Industry News – Page 384
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Polish yard negotiations continue
A report on the progress of negotiations with investors interested in buying the Polish shipyards was sent to the Polish Treasury Minister yesterday. Aleksander Grad has designated special teams to conduct the negotiations. ?Today I will receive information from the negotiation teams about what has and what has not been ...
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GPA opens European subsidiary
Seattle-based naval architect firm Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA), is further expanding its international focus after opening an office in Shanghai, China in 2004, and has announced the establishment of a European subsidiary "Guido Perla Europe GmbH" (GPE GmbH) in Germany. GPE GmbH will initially handle the sales, marketing ...
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Austal USA expanding yard
Austal?s US operation located in Mobile, Alabama, celebrated the start of work on its Modular Manufacturing Facility (MMF) with a groundbreaking ceremony. The MMF project when complete will include 65,000m2 of manufacturing space, 7,400m2 of warehouse space, and 5,600m2 of office space. In addition to the buildings, the site will ...
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DW expanding in SE Asia
Drydocks World (DW) - SE Asia expects to start operations at a fifth yard in the Southeast Asia region in 18 months' time. Dredging work will begin on the 174-hectare (430-acre) site in Batam, Indonesia from late September. The new yard, PT Maritime Centre, will be operated by a 80/20 ...
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Another drillship order for DSME
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) secured a drillship order from an undisclosed client based in the Americas. The drillship, valued at a reported KRW766 billion ($754.7 million), is scheduled for delivery by mid-2011.The unidentified client is believed to be Rio de Janeiro-based Petroserve SA which earlier ...
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WWF welcomes recommendations for robust Marine Bill
WWF-UK welcomes the findings of the joint committee report on the Draft Marine Bill which have been published today. The report raises important points about the need to strengthen the provisions of the Marine Bill to ensure the UK seas are managed sustainably.WWF welcomes the recommendation for clarity on the ...
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Another Qingdao yard emerges
The recently established Qingdao Yangfan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., funded by Yangfan Group and Qingdao Machinery Industry General Co., Ltd., with a total registered capital of RMB650m, plans to construct a shipbuilding facility at the Jimo Nvdao Lingang industrial zone. Qingdao is an emerging shipbuilding centre with a large number of ...
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Bharati wins AHTS order
India's Bharati Shipyard has won a repeat $67.86 million order from Norwegian Offshore Shipping Ltd for two AHTS vessels.
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IMO calls for increased damage stability
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has resolved to step up protection of new cargo and passenger vessels in the case of accident. Accordingly, all new vessels built from 1 January 2009 will be governed by new technical design regulations to ensure a higher level of stability in a damaged state. ...
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Titan Quanzhou doubles capacity
The commissioning of a second slipway at Titan Quanzhou Shipyard in China?s Fujian province has doubled its annual shipbuilding capacity to 20 vessels of 7,000-9,000 dwt. The second slipway is 275 metres long and 48 metres wide and is equipped with a 160 ton gantry crane. The first slipway is ...
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Fincantieri to build radioactive waste vessel
Fincantieri has signed a contract with Rosatom, the Russian Body for Atomic Energy, for the construction of a vessel to transport irradiated fuel and radioactive waste from the dismantling of Russian nuclear submarines. The ship will be constructed at the Italian shipbuilder?s Liguria yards and is scheduled for delivery in ...
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SCI to order four ships
State-run Shipping Corp of India (SCI) will order four bulk carriers by August as part of its ongoing fleet expansion programme. The company already has ordered 28 ships costing $1.6 billion and has plans to buy up to 70 vessels costing $5 billion, all of which will be ordered by ...
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New cranes aid growth at Halter
Pascagoula-based VT Halter Marine is entering an expansion mode that should create about 200 jobs over the next five years. Two new $2 million cranes, each with a lifting capacity of 310 tonnes, are part of the first steps in upgrading the facility, which employs about 1,200 workers. According to ...
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R-R wins specialist vessel order
Rolls-Royce has won a $33.4m follow-up order to design and equip a specialist well intervention vessel. The latest order, from Island Offshore, follows the successful delivery of the first well intervention vessel, Island Wellserver, in March this year. The new 130 m long UT 767CDL vessel, which will drill in ...
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Greatship orders AHTSs from Drydocks
Greatship (India) Ltd. (GIL) has ordered two deepwater 150 tonne bollard pull anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSs) from Drydocks World Singapore. The AHTSs are scheduled for delivery in January 2011 and March 2011. These vessels will have enhanced accommodation, DP2 capability, fire fighting equipment, and are SPS (Special Periodic ...
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Scottish ferry sails after costly delay
The new Pentland Firth ferry Pentalina set sail from the Philippines recently after considerable delays in her construction which has cost Pentland Ferries boss Andrew Banks some of his lucrative summer season trade. The multi-million-pound catamaran had been due to come into service on the Gills Bay/St Margaret's Hope run ...
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Bergen Group finalises Fosen purchase
Bergen Group has recently finalized the purchase of Fosen Holding, including Fosen Yards. The purchase price has been reduced from NKr 200 million to NKr 180 million. The total consideration is a combination of NKr 90 million in shares in Bergen Group at price per share of NKr 26 and ...
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Vroon orders wind turbine installation vessels
Vroon in The Netherlands has has ordered the construction of two wind turbine installation vessels which will be operated by its subsidiary MPI Offshore, who are based in Stokesley in the UK.The new vessels are based on the design of Resolution, a wind turbine installation vessel built in 2003, which ...
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Keppel to build Romanian multi-purpose vessel
Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited?s (Keppel O&M) has secured a S$181 million ($131million) contract to build a multi-purpose heavylift / pipelay vessel for Romanian drilling contractor, Grup Servicii Petroliere SA (GSP). To be classed by the ABS, this vessel will be designed and built to meet international environmental standards. The ...
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Wartsila reports profits up, lower orders, and summarises the shipbuilding market
Finnish engine company Wärtsilä has recorded higher profits than expected for the second quarter of 2008, but is seing a slow down in new orders for the ship power division. The whole group recorded a 37% rise in sales for the quarter, with ship power still proving profitable, but new ...
