Industry News – Page 510
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ST Marine wins Airbus roro newbuild contract
Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), the marine arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), has secured two contracts from Seaplane Two S.A.S. and Seaplane Three S.A.S., totalling about $120m to construct two Ro-Ro vessels. This construction programme is expected to commence in 2H2006 with the first vessel expected ...
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Olympic orders P101
Ulstein Verft has signed a contract with Olympic Shipping in Fosnavåg, Norway, for a large P101 multipurpose platform supply vessel designed by Ulstein Design. The new vessel is hull number 278 at Ulstein Verft and is to be delivered end of October next year at a cost of $45 million.The ...
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New Rolls-Royce design unveiled
Rolls-Royce has unveiled the latest design in its family of coastal protection vessels at the Pacific 2006 exhibition in Sydney, Australia. Navies, coastguards and public agencies are increasingly interested in ships which can monitor, patrol and protect their waters and also carry out pollution control, salvage and firefighting tasks. Its ...
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Sovcomflot orders product carrier trio
Moscow-based Sovcomflot and Admiralty Shipyards have signed a contract for the construction of three 47,400 DWT product carriers which extends this series of product carriers to 9 vessels. The seventh and the eighth tankers will be delivered in 2007 and the delivery of the ninth vessel will take place in ...
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ABG Shipyard wins Cyprus order
The privately owned Indian shipbuilder ABG Shipyard has secured a contract worth $30 million for the construction of three 90 tonne bollard pull Anchor Handling Tugs from Lamnalco of Cyprus. The shipbuilder has already delivered five vessels to Lamnalco in the recent past and two more are under construction for ...
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Incat boosts staff numbers as orders roll in
The Tasmanian fast ferry shipbuilder Incat hopes to expand its staff by several hundred following an approach by a European client and another for two 112-metre cats from a Japanese company, with an option for a third. The Tasmanian Government said it was lending the shipbuilder $15 million in a ...
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P&I club sounds warning on new ballast water rules
GT North of England P&I club is warning shipowners to start preparing now for the introduction of stringent new international and national ballast regulations. The club has just published a detailed analysis of the implications of the impending IMO ballast water management rules in a special issue of its loss-prevention ...
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Diana Shipping takes delivery of Panamax bulker
Diana Shipping, the Athens-based transportation company specializing in dry bulk cargoes, has taken delivery of a new Panamax bulk carrier, the ?Coronis?, from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai China. The ?Coronis? is a 74,381DWT bulker and, with its delivery, Diana Shipping has increased its fleet to thirteen vessels.
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Yayasan orders chemical tanker
Yayasan Sabah Group is set to play an active role in the chemical marine transportation industry, planning to expand its involvement in this sector with the acquisition of more tankers. The group, through its joint-venture company GS Tankers Sdn Bhd, has placed a shipbuilding contract for the construction and sale ...
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Saudis to acquire more tankers
National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia is buying as many as 17 VLCCs and chemical tankers. The company plans a five-year acquisition program under which it will buy at least nine VLCCs and eight chemical tankers. All vessels being acquired, whether new or used, will be double-hulled. "The acquisitions will ...
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Mangalia Shipyard sold at last
Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries in Romania will pay the equivalent of 3.6 million euros for the takeover of Mangalia Shipyards from the Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC). According to a press release of the ministry, Daewoo, who was the only bidder, paid the asking price established by the seller. ...
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K Line inks Oshima bulker
"K" Line Bulk Shipping (UK) Ltd, the London-based regional headquarters company of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line), has ordered a new-design bulk carrier from Oshima Shipbuilding. Developed by the Japanese shipbuilder, the 105,500 DWT bulker will have an overall length of 255 m, a 43 m beam and 7 holds. ...
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SLS method improves STX output
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea launched a 51,000DWT product carrier for an Italian owner which was built using the skid launching system (SLS). Shipbuilding period of the product carrier was reduced from 52 days to 30 days through pre-outfitting and improvement in shipbuilding process. STX claims that the shorter ...
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German owners order Chinese boxships
Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China clinched two 1,700TEU container ships from Ownership Corporation in Germany. Ship price and delivery date were not disclosed. In a separate deal, NVA in Germany placed an order for a 3,500TEU container ship at Shanghai Chengxi Shipyard in China for delivery in December 2007.
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HSL aims turnaround by 2010
The struggling Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. (HSL), the oldest shipyard in the public sector in India, expects to make a turnaround by 2010. Rear Admiral (retired) Ajit Tewari said, "To my knowledge, there will be no takeover or privatisation as we are set to make a turnaround in the next five ...
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France says oui to carrier project
France has agreed to pay Britain as much as £140m to develop and construct an aircraft carrier based on the design of those being built for the Royal Navy. It is the first concrete step towards what would be the biggest joint military programme in a generation.The deal, hammered out ...
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SBM Offshore inks Kizomba C FPSO deal
SBM Offshore has signed an agreement with Exxon Mobil affiliate Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited in which SBM will proceed with project development activities for two FPSOs for the Kizomba C development offshore Angola. While Esso is the operator of the block, further contracts for definitive leasing and operation ...
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France and UK battle over carriers
France is reportedly on a collision course with the UK over a £100m demand for access to the UK?s aircraft carrier programme. The issue is expected to dominate the forthcoming meeting between UK Defence Secretary John Reid and his French counterpart Michele Alliot-Marie. Informed sources indicate that France is only ...
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IMO and Interferry tackle safety
The IMO and the non-governmental industry organization Interferry have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalizing the two organizations? intent to work together towards enhancing the safety of non-Convention ferries by collaborating, through IMO?s Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme, on related capacity-building activities within developing countries. Under the agreement, the two ...
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Shipping industry challenges EU directive
A broad coalition of shipping industry organisations has brought legal proceedings to test the validity of the EU Directive on Criminal Sanctions for Ship-Source Pollution.INTERTANKO, together with INTERCARGO, the Greek Shipping Cooperation Committee, Lloyd?s Register and the International Salvage Union have applied to the High Court in London for judicial ...
