General News – Page 500
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Daewoo to introduce new facilities
In order to increase production, Daewoo will be introducing new equipment this year including a 3,600-tonne sea crane which will be operational in April. A floating dock will also be completed soon while another 900-tonne Goliath crane will be installed this coming December.Meanwhile, outsourcing from China will increase by 30% ...
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VT Halter to build fourth NOAA research vessel
VT Halter Marine will be building a fourth fisheries survey vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Construction on the estimated $30 million vessel is expected to begin in late May or early June, with delivery planned in the second half of 2008. The survey vessel is the fourth ...
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Mipo clinches four PCs
Fast expanding Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) has ordered four high spec double hulled handymax 47,000 dwt chemical/product tankers at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard at a cost of $180 million. The four tankers are scheduled for delivery in 2008 and 2009 and will be named ?Gulf Baynunah?, ?Gulf Jumeirah?, ?Gulf Muttrah? and ...
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Keppel bids for Brazilian contract
Keppel Corp, the world's largest maker of shallow-water oil rigs, is among six groups that have bid for contracts to build $1.3 billion of oil and gas tankers for Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil's state-controlled oil company. .The company's transportation unit, Transpetro, will analyse the bids and decide on the winners ...
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Unithai builds naval craft
Unithai Shipyard and Schelde Naval Shipbuilding have been awarded a contract by the Royal Thai Navy to build a 66-metre multipurpose vessel for conducting hydrographic surveys and mine countermeasures, the first of its kind to be built in Thailand. The vessel will be designed by Schelde Naval Shipbuilding in the ...
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SPP to establish shipyard
SPP Shipbuilding (formerly Dong Yang Shipbuilding) will build a newbuilding facility at Sacheon city, nearby Jinhae where STX Shipbuilding is located. In the first stage, the shipbuilder will invest W 120 billion with another W 130 billion to follow. The new facility will be completed in September this year.
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Qingdao clinches big order
Hyundai Corporation has risen as a major player in the global small and middle sized vessel market as ?Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding,? a company it launched last June in China, has successfully won shipbuilding contracts worth over $300 million within the last 4 weeks. A new shipbuilding contract involving 9 ...
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SembCorp expands into China
SembCorp Marine is pumping 225 million Yuan or $27.5 million over two years to grow its ship repair and ship conversion business in China. It is investing the money into Cosco Shipyard Group where it already holds a 30% stake.It has five shipyards from Dalian in the north to Guangzhou ...
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CSIC ups output
The China Shipbuilding Industry Corp. (CSIC), one of the two largest shipbuilding groups in China, built 3.17 million tonnes of new ships in 2005, up 47%.In 2005, the CSIC received 3.73 million tonnes of new orders and 2.85 million tonnes of new ships are under construction. The profit it earned ...
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Aker to build Farstad PSV
Aker Yards has signed a contract with Farstad Supply AS, a company within Farstad Shipping ASA in Ålesund, Norway, to deliver an UT 751 E platform supply vessel (PSV). The value of the contract is approx $45 million. The hull for the 4,500 dwt PSV will be built in Romania ...
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Two liftboats for Bollinger
Bollinger Shipyards has won an order from Edison Chouest Offshore for two 245-ft class liftboats that will operate in the Gulf of Mexico. Bollinger hull 515 and 516, are based on a Bollinger design that has proven to be an industry leading design that is ABS classed and USCG certified ...
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Northrop to design lighter HTS
A Northrop Grumman Corporation led team has been selected by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to begin a design of a 40 MW high-temperature superconductor (HTS) generator intended to provide a smaller, lighter and quieter main power source for future United States Navy surface combatants. Under this initial nine-month ...
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CSCL orders four 4,250TEU box ships
CSCL in China has ordered four 4,250TEU container ships from Dalian Shipyard for delivery from September 2008 to March 2009. The Chinese carrier is also believed to be negotiating with Samsung for more 4,250TEU boxships.
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Vinashin records increased growth
The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) has generated a turnover of VND7.8 trillion ($493 million) last year, marking a 41% jump over 2004 revenue.Last year the corporation signed a number of major construction contracts for large cargo ships. Many of the deals were for the export market including Denmark, ...
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Met Office to help SAR at sea
BMT Ltd is to explore a web-based approach for the delivery of MET Office forecasts to help improve search and rescue (SAR) operations. The work will form part of the two-year, £2.2 million DEWS (Delivering Environmental Web Services) project. This is being undertaken by a MET Office-led consortium, under contract ...
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FPSO conversion for PGS
PGS Production, a subsidiary of Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) at Lysaker, Norway, has entered into an agreement to purchase the shuttle tanker ?Rita Knutsen? from Knutsen OAS Shipping for $35 million. PGS Production has developed plans for a conversion of the ship to a FPSO unit. The vessel is considered ...
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New head for DNV
Newly appointed DNV ceo-elect, Henrik Madsen, aims to strengthen the global credibility of classification, and of DNV in particular. Madsen is currently acting as deputy CEO and will formally take over the top position in May this year."Above all", he stresses, "as a classification society we must be determined in ...
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Dubai Drydocks unveils newbuild project
Dubai Drydocks is expected to become one of the leading shipbuilders in the region, with the launch of its $60 million newbuilding panel line and steel structure assembly facility in July. The yard, whose current shiprepair facility has a monthly turnover of 2,800 tonnes of steel, plans turning over similar ...
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Korea lowers newbuild targets
South Korean shipbuilders have lowered their targets for orders this year due to slowing market conditions and an expected drop in demand. The nation's top three shipbuilders, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, aim to win $24.8 billion worth of orders this year, down ...
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Brazil to build Wartsila engines
Wärtsilä entered into license agreement with Brazilian company Nuclebras Equipamentos Pesados SA (Nuclep) which is owned by the government and mainly active in manufacturing of heavy engineering equipment for nuclear industry, power generation and marine as well as offshore installations.The agreement grants Nuclep the right to manufacture certain types of ...
