General News – Page 440
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Aker gets six more OSG tankers
Aker American Shipping ASA and Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. have signed an agreement in principle whereby Aker American Shipping subsidiary, Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, will construct up to six additional Veteran Class MT-46 Jones Act Product Tankers (three fixed plus three options. These 46,000 dwt tankers will be transferred to another ...
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Three short-sea traders for Ukraine yard
Aker Yards in Ukraine (Damen Shipyards Okean) has been awarded a contract for delivery of three 6,355 dwt multi-purpose short-sea vessels by the Ukrainian shipping company JSSC "Ukrrichflot". The yard has previously built six vessels in the same series for the company, and an additional three vessels are currently under ...
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Dutch consortium developing hydrogen boat
Recently, Fuel Cell Boat BV, a consortium of Dutch companies, came to an agreement to develop and build the world?s first commercially operated hydrogen powered boat. This vessel will be used in Amsterdam for commuter services. The great advantage of this hydrogen boat is that it is environment-friendly and produces ...
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Vinashin Damen JV
Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) and the Damen Shipyards Group from the Netherlands, which operates 32 shipyards around the world, have signed a joint venture contract. Together they will establish the Damen Vinashin Shipyard (DVS) in Haiphong. The area of the shipyard comprises of 42 hectares with a 500 metre ...
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Chipolbrok clinches crane-vessel deal
The Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Co, (Chipolbrok), has signed a contract to build six more crane-equipped vessels. The move comes as the company expands its fleet to capitalize on the rising demand of project cargo transport, and prepares for intense competition.The world leader in project cargo transport will pay 2.3 ...
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USCG authorizes DNV to inspect floating offshore units
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has authorized DNV to carry out plan reviews and inspections on its behalf of all types of offshore units which are operating on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), regardless of flag.The USCG has completed an in-depth review of the regulations under the US Outer Continental ...
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New orders for CSSC-MES Diesel
CSSC-MES Diesel Co., Ltd., a joint venture company to manufacture marine diesel engines of CSSC in China and MES in Japan has won an order for three 8K98MC main diesel engines. These will be installed onboard the 5,100TEU container ships to be built by Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding. With the new ...
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DNV and CCS join forces on coatings
The joint venture agreement named "CCS & DNV Technology Institute" was signed this week by China Classification Society (CCS) and DNV. The institute which is to be established in Shanghai aims to support both the maritime and offshore industry on various laboratory and research challenges, initially related to coating.The joint ...
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Hanjin deploys latest boxships
Hanjin Shipping has put into service the 6,500 TEU ?Hanjin Tianjin? and ?Hanjin Xiamen?, its latest containership newbuildings, on its Asia-Europe trade. These 27 knot high-speed newbuildings are the fourth and fifth units in an eight-ship series and will arrive on the FEX (Far East Europe Express Service), one of ...
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Aker signs Magellan MoU
Residential Cruise Line (RCL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U.) with Aker Yards to build the world's largest and most luxurious residential cruise ship, the ?Magellan?.Designed by the Norwegian firm of Petter Yran and Bjorn Storbraaten Architects A.S., the Magellan offers fractional and full-ownership of luxuriously appointed residences and ...
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Ulstein gets biggest single-ship contract
The newly formed company Marine Subsea Inc. has signed a contract with Ulstein Verft AS to build a well intervention ship of the type ULSTEIN SX121 from Ulstein Design AS. This is the largest single-ship contract for the Ulstein Group, totaling $135 million and is scheduled for delivery in July ...
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Vietnam yard begins building Dutch tugs
The Da Nang-based Song Thu Co in Vietnam has laid the keels for four 5,000 HP tugs. These 24-metre long, 11-metre wide vessels, known as ASD 2411, will be built by the state-owned company for the Dutch Damen group under a $18.75 million contract signed last year.Damen will supply the ...
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CSBC cuts out China
Taiwan took another step to distance itself from China by removing or toning down 'China' from the names of two state enterprises. The Economics Ministry ordered the Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC) to change its Chinese name to Taiwan Chinese Petroleum Corp, and the China Shipbuilding Corp (CSBC) to change its ...
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Asry upgrade
Construction work on the $20 million Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Co. (Asry) slipway project was recently started. The contract for the project, to be completed by February 2008, was awarded to Ahmed Mansoor Al A'ali Company.The project, comprising two slipways, each with a dry berth length of 255 m, ...
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Vinashin to invest
Vinashin, Vietnam?s state-run shipbuilder, is to pump VND650 billion ($40 million) into building ten facilities to support the Dung Quat Shipbuilding Industrial Plant in central VietnamConstruction of the factories is scheduled to begin this quarter in the Dung Quat Economic Zone of Quang Ngai Province. Under the plan, the new ...
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DSME and SHI clinch LNG orders
The Korean shipbuilders Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have received order to build a total of nine LNG carriers. DSME will build five of the gas carriers of which four 210,000 cbm have been ordered by Qatar Gas Transport Co (QCTC) and one 170,000 ...
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Hyundai profits skyrocket
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) benefited from the global boom in shipbuilding by managing almost to quadruple its profits in 2006. Profits reached a record 712.8 billion won ($761 million) in 2006, up from 183.3 billion won in 2005. Improved productivity and higher delivery prices made a significant difference to the ...
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Double christening for Hamburg Sud
The 50,800 DWT container vessels ?Bahia? and ?Bahia Blanca? built for Hamburg Sud have been christened at the yard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Okpo, Korea. The two new ?Bahia? and ?Bahia Blanca? are the first of a total of 6 identical 3,752 TEU container ships ...
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Option for third semi exercised
Awilco Offshore (AWO) has, through its fully owned subsidiary OffRig Drilling, exercised an option with Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China to build the company?s third semi submersible drilling rig, to be named ?WilPromotor?. The rig will be built to meet the requirements for operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. ?WilPromotor? ...
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Wärtsilä acquires Senitec
Wärtsilä has signed an agreement to acquire the Swedish company Senitec AB in Varberg. The company is privately-owned and specializes in environmental technology products for separating waste such as oily water and sludge in power plants, harbours and ships. Senitec has 5 employees. This new business gives Wärtsilä the possibility ...
