General News – Page 486
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Two offers for Gdansk shipyard
The employees of Gdansk shipyard have submitted an offer to buy the company. The second potential buyer is the consortium of state-owned entities comprising of Energa power distributor and the Agency for Industrial Development (ARP). Each of them would get 50% and Roman Karkosik may join the consortium.
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MAIB urges immediate action to prevent another Star Princess fire
The lead British agency investigating the March 2006 ?Star Princess? blaze has urged cruise lines to take "immediate action" to prevent catastrophic fires from starting on balconies of cruse ships. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) on 26 April said the fire erupted on the balcony of a cabin on ...
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Reefer duo for Eimskip
Eimskip, subsidiary of Avion Group, has entered into shipbuilding contracts for the construction of two highly sophisticated reefer vessels for a total purchase price of approximately NOK 260 million. The investment is supporting the company strategy to be a supplier of quality services in the North Atlantic and is a ...
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BAE to pull out of Babcock bid
BAE Systems in the UK is believed to be preparing to walk away from a £700m bid for engineering group Babcock. BAE's interest in the company was fading because of the soaring price of Babcock shares, which have leapt from under 260p to 320p in recent weeks and a strong ...
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India to select shipbuilding yard sites
With the global shipbuilding sector experiencing an unprecedented boom, the Central government in India has decided to build two world-class shipbuilding yards, one on the west coast and the other on the east coast. For this, the Union Shipping Ministry has appointed a high-level committee of top officials to search ...
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Samsung seals world's largest drill ship
Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea has clinched an order from Ferncliff Drilling AS in Norway for the world?s largest drill ship costing $550 million. The 300,000DWT drill ship is 228m long and will be delivered in February 2009.
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Donbass interested in Gdynia shipyard
Donbas, a Ukrainian steel producer, is considering investing in the Polish shipyard of Stocznia Gdynia (SG). Their proposition is expected next week and SG needs $96 million in capital. Donbas has long declared its interest in the Polish shipyard industry.Until recently, an Israeli ship owner, Rami Ungar (20% stake in ...
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BV Group passes 50m gt milestone
One of the world?s largest and strongest classification and certification company, Bureau Veritas, grew strongly again during 2005. In its tenth consecutive year of growth, BV increased turnover to Euro 1,647m (US$ 2,000m), up 16% on 2004. Bernard Anne, managing director of the marine division of BV, says, "Focusing technology ...
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Vinashin to invest in Ca Mau shipyard
Vinashin will invest VND300 billion ($18.9 million) in the construction of a shipyard in the southernmost province of Ca Mau. The shipbuilder has selected a 54 hectare site in the province?s Nam Can District for the new facility, which is to be used to build ships displacing 5,000-10,000 tonnes. Up ...
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European warship contractors pool together
Five major European naval shipbuilders have formed a club to promote synergies in materials procurement as part of broader efforts to reduce costs. The companies, BAE Systems, DCN, Fincantieri, Navantia and VT Shipbuilding Limited, recently signed an agreement setting up the Warship European Procurement (WEP) Club.Procurement represents approximately 60% of ...
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Koreans secure half of worldwide Q1 orders
Shipbuilding contracts secured by Korean shipyards in the first quarter accounted for more than half of the entire orders received worldwide. According to London-based ship broker Clarkson, Korean shipbuilders won more than 6 million CGT worth of orders from January to March this year. That is more than twice the ...
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Dalian clinches seven ships
Dalian Shipyard has clinched orders for seven tankers. The shipbuilder has won new order of three 76,000DWT product carriers and four 298,000DWT VLCCs. Delivery of the seven ships will be made during 2009.
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Vinashin gets Japanese boost
Vinashin?s subsidiary, Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Industry, last Friday signed a contract to build two 56,200-DWT bulk carriers for Japan?s Itochu Co. Nam Trieu expects to complete the first ship in December 2008 with the second scheduled in May 2009.These two ships are the first in a potential 15-ship series of ...
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Aker inks Indian order
Greatship (India) Limited, wholly owned subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited, Mumbai India, has confirmed an agreement with Aker Yards, for the building of two PSVs of UT 755 LN type. The contract value is approximately $46.3 million and delivery of the 3,240 DWT newbuildings is scheduled for ...
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Woodside plans mega LNG order
Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia's second-largest oil and gas producer, plans to order as many as 18 LNG tankers to supply gas to markets including the USA. Woodside, 34% owned by Royal Dutch Shell, may need between four and six tankers to ship LNG from the planned $3.7 billion Pluto gas ...
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Aker on an all-time high
Aker Yards ASA reported an EBITDA of NOK 357 million for the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 125% compared with the first quarter of 2005. The order intake in the first quarter was NOK 14.3 billion, almost a doubling from the previous quarter, giving a total order backlog ...
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China inks Seaarland order
Seaarland Shipping Management in Austria has ordered two 114,000DWT tankers from the New Century shipyard in China for delivery during 2008. Ship price per unit is $58.5 million.
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Rem inks two more with Kleven
Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, has signed a new contract with Rem Maritime of Fosnavåg, Norway, for the building of two new, sophisticated offshore vessels.The vessels are both Multi Purpose Subsea Operation Support Vessel of the MT 6022 design, a new design developed in close cooperation between owner and yard, ...
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Two dolphins for H&W
Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries in Belfast has secured major contracts for manufacturing and upgrading work on two oil rigs, Blackford Dolphin and Bredford Dolphin. Both rigs are owned by the Norwegian company Fred Olsen Energy.The Belfast yard will design and construct two modules for the Blackford Dolphin semi-submersible drill ...
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MISC orders chemical tankers
Malaysia?s biggest shipping group, MISC Bhd, has ordered four chemical tankers from South Korea's STX Shipbuilding for delivery in 2009. Although MISC gave no value for the orders, STX said on April 3 that it had won orders worth $399.4 million from India and Malaysia to build eight chemical tankers, ...
