General News – Page 524
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Multraship goes Bulgarian
Terneuzen-based Multraship Towage & Salvage has purchased Bulgarian towage and salvage operator Bourgas Tug Services. BTS provides harbour towage, local salvage and line handling services in and around the Bulgarian port of Bourgas and has a fleet of four tugs ranging from 1,500 - 4,300 bhp. Leendert Muller, managing director ...
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Two more reefers for Kitanihon
Kitanihon Shipbuilding in Japan is rumoured to have secured an order for two 550,000 cft reefer ships from a Japanese ship owner. They will be delivered in November 2007 and March 2008. The yard currently has four similar reefers on its order book for Doun Kisen KK all for delivery ...
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Russia to improve Libyan shipyards
Russian shipbuilding experts are willing to offer Libya assistance in creating greater capacities at existing shipbuilding and ship-repairing yards. The Central Research Institute of Shipbuilding Technology in Russia plans to set up a project to build a shipbuilding yard with a design capacity of 25-50 fishing vessels per year. The ...
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PSV contract for Aker
Aker Yards has signed a contract worth approximately $31.2 million to build a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) of the Aker PSV 09 DE design. The 88 metre long 4,850 DWT newbuilding will be built at S?viknes Verft and is scheduled for delivery in March 2007. The ship owner is a ...
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Normed declares two more
Dutch shipping company Normed International has declared their options at Daehan, South Korea, for a further two 10,000 DWT, 687 TEU multi-purpose general cargo vessels, part of a potential series of ten, due for delivery end 2007 and March 2008. Normed Line ordered the first six new buildings earlier this ...
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Vinashin delivers
The Bach Dang Shipyard, a subsidiary of Vinashin (Viet Nam Shipping Industry Corporation), has recently delivered the largest domestically built cargo ship to the Vien Duong Transport Company. The 15,000 DWT ?Vinashin Sky?, designed by Vietnamese engineers and built with French technical assistance, is powered by a 5,180 horsepower MAN ...
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Volstad PSV for Aker
Aker Yards has signed a contract with Volstad Shipping AS, Ålesund, for the building of a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) worth $38.2 million. Delivery is scheduled for February 2007 from Brattvaag Skipsverft and the contract includes an option for a sister ship. The vessel is based on a Skipsteknisk ST ...
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P&I club warns on danger of working aloft
North of England P&I club has published a graphic new safety poster to remind its members of the age-old danger to crewmembers caused by the continuing need to work at height on ships.'The most common injuries on a ship are still those caused by slips, trips and falls - and ...
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Durban shipbuilding scheme gets backing
The Kwazulu-Natal-based heavy engineering firm Duys Engineering has received accreditation for a shipbuilding initiative under the outgoing Strategic Industrial Project (SIP) tax-incentive scheme. CEO Henk Duys believes that there are immense possibilities around the Durban shoreline, especially in the construction of ships or parts on contract from European countries.The shipbuilding ...
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CSSC newbuilds on the up
China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC) has delivered 2.87 million tonnes of new ships in the first half of 2005, up 61% on last year. Nearly 80% of the newbuildings were for export. CSSC built 3.57 million tonnes in 2004, an increase of 64.5% year on year. Exports accounted for 73.8% ...
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US Navy extends Austal charter
With four years of service supporting the operations of the US Marine Corps, the 101 metre aluminium catamaran ?WestPac Express?, built by the Australian shipyard Austal, has been re-chartered by the US Navy to continue in its role for a further 18 months.After a competitive bid process, the Theatre Support ...
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NorseMerchant raises Irish Sea stakes
NorseMerchant Ferries has introduced its latest Ro-Pax ferry, Lagan Viking on its Irish Sea route between Birkenhead and Belfast. The first of two 26,500 GT sisterships being built by the Italian shipbuilder Visentini, she recently made her maiden voyage on the Liverpool to Belfast service.The new ship has an overall ...
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K-Line books Chinese Capesize
The Japanese shipping company K-Line has ordered a 177,000 DWT Capesize bulk carrier from Chinese shipbuilder China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC). This newbuilding, designed in China, is the largest ship of its type to be built in the country to date. Construction will take place at CSSC?s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding ...
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Rotor supplies DNS
The Dutch company Rotor B.V. has a contract with Chinese OEM?s for the delivery of Rotor NL electric motors. These electric motors will be installed in nine new ships under construction at Dalian New Shipyard (DNS), a member of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIS). The newbuilding contract includes an ...
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Hudong delivers 12 ships
Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China delivered 12 ships of 632,000DWT and produced 35 diesel engines of 404,000kW during the first half this year. Total industrial output for the first six months this year is $508 million, up 11.97% compared with same period last year.
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BUE Marine sold
Leith-based company BUE Marine has been snapped up by Topaz Energy and Marine of Dubai in a deal worth some £86 million. BUE, which was formed in 1991 after a management buy-out from North Sea Assets, employs 622 people and operates 50 vessels supplying the North Sea and Caspian Sea ...
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CSSC announces first half result
China State Shipbuilding Corporation announced its first half results reporting that its industrial amounted to $1.9 billion, 24% higher than last year?s figure. Orders for newbuildings were up by 33% to $2.37 billion increasing the order book value to $9.35 billion as at the end of June. For the first ...
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Two more for Ostsee
Aker Yards has been awarded contracts to build two 1,700 TEU container vessels for an unspecified German ship owner. The vessels are of the newly developed type Aker CS 1700 and the total contract value is approximately $78 million with delivery scheduled for the third quarter in 2008. The order ...
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USCG ends deal with Bollinger
The US Coast Guard has canceled a $488 million contract with Bollinger Shipyard after the hulls on some of the vessels the Lockport company upgraded cracked and buckled. Of the eight vessels upgraded by Bollinger, four are experiencing "hull deformities," the Coast Guard said. Two others are still in the ...
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First Chinese LNG carrier taking shape
China's is currently constructing its first indigenous LNG carrier newbuilding at Hudong Zhonghua shipyard at a cost of about $170 million. According to the shipbuilder, Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua shipbuilding (Group) Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the State-owned China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), sections of the LNG ship were moved into a ...
