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Konecranes to supply Korean shipyard
KCI Konecranes in Finland has received an order for a Goliath gantry crane from Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The new 900-ton crane will be delivered to the DSME shipyard in Okpo in November 2006 and will further strengthen KCI Konecranes' position on the fast-growing Korean shipbuilding ...
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SCI to acquire 14 newbuildings
As part of its ambitious expansion plans, national flag carrier Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is all set to acquire 14 ships at a total cost of $563 million."The proposal of acquiring 14 ships has been cleared by the pre-Public Investment Board (PIB) and is awaiting final clearance from PIB ...
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Gibbs sets up in Aussie
US naval designer Gibbs & Cox will set up an Adelaide headquarters, helping to create more than 100 jobs.The Virginia-based firm will set up corporate headquarters near Outer Harbor-based ASC, which, in May, secured the $6 billion contract to build three air warfare destroyers for the navy. Gibbs & Cox's ...
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Jordan dredger for Vosta LMG
Vosta LMG received a contract for a cutter suction dredger from Arab Potash in Jordan. This new dredger is of special design as it will need to excavate hard salt deposits in extremely corrosive and harsh climate conditions. Ambient site temperatures exceeding 40 C are common. The Arab Potash site ...
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ABB wins multi contracts
ABB has won contracts worth $140 million to supply its Azipod propulsion systems for three vessels and electrical power systems for 11 new marine vessels and for two semi-submersible drilling rigs. The order includes six 10MW Azipod propulsion units for three Arctic shuttle tankers being built for Russia's Sococomflot at ...
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Odense delivers Gjertrud
The Odense Steel Shipyard presented its latest newbuilding for the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. The 7,000TEU post-Panamax boxship was named Gjertrud M?rsk and is the fourth ship in a new series of updated container ships operated with extensive automation. With its 12-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex96C diesel engine from Doosan Engine, ...
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Petronet charters Exmar LNG carrier
Petronet LNG Ltd, India's largest liquefied natural gas importer, has awarded a 25 year charter agreement for one additional LNG ship from a consortium led by Exmar of Belgium at a day rate of about $82,000. Exmar, together with its Indian consortium partners, Varun Shipping Company and Indian Oil Corporation, ...
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Mipo clinches 8 PCs
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard recently captured two orders for product carriers. The first comprised of three 37,000DWT tankers from a European ship owner for as a total value of $124 million. The second is for five 47,000DWT product carriers valued at $230 million for delivery from 2008 to February 2009.
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Research vessel for Macduff
A new marine research vessel will be built by the Macduff shipyard in Aberdeenshire. Ministers are expected to confirm that the $7 million contract has been awarded to the north east yard, which will safeguard 130 jobs.
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China delivers Iranian bulker
Iran's Shipping Lines (IRISL) Panamax bulk carrier ?Iran Bojnourd? was recently delivered by Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. The 74,000 DWT newbuilding is the second in a five-ship series ordered by IRISL and is 225 metres long, 32.2 metres wide and has a maximum speed of 14.6 knots. It is notable ...
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L-3 acquires SAM
L-3 Communications based in New York has signed an agreement to acquire SAM Electronics GmbH (SAM) for $150 million in cash, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. SAM is expected to generate approximately $320 million of sales for the year ending December 31, 2006. The acquisition is expected ...
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Norden signs contracts with CSSC
Norden, Denmark-based shipping company, signed three contracts with China State Ship-building Corporation (CSSC). The contracts will increase Norden's current investment in China to over $100 million. Under the agreement, Norden will commission 2 product carriers from Guangzhou Shipyard and one bulk carrier from Chengxi Shipyard.
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Ferguson picks up ferry job
The Ferguson shipyard in Inverclyde has been awarded a multi-million pound contract to build a new ferry for Caledonian MacBrayne. The $10.4 million order was won by the Port Glasgow yard despite competition from Poland, Germany, Norway and Italy. The announcement comes as the yard faces the threat of closure, ...
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Aker launches Galaxy
The christening and launching ceremony of the large cruise ferry ordered by Tallink took place at Aker Yards shipyard in Rauma. The 165 million Euro vessel was named ?Galaxy? and will start cruises from Helsinki to Tallinn next spring. The vessel will be one of the biggest cruise ferries in ...
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Philly yard starts tanker number two
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has begun production on the second of ten vessels in the 46,000 dwt product tanker build program announced last spring. Steel cutting for the ship, the sixth built by the yard since its opening five years ago, begins just weeks after keel laying for the first tanker ...
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Petersburg shipyard tests new generation submarine
The St. Petersburg-based Admiralty Shipyard has begun sea trials of a fourth-generation Project 677 Lada class diesel-electric submarine, according to the company's press office. During the next few months, the submarine, called ?St. Petersburg?, will undergo manoeuvrability and submersion tests and operations in extreme conditions. After completion of the tests, ...
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Chinese shipbuilders win LNG and VLCC jobs -
Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding secured a contract for three LNG carriers from two domestic gas tanker operators. The 47,000 cbm newbuildings will be delivered on November 2008, July and October 2009. This latest order will bring the number of LNG carriers under construction at HZ to five. CSSC won an order ...
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RasGas orders 12 Q-Flex LNG carriers
In the largest ever commercial shipping contract in the world, RasGas (3) signed time charter agreements with JC Nakilat and Teekay Nakilat for $9bn 25-year charter of 12 large Q-Flex sized membrane LNG tankers. The ships will be built at the three South Korean shipyards - Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine ...
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Huangpu standardizes on PTC(R) shipbuilding solution
The Product Development Company(TM), and Guangzhou-based CSSC Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding (HS), announced that HS has expanded its use of PTC Shipbuilding Solution, which includes CADDS(R) 5i to improve its overall design capabilities. With the expanded software implementation, HS is standardizing on PTC Shipbuilding Solution as its manufacturing design platform. HS ...
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New AHTS for GulfMark Offshore
The newbuilding, currently being built by Jaya Shipbuilding and Engineering at their Batam, Indonesia, yard near Singapore, is a 70 m, 5,500 BHP, approximately 70 tonne bollard pull, DP2 anchor handling towing supply vessel. The purchase price for this vessel is approximately $14.5 million, with delivery currently expected during the ...
