General News – Page 426
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Jurong wins SeaDrill semisub
Singapore-based shipbuilder Jurong Shipyard has won a contract to build an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig for the international offshore drilling contractor, SeaDrill. The deal is worth $535.5 million. The semi-submersible rig is scheduled for delivery by April 2010 and is the third semi-submersible rig to be built by Jurong Shipyard for ...
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BAE lands Spanish sub job
BAE?s Barrow shipyard in England has won its first export order in 30 years, with a multi-million pound deal to make sections for Spanish submarines. The yard will build two domed ends for the pressure hulls of each of an initial four new S80 Scorpene class submarines. Another four could ...
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Ace Marine acquires Mylne yacht design office
Ace Marine Ltd, the Fife-based firm of naval architects, has acquired the oldest continually operating yacht design business in the world, A Mylne & Co ? including the design archive, described by some enthusiasts as a "treasure trove".Established in 1896 by Alfred Mylne, the design office produced some of the ...
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Kuwait to buy Polish yard?
According to local reports, investors from Kuwait are interested in buying shares in the New Szczecin Shipyard (SSN). Talks concerning the investment will be conducted during Prime Minister Kaczyński's visit to Kuwait. Two weeks ago the Kuwaiti ambassador paid a visit to the shipyard. The Agency for Industry Development has ...
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Daesun wins container ship
Daesun Shipbuilding in South Korea has secured an order for a 1,000 TEU container ship from a Middle East shipowner. Contract price is W 22.2 billion and delivery is scheduled for June 2010.
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Waigaoqiao delivers FPSO hull
The Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding delivered the hull of the nation's biggest floating production, storage and offloading vessel to ConocoPhillips China.The 300,000 DWT vessel is valued at $230 million, is not only the largest of its type but also the most expensive ship China has ever built. The newbuilding, named Hai ...
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Transworld orders four boxships
Mumbai-based Transworld group is expanding its operations in a major way by ordering four container ships costing $25 million each from Singapore?s warship specialist shipyard Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd."Each of these ships will have a capacity to carry 1,400 TEU and will be delivered at six month intervals starting June ...
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Vanuatu expands in Asia
The Republic of Vanuatu, with an established network of offices, deputy commissioners, special agents and inspectors in Asia ? Tokyo, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand -- has expanded its presence in the People?s Republic of China with the recent establishment of an office in ...
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Latest Polish ferry on the Clyde
Sister to the BUTE delivered last year, the latest new ferry built for Caledonian MacBrayne, the ARGYLE, recently arrived on the Firth of Clyde having sailed from the shipbuilding yard Remontowa in Gdansk. She is the second of two virtually identical vessels to come from the Polish yard for Calmac ...
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Bangladesh wins biggest newbuild contract
Bangladesh?s main shipbuilder, Ananda Shipyards Shipways Ltd (ASSL), has won a $100 million contract to build eight vessels, a deal seen as helping pave the way for the nation to emerge as a major shipbuilder. This is the country?s single biggest export order which was placed by two German companies ...
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BSL signs contract with GOL
Bharati Shipyard Limited (BSL), one of the leading private sector shipyards in India, has signed a contract with Great Offshore Ltd (GOL) for construction and supply of a multipurpose offshore support vessel at a price of $64.80 million.The vessel will have a 10,500 kW diesel electric propulsion system with 5 ...
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Vinashin launches container ship
Vinashin recently launched a 2,900 DWT freighter ordered by the Danish company Erria A/S, which is a one-stop-service provider for everything related to the operation, maintenance, and conversion of ships. The $5 million ?Erria Vietnam?, built by the Saigon Shipping Industrial Company, a subsidiary of Vinashin, is an 80 metre ...
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Samsung wins drill ship
Samsung Heavy Industries has won a drill ship from Saipem at a cost of $660 million for delivery in March 2010.
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SCI to buy four boxships
Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is planning to invest $280 million in acquiring four container vessels to cater for the rapidly-expanding European and American markets. Two vessels, of 4,400 TEUs each, will be delivered by 2008-end and the other two, of a capacity of 5,000 TEUs each, will be delivered ...
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Pipavav restructuring
Mumbai-based shipbuilder Pipavav Shipyard and Engineering (PSEL) is currently restructuring its capital basis by inviting overseas investors to take a stake in the company. The post-restructuring envisages that four financial investors will hold 40% equity in PSEL. The Nikhil Gandhi-promoted SKIL infrastructure, which floated Pipavav, will hold a 35% stake ...
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Ulstein expands into China
The Norwegian shipbuilder and design company Ulstein is looking to China for future growth. "We want to get into a broader market with our solutions and knowledge. Our intention is to expand our working area globally, as well as develop our competitiveness in Norway," says Tore Ulstein, Director of Market ...
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Uljanik delivers PCTC
Uljanik Shipyard in Croatia has delivered a 12,300 DWT Pure Car Truck Carrier (PCTC) with a 4,900 CEU capacity to Ray Shipping. Named Opal Leader, this newbuilding is 176 m long, 31.10 m wide and has a maximum speed of 20.8 knots.She is driven by Uljanik/MAN-B&W main engine having an ...
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ASL to build innovative pipelay vessel
The Larsen & Toubro/SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd joint venture has ordered a new-generation heavy-lift/pipelay vessel designed by Sea of Solutions, part of the Offshore Ship Designers Group in Holland. Sea of Solutions was responsible for both the concept design and basic design of the $138m vessel, which will enter service in ...
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Rongsheng seeks stake sale
Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group is in talks with several foreign investors and could sell a one-quarter stake prior to its stock market listing, expected as early as 2009. Privately owned Rongsheng, based in the eastern port city of Nantong, near Shanghai, plans to float shares simultaneously in ...
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BAE support for LSE
There are plans to make Labuan Shipyard and Engineering (LSE) a world-class facility with the capability for ship repairs and, more importantly, shipbuilding, within two years. The first step is to train 300 apprentice engineers and an additional 50 skilled engineers from Malaysia in Scotland.BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions (SSFS) ...
