General News – Page 549
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Korea sees China as threat
The Korea Shipbuilder's Association recently presented a report that Chinese shipbuilders are likely to overtake Korean yards in the construction of large container ships within the next five years. It also claims Chinese competition will overtake Korea for high-value ships such as LNG carriers within 10 years. What also worries ...
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B&N Nordsjofrakt confirms trio
With reference to a letter of intent (LOI) announced on 20 October 2004, Aker Yards has now received a confirmation in the form of a firm contract for building of three container carriers for B & N Nordsjofrakt. The contract is worth approximately $188 million and all three vessels will ...
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CSG orders five tankers
China Shipping Development Co, a subsidiary of China Shipping Group, has ordered a 298,000dwt VLCC from Dalian New Shipyard. Ship particulars are 333.5m in length, 58m in breadth, 31m in depth, a draught of 21m and a speed of 15.8 knots. No price or delivery date has been revealed. CSDC ...
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Another Costa contract for Fincantieri
Costa Crociere, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, has ordered a 112,000gt cruise ship from the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri at a cost of $630 million. The new Concordia class ship will be built at the Sestri Penente yard in Genoa and is due for delivery in spring 2007. It will be ...
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US yards vie for ferry job
Three Puget Sound shipyards are competing to build four new state ferries worth in total $200 million. J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Nichols Brothers Boat Builders on Whidbey Island and Seattle's Todd Pacific Shipyards are in the final list of shipbuilders that meet the requirements of the Washington State Ferry ...
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Fjord1 to order gas ferries from Aker
Aker Yards has signed a LOI with Fjord1 to build five gas powered ferries with delivery scheduled for second half of 2006. The value of the contract is approximately $193 million. The world's first gas powered ferry, Glutra, was delivered from Aker Yards in 2000. The five new ferries will ...
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Summer start for BP?s Salalah fuel service
BP Marine is making a significant progress in the construction of its new portside fuels bunkering facility at the port of Salalah in Oman. The main contractor Fujairah Marine Services has over 150 people working on the site, involved in the construction of BP Marine?s first, new-build bunker fuels? terminal, ...
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NCL orders newbuilding
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has ordered a new 2,400 passenger cruise ship from Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, for delivery in February 2007. This 93,000 GT newbuilding will be a sistership to the Norwegian Jewel currently under construction at Meyer Werft and scheduled for delivery this summer.
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Six more for Samsung
Samsung Heavy Industries announced it has secured orders for two 153,200 cubic metre LNG carriers and four post-Panamax container ships from a European ship owner for delivery by April 2009. Even though the size of the boxships has not been revealed, it is believed that they will be 9,000TEU. Total ...
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Lauritzen expands gas fleet
Lauritzen Kosan, the gas arm of Danish Shipowners J. Lauritzen A/S, has signed a newbuilding contract for a series of four semi-pressurised gas carriers with ethylene capacity at INP Heavy Industries in South Korea. The deal includes options for further vessels. The first vessel will be delivered in the fourth ...
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NCL signs LOI with Aker Yards
Aker Yards has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with NCL Corporation (NCL) for building a high standard cruise vessel. The LOI, valid until the end of this month, also includes an option for a second ship, for delivery in early 2008, with exercise of the option by end of ...
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Farstad orders two OSVs
Aker Brattvaag AS, a company in the Aker Yards Group, has signed a contract with Farstad Supply AS, for the building of two Offshore Supply Vessels. The total contract value is approximately NOK 540 million ($87.5 million) and the newbuildings are scheduled for delivery from S?viknes Verft in May and ...
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New separators from Sasakura
Sasakura Engineering in Japan has developed and launched a range of oily water separators that fully complies with new IMO bilge water rules due to come into effect from 1 January 2005. Osaka-based Sasakura Engineering is a manufacturer of marine equipment, desalination plants, air-cooled heat exchangers and other environmental ...
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Japan delivers its largest boxship
The largest container ship ever to have been built in Japan was taken into service today as the ?P&O Nedlloyd Mondriaan?. With a length of 335 metres, a width of 42.80 metres and a draught of 14 metres, this 7,500TEU newbuilding is the first of a series of eight units, ...
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White collar jobs face axe
There are fears that up to 100 design jobs could go at Barrow shipyard by April unless the government comes up with stopgap work. During the year there has been concern for that hundreds of vital design and drawing office jobs in Barrow will be threatened unless more work is ...
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Posco ups steel price again
POSCO will raise prices of its steel plates and hot-rolled coil to Japan by as much as 5,000 yen ($48) a tonne in the first quarter as demand from China pushes up prices. Korea?s largest steel maker will raise prices of steel plates used in construction and other purposes excluding ...
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Aker gets Olympic PSV
Aker Brevik AS, a company in the Aker Yards Group, has been awarded a contract by Olympic Kombiskip KS, in Fosnavåg, Norway, to deliver a platform supply vessel of the UT 755LN type. The contract is worth approximately NOK 125 million ($20.2 million). Aker Yards already has 10 ships of ...
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Iran Shipping in newbuilding spree
Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) ordered US$450 million of vessels from domestic yards in the country's biggest shipbuilding order. As the Middle East's biggest non-oil shipping company, IRISL ordered as many as ten 53,000DWT dry-bulk carriers at a total cost of $270 million. The Tehran based company, also agreed to buy ...
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K"Line orders LPG duo
Following the signing of a long-term time charter for two gas carriers with Yara, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K"Line) has ordered two 38,000 cubic metre, fully refrigerated ammonia/LPG carriers from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea. These are "K"Line?s first contracts for this type of gas carrier.Since ammonia has ...
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Labroy cement order
Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering in Batam Island, Indonesia, a subsidiary of the Singapore-based Labroy Marine, has won a new shipbuilding contract worth $23.1 million from Norway's Belden Shipping Group. It is a repeat order for a 20,200DWT cement carrier to be delivered in October 2006.
