General News – Page 491
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Five Turkish cats for Damen
The Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has secured a contract to build five 42 metre catamaran passenger ferries from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, on behalf of operator Istanbul Deniz Otobusu (IDO). The five new "Sea Buses" for IDO are of the Damen Fast Ferry 4212 type; each can carry 449 ...
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Hanjin to order boxship quartet
Hanjin Shipping will, this Friday, sign a $256.4 million contract with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to build four additional 4,275TEU containerships. They will be of the same capacity and type as the four 39,600 dwt vessels previously ordered last November and start to be deployed on the major service lanes ...
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Kleven builds gas powered coastguard ship
Myklebust Verft in Gursken, Norway has entered into a contract with Rem?y Management, Norway, for the delivery of a coastguard vessel, with an option for one additional unit. The vessel is a VS 794 CGV design, developed in close cooperation between owner and yard, designed by Vik-Sandvik of Fitjar, Norway. ...
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Princess goes to Germany
Having arrived at the Grand Bahama shipyard in Freeport for temporary repairs to its 150 fire damaged cabins, the ?Star Princess? will set sail later this week for the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany, where permanent repairs will be carried out. The 2,600 passenger cruise ship is scheduled to ...
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DNV commits to Hong Kong
Earlier this week, DNV launched a maritime academy for industry professionals in Hong Kong, agreed to certify new curriculum at the ailing Hong Kong Sea School, and donated half a million HK$ dollars to the Hong Kong Maritime Museum - a triple pronged effort to ensure greater maritime technical competency ...
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NYK expansion benefits Vietnamese yards
NYK Lines of Japan plans to invest $200 million over the next five years on a number of shipping and logistics projects in Viet Nam in a bid to tap what it described as one of the region?s most promising emerging transportation markets. The Tokyo-based logistics firm said investment projects ...
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GAIL upbeat on CNG bids
Gail (India) Ltd has received response from eight national and international firms/consortiums for the expression of interest (EoI) invited by it for transportation of compressed natural gas (CNG) from Myanmar. The company had recently invited bids for long-term chartering service of CNG ship or barge for transportation of natural gas ...
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Malta Shipyards busy
The Malta Shipyards has recently secured two contracts which will keep it fully occupied until the end of this year. In the first contract, the yard won a $8.4 million job for the upgrading of the Ikdam. This vessel was converted into an FPSO from the 133,560 dwt tanker Northia ...
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FAR goes with Aker
Farstad Shipping ASA in Ålesund, through its subsidiary Farstad Supply AS, has signed a contract with Aker Yards to build two platform supply vessels at a total cost of $87 million. The first vessel is a PSV of UT 751E type and the second vessel is an AHTS of UT ...
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Hyundai wins six tankers
Hyundai Heavy Industries has won an order for four VLCCs at the price of $480 million from a European ship owner. They will be delivered by June 2009.
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Babcock ready to do battle
Babcock International will defend itself with a robust trading statement this week as directors face up to the probability that they could be involved in a fierce take-over battle. Already BAE Systems and VT have announced that they are interested in making a break-up bid for the company, with its ...
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HHI opens block factory
Hyundai Heavy Industries has started to use its new shipbuilding block factory in Ulsan, which will supply 86,000 tonnes of blocks for ships this year. The 347,500 m2 plant is equipped to manufacture hatch covers and LPG tanks and, together with the outdoor areas and warehouses, will have an annual ...
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B.C. approves new ferries
The British Columbia government in Canada has approved funding for three replacement ferries on its north coast routes. This announcement was made on the same day Premier Gordon Campbell flew up to the site of the first-ever sinking of a BC Ferry. The ?Queen of the North? sank after apparently ...
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GE Shipping acquires new OSV
The Mumbai based Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE) recently took delivery of a newly built OSV named Malaviya Twenty Five from the Indian shipbuilder Bharati Shipyard Ltd.Bharati Shipyard has also won an order from GE for a 140 tonne bollard pull anchor handling tug supply vessel with delivery expected by ...
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Mangalia delivers first newbuildings
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has delivered the first three vessels built at its Romanian shipyard Daewoo Mangalia. These 69,180 dwt crude oil tankers are the largest-ever built in the Black Sea area and were ordered by LMZ Transoil Shipping Enterprises S.A. of Greece in October 2003. With design ...
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GBS examines Star Princess
Cruises? ?Star Princess? recently arrived at the Grand Bahama Shipyard where an examination will be carried out to assess the extent of the fire damage sustained to some 150 cabins. The fire broke out in the early hours last Thursday as the cruise ship was sailing from the Cayman Islands ...
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BAE and VT ponder Rosyth purchase
BAE Systems and VT, the UK defence and civil contracting groups, are considering a joint bid for the Rosyth dockyard owned by Babcock, the support services and shipbuilding group, in a move that could trigger the consolidation of Britain's warship construction capability. Industry insiders suggest that any bid would have ...
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Daesun wins chemical tankers
Daesun Shipbuilding in South Korea wins an order for four chemical tankers from an Asian ship owner. Total contract price is $139 million for delivery by June 2009.
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Garware fleet expansion
Garware Offshore Services based in Mumbai, India, plans to acquire two anchor handling towing-cum-supply vessels (AHTSs) and one platform supply vessel (PSV) for an estimated cost of $55 million. This will increase its fleet size to 10 vessels comprising six AHTSs and four PSVs.The company is in final stages of ...
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VLCC duo for Euronav
Euronav NV based in Antwerp, Belgium, has signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries to build two double hull 318,000 dwt VLCCs to be delivered in the first quarter of 2009. The construction price for each ship is $120 million. Euronav already owns, fully or in joint venture, 4 ships ...
