shipyard in China and the first vessel will be delivered ...
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Halul builds safety standby vessels
Halul Offshore Services (HOSC), the Qatari support services company, has signed a contract with the Singaporean shipbuilder Pacific Ocean Engineering for construction of four safety standby vessels at a cost of approximately $16 million. The ships will be classed by ABS and be built at Pacific Ocean Engineering?s shipyard in ...
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Eastern Echo opts for X-bow seismic ships
The newly formed Dubai-based shipping company, Eastern Echo is building four ships of the ULSTEIN SX124 design. These will be the first seismic vessels of Ulstein design and will be built with the ULSTEIN X-bow. To date, five shipowners have chosen this new bow concept. "My experience is that the ...
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LDA acquires Fairmount
The French shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has completed its wide variety of services offered to the offshore industry through the acquisition of Fairmount Marine. For two years, since the common operation of the Gavea Lifter semi-submersible heavy transportation barge, the two companies have learnt to work together in mutual ...
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Singapore orders two AHTS vessels
Rolls-Royce has won a contract worth approximately £50 million to supply an integrated system of design and equipment for two advanced offshore vessels to be built for Lewek Shipping, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Ezra Holdings. A new design has been developed to meet the shipowner?s requirements and has been given ...
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Samsung builds world?s biggest rig
Samsung Heavy Industries has completed the world?s largest offshore rig to be installed in seas off Russia?s Sakhalin Island. The rig, called ?Piltun B?, is 100 m wide, 105 m long and 120 m high. Construction of the 33,000 tonne rig started at Samsung?s yard in January 2004. From June ...
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DDDSC keen on setting up shipyard
Dubai Dry Docks and Shipping Company (DDDSC) is keen on setting up a shipyard in the vicinity of the deep-water port in Kakinada. Two technical teams of the company have already visited Kakinada for the past two months to study infrastructure available here. It is said that the teams have ...
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OOCL orders another boxship
Orient Overseas Container Line (OCCL) has taken its total order for Panamax ships at South Korea?s Samsung up to ten after announcing another addition to the series at a cost of $66.2m.Though no vessel specifications were given this is the same price paid for its last batch of 4,500TEU ships ...
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Sembawang wins crane ship
After the announcement that Acergy?s joint venture Seaway heavy Lifting is to build a new 5,000 tonne crane ship, the Singapore shipbuilder Sembawang Shipyard has also received an order to build a new crane vessel under a contract with Avonway Ltd of Cyprus, a subsidiary of Nordic Heavy Lift ASA. ...
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Merwede lifts crane vessel contract
The UK-based Acergy S.A. announced the placing of an order by Seaway Heavy Lifting Engineering BV in Holland, its long term joint venture, with the Merwede shipyard in the Netherlands to build a DP crane vessel.The new 183 metre long monohull vessel will be fitted with a crane with a ...
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LR and IP join forces
Lloyd?s Register (LR) and International Paint (IP) have teamed up to offer shipyards in China step-by-step advice on how to prepare to meet the requirements of the new Performance Standard for Protective Coatings (PSPC) as the industry looks to increase vessel safety and lifecycles by preventing corrosion.This powerful new partnership, ...
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DD world buys PUM
Dubai Drydocks World (DD World) will take over 70% of Singapore shipyard operator Pan-United Marine (PUM) in a deal valuing PUM at $424million. The deal marks DD World's first international acquisition. Like DD World, PUM is involved in ship repair, ship building and conversion and is a major shipyard with ...
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Bharati bags German order
Bharati Shipyard in India bagged an order worth $103 million from Germany?s Man Ferrostaal AG for two large platform supply vessels.The 105 m vessels will be diesel electric and fitted with two sets of Voith Schneider cycloidal propeller units. Classed with GL, they will have a service speed of 17 ...
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HHI builds most powerful engine
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (HHI) successfully completed a trial run with the world?s biggest electronically controlled marine engine, the Hyundai-Wartsila 14RT-flex96C-B. The 14RT-flex96C-B engine has 14 cylinders and a maximum capacity of 108,920 bhp, making it the world?s most powerful marine engine. It will be installed in a series ...
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ABG to acquire Vipul
ABG Shipyard, in India, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for acquisition of Vipul Shipyard, situated adjacent to the company?s existing shipyard at Magdalla Port, District-Surat, Gujarat. With this acquisition the company will add substantial land with a good water front to its resources along with slipway and other necessary ...
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Corona Majesty delivered
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, ("K" Line) has taken delivery of ?Corona Majesty?, a new 88,159 DWT-type coal carrier, from Imabari Shipbuilding, Japan.The vessel?s specifications are length o.a. 229.93m, beam 38m, depth 19.90m. The Post - Panamax ?Corona-series?, which "K" Line originated and continues to develop, is a state-of-the-art coal ...
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Ezra awards pipe-layer contract to Labroy
Singapore based Ezra Holdings has awarded a contract to Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering worth $25.5 million, which excludes owner furnished equipment, to build an ultra-large pipe laying, accommodation, well service and maintenance vessel. The vessel is to be delivered by the first half of 2009. The vessel will be the ...
