General News – Page 450
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COSTA confirms Fincantieri option
The Genoa-based cruise operator Costa Crociere has confirmed an option with Fincantieri for a 92,700 gt cruiseship for delivery in March 2010. This newbuilding will be the second of two sister ships commissioned from Fincantieri by the Italian cruise line and brings to four the number of cruise vessels ordered ...
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Baltic yard launched Stena Ro-Ro
The second ocean-going ropax ship was launched at the Baltic Shipyard JSC and delivered to Stena. Named "Stena Transformer", this is the second in a two-ship series with the lead-ship "Stena Trader" going into service in August 2006. The vessel is designed for the transportation of trailers and passengers. The ...
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China launches FPSO
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding in China recently launched a 300,000 DWT FPSO capable of loading or off-loading 190,000 barrels of crude oil a day. It was designed and built by the Shanghai based yard and is the largest and, at $240 million, the most expensive of its kind in China. The ...
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Malta sees red over tax exemption loss
Malta?s yacht and "private pleasure craft" owners, as well as the lucrative bunkering and ship repair industries, will see the price of fuel shoot up by at least 25% on 1 January after the European Commission threw out a request to prolong Malta?s derogation from levying tax on ?red diesel? ...
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BV improves GL offer
Bureau Veritas (BV) is preparing an improved offer for presentation later this week to the shareholders of Germanischer Lloyd (GL), as it pushes ahead with its plan to combine the strengths of the two societies to create a new global leader in ship classification, based in Hamburg.The original BV share ...
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Austal wins second LCS
The option for a second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has now been confirmed following the announcement in October 2005 for the first General Dynamics / Austal LCS. Based on the 127 metre advanced Austal trimaran seaframe, which forms the platform for the ship?s operational and combat systems, the new vessel ...
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Austal launches Turkish ferry
The first of two Auto Express 88 fast car ferries ?Osman Gazi? was launched at the Austal shipyard. The 88 metre aluminium catamaran is the ninth fast ferry Austal has built for Istanbul Deniz Otobusleri (IDO).The new ferries are designated to operate on a 39 nautical mile reciprocal service across ...
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Hanjin wins four crude carriers
Hanjin Heavy Industries, South Korea's seventh-largest shipyard, has secured a $260.2 million order to build four crude carriers for a Middle East-based shipper. The order calls for Hanjin to deliver the tankers by the end of March 2010.
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Troms orders MPSV from Kleven
Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, has signed a contract with Troms Offshore in Troms?, Norway for the building of a new, sophisticated offshore vessel. The vessel is a Multifunctional Platform Supply Vessel (MPSV) of the VS 495 DEM CD Mk II design, and is the first vessel Troms Offshore has ...
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Kleven gets Rem number ten
Fosnavag-based Rem Offshore in Norway has placed a contract with Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik for the construction of an offshore supply vessel. The vessel is a Multi Purpose Support Vessel (MPSV) of the MT 6016 Mk III design, and is the tenth vessel Rem Offshore has ordered at Kleven Verft. ...
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Sarawak shipyard ready for more
One of Sarawak's most prominent shipyards, Yong Choo Kui (YCK) Shipyard is now ready to take more specialised orders from the oil and gas industry from around the world. Executive director Daniel WY Yong said the shipyard had now received the demanding Nipon Kaiji Kyokai (NHK) certification for welding procedures."This ...
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Oz warships should be built locally
Australia's warships should be built locally even if it costs more, a Senate committee has recommended. In its report on Australia's naval shipbuilding sector, the Senate foreign affairs defence and trade committee acknowledged that building locally may come at a cost premium. But it said paying that premium was consistent ...
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More FPSO success for Peter Brotherhood
Bergesen dy ASA, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, has chosen UK engineering company Peter Brotherhood to supply two steam turbine driven alternator sets for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Woodside Chinguetti field off the coast of Mauritania. The two 24 MW ...
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Samho clinches six tankers
Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has clinched four tankers and two VLCCs at the value of $586 million. Four tankers are ordered from a ship owner in Latin America with delivery of July 2010. Two VLCCs are ordered from a ship owner in Africa with delivery of December 2010.
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Lamprell building smart FPSO modules
Lamprell Shipyard in Port Khalid, UAE, has been awarded a $5.1 million fabrication contract by Aker Floating Production (Aker FP) to build the topside modules for the Smart 1 FPSO vessel, to be maintained and operated by Aker FP. This is the first time Lamprell has been awarded FPSO work ...
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Golden Ocean building four Capers
Bermuda-based Golden Ocean Group Limited has ordered four Capesize 170,000DWT bulk carriers from Daehan Shipbuilding in South Korea at a cost of $72.25 million each. The newbuildings will be delivered between May 2008 and January 2009. The order contains an option for additional four vessels which can be delivered between ...
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Mid East ship repair demand spurs growth
The Middle East will require 130 floating production systems over the next five years spurring huge growth in regional shipyards and offshore repair facilities, according to a leading industry expert. Addressing the Seatrade Middle East Maritime (SMEM) conference at the Dubai World Trade Centre, Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai ...
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EC approves Volkswerft Stralsund aid
The European Commission has approved under EC Treaty state aid rules regional investment aid of ?4.2 million to the German shipyard Volkswerft Stralsund. After an in-depth investigation initiated in February 2006, the Commission has concluded that the investment is limited to a modernisation of the yard which will improve its ...
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Tsakos orders bulkers
Tsakos Shipping and Trading SA, a subsidiary of Athens-based Tsakos Group, has reportedly said that it has ordered six ships from Sino Pacific Heavy Industries Group's Zhejiang Shipyard for about $210 million. The first of the 53,000 DWT bulk carriers is scheduled for delivery in December 2007, four units to ...
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Wärtsilä acquires Schiffko
Wärtsilä Corporation has signed an agreement to acquire the German ship design company group Schiffko which is privately-owned and has annual net sales totalling approximately EUR 4 million and some 25 employees. Schiffko, based in Hamburg, specializes in the planning and design of ships especially in the container, research ...
