General News – Page 520
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Olympic orders PSV from Aker
Aker Yards has signed a contract worth approximately NOK 150 million with Olympic Shipping to build a Platform Supply Vessel of the MT 6009 design, a Marin Teknikk design, at a cost of $23 million. The 3,300 dwt newbuilding will be constructed at the Aker Brattvaag yard and delivery is ...
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High newbuild prices forces slowdown in orders
Asia's major shipyards and international shipowners are heading for a clash, as the latter appear reluctant to place new orders unless prices go down. Shipyards, on the other hand, have no intention of backing down, having secured numerous orders until 2009.With shipyards able to wait, any ships ordered now would ...
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Clyde yard fought hard for contracts
It has emerged that the Clyde-based Ferguson shipyard reportedly went to great lengths in its failed bid to win a vital contract from the Scottish Executive. The closure-threatened Port Glasgow yard made two different offers to build a CalMac ferry in the Europe-wide tendering process. One was for £29million, and ...
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STX LNG certified
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea has obtained certification for the mock-up of Mark III membrane containment system for LNG carriers from GTT, LR, BV, DNV and KR. STX Shipbuilding said that the certification will enable it to bid for the Korea Gas Corporation LNG contracts later this year in October.
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Wartsila India to set up gearbox unit
Wartsila India, the Indian arm of Wartsila in Finland, is planning to set up marine reduction gearboxes manufacturing unit at Khopoli in Maharashtra. The company has plans to export the product to its European associates.Banmali Agrawala, managing director of Wartsila India, said the company had realised India?s strength in casting ...
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AMBIO aims at biocide-free coatings
The EU research project "AMBIO" is investigating how to prevent the build up of organisms on surfaces under marine conditions, for example on ships? hulls. Scientists from BASF are collaborating on this project with 30 partners from business and science from 14 countries. The five-year project was launched in March ...
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Schat-Harding upgrades freefall boats
Lifeboat manufacturer Schat-Harding has agreed with Statoil to recall six of its FF1000S skid-launched freefall lifeboats for strengthening beyond SOLAS requirements. In service tests show that SOLAS requirements may need modifying for free fall boats for very high drop heights from some North Sea oil platforms. The move follows tests ...
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Northrop Grumman to lay off 900 at Jeff yard
Slowing military contract work will force Northrop Grumman Corp. to slash 400 jobs from its shipyard in Bridge City and 500 jobs from its other plants in Louisiana and Mississippi by the end of the year, company managers said Monday. Layoffs at the region's largest manufacturer, formerly known as Avondale, ...
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Australia selects U.S. design
Australia picked U.S. naval architect Gibbs and Cox as its preferred designer for a A$4.6 billion project to build a new generation of air warfare destroyers, one of the country?s biggest ever defense contract. Gibbs and Cox had been chosen over German firm Blohm and Voss and Navantia of Spain ...
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Float-free SVDR from KH
Kelvin Hughes (KH), part of Smiths Marine Systems, is proud to announce yet another world first having successfully achieved approval from QinetiQ, the UK Government?s nominated body for Type Approval of marine equipment, for a float-free interface to their MantaDigital Simplified Voyage Data Recorder ? SVDR.As the first manufacturer to ...
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STS restrictions could lead to another ?Prestige?
Salvage operations involving the ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of cargo and bunkers from tankers and other vessels should be exempt from new controls proposed by Spain and Mexico and now under consideration by the IMO?s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC). The International Salvage Union (ISU) believes that the proposed new rules ...
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Aker builds another PSV for IOG
Aker Yards has signed a contract with Island Offshore Shipholding, a company within the Island Offshore Group (IOG) in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to deliver a 5,000 DWT UT 776 E platform supply vessel. The value of the contract is $36 million and delivery is slated for December 2006. The contract also ...
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SeaDrill plans more newbuildings
SeaDrill Ltd is in discussion with major yards with respect to building a harsh environment semi-submersible rig with further options for delivery of the first unit in first quarter 2008. A clarification of this project is expected within the next month. This follows the recent announcement by the Bermuda-based company ...
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Viking expands fleet
Viking Offshore Services has announced a multi-million pound investment in the construction of at least six new vessels in a move that signals its long-term commitment to the North Sea. The new-build program, valued at over $65 million, will see six new purpose-built 1,550 GT vessels added to the company's ...
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Japanese get Qatar LNG contract
Ras Laffan Natural Gas Co. (RasGas) in Qatar has awarded five Japanese firms a joint contract to ship LNG from Qatar to the US. The contract is the firms' first for transport of LNG to North America. Trading house Mitsui & Co., along with shipping companies Mitsui OSK, Nippon Yusen ...
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LR checklist helps reduce PSC detention risk
Lloyd?s Register (LR) has published a pocket checklist to help shipowners comply with international regulations. Entitled ?Reducing the risk of port state control detentions?, the checklist has been compiled following a thorough analysis of LR?s port state control (PSC) database and focuses on the deficiencies that resulted in PSC detentions. ...
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Australia approves final amphibious ship designs
The Australian government has approved the first stage of a $2 billion LHD Amphibious Ships project that will provide the Royal Australian Navy with two new multi-purpose ships that would have air support, amphibious assault, transport and command centre roles. They will replace the Navy's two existing Kanimbla-Class LPAs (HMAS ...
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Admiralty to build arctic shuttle tanker
Aker Arctic Technology Inc of Finland and the St. Petersburg based FSUE Admiralty shipyards have signed a contract for a licence and design including classification package of two 70.000 DWT double-acting Arctic shuttle tankers. These will be built for ZAO Sevmorneftegaz for the Prirazlomnoye oil field in the Arctic Ocean. ...
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Cochin launches first Clipper
The public sector Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has launched the first of a series of six bulk carriers for the Bahamas based Clipper Group. The double hulled 30,000 DWT ship, named ?Bossclip Trader?, is 178.70 m long, 28 m wide, has a depth of 14 m and a service speed ...
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Baltiysky Zavod sold to rival yard
St. Petersburg industrial conglomerate IST Group has sold its 88% stake in shipbuilder Baltiysky Zavod to United Industrial Corp (OPK) which owns the rival Severnaya Verf. The deal ends years of often-fierce competition and gives OPK the opportunity to create a shipbuilding powerhouse. OPK is owned by Mezhprombank, which is ...
