Industry News – Page 535
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Aker inks Tallink ferry
Aker Yards and the Estonian Tallink Group have signed a contract for the building of a fast passenger ferry for delivery in spring 2007, worth around $134.5 million. The contract includes an option for another similar vessel. The new ice class ferry will be built at the Helsinki yard for ...
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Qatargas II inviting LNG bids
Talks are set to begin soon on Qatar's new LNG tanker procurement program. Qatar Liquefied Gas Co. II (Qatargas II), which plans to charter 6 to 8 large-size LNG carriers, said that it is inviting operators to make their commercial bids by Aug. 25.
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Daewoo wins Qatar quintet
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has received an order to build five 210,100 cubic metre LNG tankers valued at $1.20 billion from a Qatari gas producer. DSME?s latest deal means that it has secured nine out of 20 LNG carriers for Qatar Liquefied Gas II since last year. Qatar ...
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Austal delivers and wins new order
Austal Ships has delivered to a private owner the ?Electra? for operation in the Bahamas.With the initial design brief heavily based on carrying and deploying a 9 metre, twin engine RIB, ?Electra? is customised as a base for serious diving adventures. Complete with all the necessary equipment to support underwater ...
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Petrobras signs loi with Modec
Brazil's state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) signed letters of intent with Modec Inc., Houston, to supply a floating production, storage, and offloading platform (FPSO) and a floating storage, and offloading vessel (FSO) in the Campos basin. Modec will operate the FPSO in Espadarte Sul field and the FSO will receive ...
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Chenega sets sail
Alaska?s second fast vehicle ferry, ?Chenega?, sailed from Auke Bay yesterday, en route to Prince William Sound, where it will serve the communities of Cordova, Valdez, and Whittier. The ferry, built by Derektor Shipyards of Bridgeport, Connecticut at a cost of $38 million, is expected to enter revenue service on ...
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Teekay awarded LNG contracts
Teekay Shipping Corporation has been awarded contracts to charter two 155,000 cubic-metre LNG carriers to the Tangguh LNG project in Indonesia. The contractual relationship for the 20-year fixed-rate charters will be with the Tangguh Production Sharing Contractors, a consortium led by BP Berau, a subsidiary of BP plc. The vessels ...
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K Line orders three LNG carriers
A group company consisting of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K"Line), together with its Indonesian consortium partner, PT. Pelayaran Nusantara Meratus (PNM), has executed three 20-year long-term charter agreements for three new LNG carriers for Tangguh LNG Project with the Tangguh Production Sharing Contractors operated by BP Indonesia. The Tangguh LNG ...
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U.S. Navy goes paperless
The U.S. Navy unveiled plans for a major transformation in military marine navigation over the next few years, in which traditional paper nautical charts will be replaced with advanced, interactive, electronic navigation systems throughout the fleet. The Navy's plans were presented at a media briefing and demonstration cruise in Washington, ...
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Keppel set for strong Q2
Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corporation Ltd., the world's top builder of offshore oil rigs, is set for a 28% quarterly profit rise on Thursday as rig orders boom and oil refining returns improve.More than half of the rigs now under construction around the world are in Keppel yards, feeding an energy ...
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Kogas to build ice classed LNG carrier
Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) has invited bids to build four LNG carriers, two of which will be ice classed, to carry 3.5 million tonnes of LNG from 2008. The LNG carriers will have a cargo carrying capacity of at least 145,000 cbm. One ice classed LNG carrier for Sakhalin should ...
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GL's Port State Control statistics
Germanischer Lloyd has taken first place in the current evaluation of all statutory inspections of ships during the past year within the scope of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (Port State Control). The Paris MoU on Port State Control (PSC) determined the number of class-relevant detentions for each classification society ...
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H&W changes course
Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard has been undergoing a quiet revolution bringing with it the promise of new prosperity. The latest contract the yard has landed is to fabricate and assemble components for an offshore wind farm and then dispatch the units to the English coast.The sections of the 60-turbine ...
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NSDRC recommends greenfield shipyards
Visakhapatnam-based National Ship Design and Research Centre (NSDRC) has asked Indian shipyards to set up green field shipyards in deep water ports because the country will be requiring an additional 1.78 million GT to meet the growing shipping needs. The study said that only greenfield shipyards, with a new ?gene ...
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Japan drops TSL
Japan has announced it will abandon plans to put into service the world's fastest passenger ship, which cost $103 million to build, due to predicted operating deficits.The Techno Superliner (TSL), which has been under construction at the Tamano works of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) for delivery later this year, ...
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Multraship goes Bulgarian
Terneuzen-based Multraship Towage & Salvage has purchased Bulgarian towage and salvage operator Bourgas Tug Services. BTS provides harbour towage, local salvage and line handling services in and around the Bulgarian port of Bourgas and has a fleet of four tugs ranging from 1,500 - 4,300 bhp. Leendert Muller, managing director ...
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Two more reefers for Kitanihon
Kitanihon Shipbuilding in Japan is rumoured to have secured an order for two 550,000 cft reefer ships from a Japanese ship owner. They will be delivered in November 2007 and March 2008. The yard currently has four similar reefers on its order book for Doun Kisen KK all for delivery ...
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Russia to improve Libyan shipyards
Russian shipbuilding experts are willing to offer Libya assistance in creating greater capacities at existing shipbuilding and ship-repairing yards. The Central Research Institute of Shipbuilding Technology in Russia plans to set up a project to build a shipbuilding yard with a design capacity of 25-50 fishing vessels per year. The ...
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PSV contract for Aker
Aker Yards has signed a contract worth approximately $31.2 million to build a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) of the Aker PSV 09 DE design. The 88 metre long 4,850 DWT newbuilding will be built at S?viknes Verft and is scheduled for delivery in March 2007. The ship owner is a ...
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Normed declares two more
Dutch shipping company Normed International has declared their options at Daehan, South Korea, for a further two 10,000 DWT, 687 TEU multi-purpose general cargo vessels, part of a potential series of ten, due for delivery end 2007 and March 2008. Normed Line ordered the first six new buildings earlier this ...
