General News – Page 522
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Iridium wins security contract
ZOCA Container Security BV has developed an innovative approach to preventing unauthorized opening of shipping containers, a serious problem in today?s shipping industry. The ZOCA approach taps Iridium satellite data links to control the containers? locking devices remotely. The ZOCA system consists of a strong mechanical tamper-proof lock, which can ...
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Scottish yard faces closure
In the latest of a series of setbacks, Ferguson Shipyard in Port Glasgow has lost out on an order from the Aberdeen-based Fisheries Research Services for a new fisheries vessel. Once again, however, the Polish yard of Remontowa has snapped up an order form Scotland despite political pressure on the ...
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Vinashin wins UK handy bulker contract
The Hai Phong-based Pha Rung shipyard, a member of the Vinashin group in Vietnam, signed a contract worth $06 million to build four 34,000 DWT dry bulk carriers for the Graig group of Britain. This deal was first muted in the April 2005 issue of the ?Motor Ship? which reported ...
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Daesun wins feeder duo
Daesun Shipbuilding in South Korea has won a $44 million order for two 1,000TEU container ships from an unspecified Korean shipping company for delivery in 2008.
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New ship repair facility in China
Daeyang Shipping in South Korea plans to build a ship repair facility in the Dagoshan Zone of Dalian Development Area in China. Total space of Dalian Daeyang Shipbuilding Corp will be 550,000 m2. The ship repair facilities will include a 200,000DWT dry dock, a 150,000DWT dry dock and five wharfs. ...
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HZ clinches Panamax bulker pair
Hudong Zhonghua (HZ) Shipyard in China clinched two 75,000DWT bulk carriers from the Greece shipping company Cardiff Marine. They will be delivered in March and June 2008. Ship particulars are 225m in length, 32.26m in breadth and 12.5m in depth and the newbuildings will be powered by a B&W 5S60MC-C ...
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Jewel delivered early
Meyer Werft has, today, handed over the 93,500 gt cruise ship ?Norwegian Jewel? to the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) in the Dutch port of Eemshaven. The handover took place one day ahead of the contractual date. Tomorrow, the newbuilding will set sail for two mini cruises to Amsterdam and Dover ...
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Tees newbuildings
The only shipbuilder on the river Tees in England, Aveco's Normanby Wharf, is expecting a contract worth around £250,00 for a new river tanker, to be followed by the £1m-plus Blade Runner 3 - a 76m motorised shallow water barge used to transport wind turbines from Newport to Southampton.The yard ...
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NGV Tech secures Indian contract
The Malaysian shipbuilder, NGV Tech Sdn Bhd, has secured a contract worth about $1.8 million to build two passenger vessels for the Union Territory of Lakshadweep Administration Kavaratty in India. The two 18 metre aluminium vessels would cater for 20 passengers in economy class and 15 passengers in business class.A ...
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Chikyu delivered to JAMSTEC
The deep-sea drilling vessel ?Chikyu?, which will be used to drill to the deepest depths of the ocean to shed light on the mysteries beneath the planet's crust, was delivered to the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which built the research vessel, held a ...
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Fairmount converts semi-sub barges
Fairmount Heavy Transport N.V. will be acquiring the semi submersible barges BOA 19 and 20 from BOA Offshore AS in Trondheim, Norway, and convert them to self propelled transportation vessels. The work is planned to be completed in the second half of 2006.Fairmount Heavy Transport N.V. was recently established by ...
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Keppel delivers semisub
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has delivered its latest semi-submersible drilling tender, ?West Setia?, to Smedvig Tender Rigs Pte (Smedvig) today. The delivery places Keppel FELS as the leader and pioneer in the design and construction of purpose-built semi-submersible drilling tenders (SSDT) for deepwater operations. It will be deployed by ...
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Tankers galore for PDVSA
The Brazilian press has reported that that Venezuela's oil company PDVSA is to pay $2 billion to buy 40 oil tankers from Brazil to renew its fleet. The deal includes Panamax, Aframax, Suezmax and VLCC tankers. Last week the Venezuelan media also reported that President Chavez will travel to Argentina ...
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Land hitch hits Laird ship repair bid
A local ship repair entrepreneur has teamed up with other investors in a bid to buy some of the dry docks at the former Cammell Laird shipyard. The Mersey Heritage Ship repair Company (MHS) would like to be able to offer current owner Reddington Finance £6 million to buy the ...
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L & T keen on shipbuilding
As part of diversification of business, engineering and construction company Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) based in Mumbai is keen on entering into ship building business and developing minor ports. "L&T is keen on foraying into ship building business and we are tying to find a suitable location for the ...
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Ferguson lifeline
Ferguson shipyard in Port Glasgow may have another chance to win a fisheries vessel which is going out to tender. The Scottish Executive has announced that the Aberdeen-based Fisheries Research Services is commissioning a new vessel but, once again, the decision would rest with Environment Minister Ross Finnie. The Scottish ...
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Hyundai gets Total rig
Hyundai Heavy Industries has received a $400 million order to build an offshore oil rig from a French oil company. Under the deal, Hyundai will construct a floating production unit for Total SA and install it off the coast of Congo in West Africa by February 2008. The facility will ...
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Samsung rakes in the orders
Samsung Heavy Industries has won orders worth $1.01 billion from Canada's Teekay Shipping to build four LNG carriers for delivery by end June 2008. They will be used to carry LNG produced in Qatar to North America in a joint venture run by state-owned Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil. The 217,000 ...
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MAN B&W finalising LNG safety study
MAN B&W Diesel is closely cooperating with major Korean shipyards, Samsung, Daewoo and Hyundai, on the use of ME-GI engines for LNG carriers. Work is now being finalised on the Hazid/Hazop safety study for the entire gas supply system from LNG tanks including vapourizer gas compressors and oxidizers, as well ...
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Aker snaps up Brittany ferry
Aker Yards and the French company Brittany Ferries have signed a contract for the building of a ropax vessel worth EUR 80 million for delivery in autumn 2007. The contract includes an option of a similar vessel. The vessel will be delivered from the yard in Helsinki, while the blocks ...
