Industry News – Page 398
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MSC denies DSME link
MSC Cruises has denied rumours that it is actively helping South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) break into the cruise ship construction business. This follows reports in the Italian press that MCS is looking at options to counter an emerging alliance between Aker Yards and Fincantieri which ...
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CSSC to build China's largest shipyard
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is looking for a site for its south China shipbuilding base, which could become China's largest shipyard when completed. A CSSC field study group has been scouting Guangdong's coastal areas for initial selection of an appropriate site. Jieyang city, with 82 km of coastline, has ...
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Repeat order for VOSTA LMG
A few months ago VOSTA LMG was awarded a contract for the delivery of three hopper barges for dredging and marine contractor Van Oord in the Netherlands. During the execution of this order VOSTA LMG received a repeat order for another three 10.000 m3 hopper barges for Van Oord. Just ...
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Dubai delivers Aker semisub
The hull substructure for the first Aker H-6e semi-submersible offshore drilling rig recently started on a 50 day journey from Dubai to Stord in Norway. Weighing 16,000 tonnes, this is one of the largest drilling rigs to be towed. The hull was constructed by Aker Solutions (the former Aker Kvaerner) ...
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Offshore boosts Schat-Harding order book
Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has booked orders for lifesaving equipment worth a record breaking NOK300m ($60m) so far in 2008. Over 60% of these orders came from the offshore sector.Ove Roessland, ceo of Schat-Harding says, "We have experienced strong growth in orders for merchant ships and cruise vessels, but ...
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Startek to finalise location for new yard
The Chennai-based Startek Shipyards Pvt Ltd will shortly finalise the location for its second shipyard. Deepak Rao Beedu, executive director, said: "We are looking at Chennai and two other locations south of Chennai. As the discussions are in the final stages, I am not in a position to divulge more."Currently ...
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New ship repair yard in Adana
The Bežiktaž Maritime Group has started the preliminary work for the construction of a shipyard on a 320,000 square meter plot in the southern city of Adana in Turkey. Yavuz Kalkavan, assistant CEO of the Bežiktaž Maritime Group, said that some 100 ships would be able to dock at the ...
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Aker delivers world?s largest
The third in the series of the world?s largest cruise vessels for Royal Caribbean was delivered today at Aker Yards, Turku in Finland. The ?Independence of the Seas? has all of the signature elements of her sister ships ?Freedom of the Seas and ?Liberty of the Seas?, making the Freedom-class ...
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Daewoo bidding hotting up
GS Holdings Corp, the holding firm of South Korea's GS Group, an energy and construction-focused conglomerate, said it is studying a possible bid for Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. Another domestic business group Hanwha said earlier it was considering bidding for Daewoo, sending the shipbuilder's shares higher.
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Sembcorp gets foothold in Brazil
Singapore-based Jurong Shipyard, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, signed a strategic alliance agreement with Rio de Janeiro-based Mac Laren Shipyard to operate a shipyard in Brazil.Under the agreement, which takes effect immediately and is valid for 5 years and mutually renewable on expiry, Jurong Shipyard will collaborate with Mac Laren ...
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Vinashin reports strong growth
The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) has earned a revenue of VND5.1 trillion ($318.7 million) in the first quarter of the year, an increase of 108% year-on-year.The nation?s largest shipbuilder attributed the business success to its strategy of progressive re-investment which helped to enhance its production capacity.In the first ...
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Floatel conversion for Tyne yard
A&P Tyne in the UK has been awarded the contract to carry out the conversion of a former ice breaking cargo vessel into a DP3 Floatel accommodation vessel carrying up to 399 persons. The contract has been awarded by the C&M Group of Aberdeen on behalf of the owners Silters. ...
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India?s naval yards aim for the world
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) in Kolkata, India, is at an advanced stage of negotiations with French shipbuilding giant, DCNS (Direction des Constructions Navales Services), for jointly setting up a cutting edge design centre for warships and merchant ships. This will target both the Indian and the global markets.GRSE?s ...
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Samsung wins LNG production vessel
Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea has won a 452 billion won ($455 million) deal to build an LNG production vessel. The contract with a European shipping company calls on Samsung to deliver the vessel by March 2012.
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L&T invests in shipyard complex
Indian construction and engineering firm Larsen & Toubro has signed a joint venture agreement to invest 30 billion rupees ($750 million) in a shipyard and port facility. The venture with southern Tamil Nadu state would build the integrated facility near Ennore where construction was scheduled to start by end-2008, and ...
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US drill ship contract for Daewoo
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won a 554 billion won ($566 million) order to build a drill ship. The deal from an American company calls for Daewoo to deliver the vessel, used for deep-water oil exploration, by September 2010.
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Sigma marine coatings lead the way
?SigmaPrime 700? and ?SigmaPrime 700 LT? coatings will be applied to a vessel being built in Korea for Chandris Hellas that will be the first built in full compliance with IMO?s ballast tank coatings regulation ?Performance Standard for Protective Coatings? (PSPC). Sigma?s coatings have received Lloyd?s Register type approval certificates ...
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Farstad gets newbuilding
Norwegian-based offshore support specialist Farstad Shipping has received delivery of its latest newbuilding, the ?Far Searcher? from Aker Yards. Farstad Supply, a wholly owned subsidiary of Farstad Shipping, says the UT751 E class vessel will immediately be deployed on a long-term contract for StatoilHydro.
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Voith to propel Gironde ferry
The Gironde Delta in the south-west of France is to get another double ended ferry to run on the service across a six-kilometre stretch between the riverine towns of Verdon sur Mer and Royan. The ferry connection saves passengers a detour of approximately 155 kilometers and/or a car trip lasting ...
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ABS reports continuing success
Calling 2007 "a truly remarkable year," ABS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Robert D. Somerville reported a record fleet size and record order book. Acknowledging that "ABS has benefited from the quite extraordinary bull run of the last few years," Somerville attributed much of the success of the organization to ...
