General News – Page 494
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Ulstein wins quartet in China
Bourbon has signed a contract with Zhejiang Shipbuilding in China concerning the construction of four ULSTEIN P105 platform supply vessels. Ulstein Design AS will deliver the design and major equipment for the vessels. The contract has a total value of around $52 million for Ulstein Design. The vessels will be ...
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Job loss fears
DML in Devonport, UK, has given advance warning of 90 potential job losses at Appledore shipyard, which it took over from receivership in 2003. Jobs are likely to go progressively from early April due to a gap in shipbuilding work following completion of a large super yacht hull this month.The ...
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R?kke wants Lenin shipyard
Kjell Inge R?kke of Aker Yards is reportedly interested in buying the former Lenin shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, where the Solidarity movement started back in 1980. Although the yard is for sale, the labour union is unsure about R?kke's company. Aker Yards would not comment on the speculation but did ...
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Swire takes two more PSVs
Pan United Shipyard in Singapore has secured an order from Swire Pacific Offshore to build two UT755L PSVs at a cost of around $15.5 million each. Delivery is slated in the first and third quarters of 2008.
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Mipo clinches four PCs
Hyundai Mipo has clinched an order for four product carriers from a Cypriot ship owner at a cost of about $170 million for delivery in November, 2009
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Venezuela on a tanker building spree
Venezuela has reached a deal to build 36 large oil tankers in Brazil at a cost exceeding $3 billion. According to the local press, the governments of both countries reached a deal on the construction of the vessels, which will be built at various shipyards in Brazil. Also in the ...
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Vinashin and MacGREGOR strengthen co-operation
Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) and MacGREGOR are further strengthening their co-operation by signing a memorandum of agreement to establish a joint venture in Vietnam to produce ships? cranes and hatch covers. The parties had already previously co-operated closely in the manufacture of hatch covers at Vinashin?s Ben Kien shipyard. ...
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V. Ships buys UMC
The Monaco-based ship management company V.Ships has acquired UMC International PLC. Formed in 1972 as the Under Water Maintenance Company Ltd, UMC International has grown into an international specialist in innovative underwater engineering services with offices in Plymouth, Portland, Rotterdam, Dubai and Fujairah, It has a full time staff of ...
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Ocean Mainport orders multipurpose vessel
Ocean Mainport Offshore Limited (OSL) in Ireland has placed an order for a multipurpose vessel. OSL said the vessel, to be named Ocean Europe, is being built at the Solstrand shipyard in Tomrefjord Norway at a cost of $18 million. When delivered in May 2007, the newbuilding will be operated ...
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Petronet LNG to float shipping subsidiary
The Indian gas importer, Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL), plans to float a shipping subsidiary overseas to haul gas to its greenfield re-gassification terminal of 2.5 million tonnes per annum capacity proposed at Kochi in Kerala. The diversification plan has been unveiled in the tender conditions stipulated by Petronet for selecting ...
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FBMA launches high-tech crewboat
FBMA Marine based shipyard in western Cebu, Philippines, has just launched the first of the two ?Sea Slice? 149 passenger offshore crew boats ordered by the Mexican company Hoteleria y Servicios Petroleros (HSP). Named ?Lider?, the innovative ?Sea Slice? design, developed by the US company Lockheed Martin, is based on ...
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Keppel secures Prosafe FPSO deals
Keppel Shipyard has been awarded two contracts valued at approximately $80 million for the conversion of two new FPSO facilities for Prosafe Production (Prosafe). The first contract is for the conversion of the 25-year old tanker, Apollo, into an FPSO capable of handling a daily oil production of 90,000 barrels ...
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The Motor Ship Propulsion Conference Conference newsletter
The Motor Ship Propulsion Conference 200626th ? 27th April, Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel, CopenhagenWorld?s largest shipowners? body back 2006 marine propulsion conferenceThe Motor Ship is pleased to confirm that The Motor Ship Propulsion Conference 2006 is now in association with BIMCO ? the Baltic and International Marine Council ? the ...
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Tag orders ABG trio
Tag Sealogistics in Mumbai, India, placed an order for three 4,700kW, 80 tonne bollard pull AHTS vessels with ABG shipyard. The cost is expected to be around $42 million and delivery is expected to be completed during 2007. The company currently owns three AHTS vessels and one tug, all of ...
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MacGREGOR initiates replacement of fully automatic twistlocks
MacGREGOR is initiating the replacement of fully automatic twistlocks with proven semi-automatic twistlocks for its customers. This move follows the recent spate of container losses involving between 400 and 500 units that have been lost overboard from container ships in around 20 separate incidents. While the incidents are still being ...
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Cammell Laird back
Long-term ship repair and conversion work will return to the former Cammell Laird shipyard. The resumption of marine engineering work at the famous Birkenhead yard in the UK follows an agreement being struck between Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders and site owner Reddington Finance.The two sides have been in dispute since ...
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China to build more LNG tankers
Chinese shipbuilders are gearing up to build LNG tankers as the Government approves more projects to import the fuel, challenging yards in South Korea and Japan.China's first home-built LNG tanker will be completed in November by Shanghai's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, which has orders for three more at about $200 million apiece. ...
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Korean shipbuilders looking abroad
Korean shipbuilders are considering building more shipyards overseas to meet the current demand for newbuildings. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is seeking to acquire shipyards for medium-sized vessels in Brazil, Angola and China where it is currently building a factory for hull blocks in Yantai, northeast China, that is to ...
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Frontline duo for Jiangnan
Jiangnan Heavy Industries in China secured an order for two 297,000DWT VLCCs from Frontline. The two tankers will be built at new shipbuilding facility and no delivery date has been revealed.
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New ferries for Christmas
Sunferries in Townville, Queensland, Australia, has ordered two new 300 passenger capacity, fast cat ferries capable of travelling at 28 knots to operate their route across Cleveland Bay to Magnetic Island. The combined cost of the ferries is $6.3 million. And will be built by Brisbane Ship Building and were ...
