General News – Page 510
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Wärtsilä power for heavy-lift jobs
Wärtsilä diesel-electric propulsion plants of 11.5 MW have been ordered for two heavy-lift transport vessels to be converted for Fairmount Heavy Transport NV, an associated company of the Rotterdam-based towage contractor Fairmount Marine BV. The "Fairmount Fjord" and "Fairmount Fjell" were originally semi-submersible barges and are being converted to self-propelled ...
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ARL introduces revolutionary software
Albacore Research Ltd. (ARL), the creator of the 3D product modeling software ShipConstructor, is putting the last touches on this year?s new software version, ShipConstructor 2006, scheduled for release towards the end of 2005, represents a quantum leap in CAD/CAM with the introduction of the Database Driven Relational Object Model ...
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SCI inks two VLCCs
The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), today signed contracts with Daewoo Ship Building and Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea for building and delivering two VLCCs. The tankers, to be built at DSME's shipbuilding yard in South Korea, will have a deadweight of about 300,000 tonnes at the design draft ...
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Merwede and VT sign MOU
Britain's VT Shipbuilding and the Dutch company Merwede Shipyard have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on naval warship procurement programs outside the U.K.VT Shipbuilding, is part of the support services and shipbuilding company VT Group (the former Vosper Thorneycroft) while Merwede is a 100% subsidiary company of ...
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UK carrier contract delayed
The decision on the Royal Navy?s aircraft carrier contracts for Barrow shipyard has been delayed until next year. Yard bosses are keeping a ?watching brief? on the timetable for the work after a government minister said the first of two new carriers will not be in service by the target ...
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DD(X) propulsion motor achieves full power
Alstom Power Conversion Incorporated (APCI) reports that the DD(X) Integrated Power System (IPS) test team has achieved full torque of over one million foot pounds on the Advanced Induction Motor (AIM) at the NGSS, NSWC land based test site in Philadelphia. This AIM is rated at 18.25 MW at 127 ...
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Saigon shipbuilder signs first export deal
The Saigon shipbuilding industry company (SSIC), a member company of the Vinashin group, has won its first ever export contract to build ten 5,190 DWT multipurpose ships.Under the contract inked with Midland Shipping Co (MSC). of Canada, SSIC will build a ten-ship series over the next four years at a ...
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Reliance plans 25-ship fleet
Reliance Industries Ltd, the largest and one of the fastest growing private sector companies in India with business activities encompassing oil & gas exploration and production, petroleum refining, petrochemicals and textiles, is planning to acquire a fleet of 25 ships. The fleet will consist of a combination of chemical tankers, ...
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Fairmount Summit joins fleet
The second in a series of five supertugs ordered from Niigata Shipbuilders in Japan by Fairmount Marine recently joined the fleet. The 200 tonnes bollard pull anchor handling/salvage/long distance towing vessel ?Fairmount Summit? joins the first in the newbuilding series, ?Fairmount Sherpa?, which has been operating successfully since going into ...
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Diamond job for Wartsila
Wärtsilä has been awarded contracts to supply RT-flex50 common-rail low-speed engines, propellers and Auxpac generating sets to Goodearth Maritime Ltd of Chennai, India, for the six 53,000 dwt handymax bulk carriers. For each ship, Wärtsilä will deliver a six-cylinder RT-flex50 common-rail low-speed engine with a maximum continuous power of ...
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Kittiwake introduces new range of remote sensors
The UK-based company, Kittwake, has introduced the ANALEXrs remote sensor range, a new set of instrumentation designed to put lubricant and machine condition information in the hands of the engineer, real-time. Ideal for applications ranging from gearboxes and engines to power generators, compressors and other oil filled heavy plant ...
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Erie Shipbuilding up and running
Erie Shipbuilding in Pennsylvania, USA, is up and running and more details are emerging about its plans. The shipyard was formerly leased by Metro Machine and is a joint venture between Van Enkevort Tug and Barge (VET&B) and K&K Warehousing. VET&B has committed to build a new 240 metre self-unloading ...
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SUEZ signs for two LNG vessels
SUEZ LNG Trading SA of France has signed two 20-year charter agreements with Bergesen Worldwide Gas ASA for a pair of LNG carriers to deliver Yemen LNG to North America. The vessels, each of which will have a capacity of 156,100m3, are scheduled for delivery from Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & ...
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New Szczecin Shipyard gets funding
The New Szczecin Shipyard (SSN), which was formed on the basis of the bankrupt Porta Holding, has finally managed to obtain a loan without any guarantees from the state. "We have signed an agreement with ABN Amro and ING concerning a renewable credit worth $40 million," revealed Andrzej Stachura, SSN ...
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Daehan inks another Normed feeder
Daehan Shipbuilding in Korea clinched a 10,000 DWT multi-purpose vessel from the Dutch-based Normed Line with delivery of 2007. The company had previously ordered five similar units from the same yard with the first scheduled for delivery in June 2006. The six-ship series are dual-purpose container-bulk carriers capable of carrying ...
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More orders for Korea
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won three 47,000DWT product carriers valued at $138 million from a Liberian shipowner for delivery from 2007 to July 2008. Choi Kil Sun, president and CEO of the South Korean shipbuilder, said that HMD aims to build 70 ships annually with turnover of $3.8 billion in 2010.Meanwhile, ...
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Hamanasu wins award
The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (formerly known as The Society of Naval Architects of Japan) has awarded its 15th ?Ship Of the Year 2004? award to the ?Hamanasu?, a 34,181GT high-speed ferry, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Shin Nihonkai Ferry Company in June 2004. The ...
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Medmax LNG carriers for Universal
Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan has received an order for the construction of two 75,000m³ LNG carriers from Mediterranean LNG Transport Corporation and Skikda LNG Transport Corporation. The gas tankers will be put in service for the shipment of LNG from Algeria to European countries located along the Mediterranean Sea ...
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Labroy cements Norwegian order
Singapore?s Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering has won a $24.7 million contract from Norway's Belden Shipping Group to build a 20,200 dwt cement carrier. The Singapore-based shipbuilder, a subsidiary of Labroy Marine Limited, said the latest order will keep it busy until 2008. The newbuilding is due for delivery in 2007.
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New ship repair yard in Subic
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has inked a contract with Subic Drydock Corp for the construction of a ship repair facility which involves bringing back a former US naval base?s floating dry-dock. The $5 million project could employ some 200 skilled and semi-skilled workers. The return of the floating ...
