Industry News – Page 545
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Bijlsma back in business
Bijlsma Shipyard in Holland, which went bankrupt about a year ago and was taken over by the Dutch company VeKa Group, has booked a large order for 10 newbuildings from Delfzijl-based Wagenborg. The contract calls for six 3,200DWT and four 4,500DWT general cargo ships, all of which are slated for ...
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Palmani newbuildings
Palmali Shipping in Istanbul, Turkey, recently signed an agreement with the Russian shipbuilder Volgograd Shipyard for construction of two more 6,750DWT dry cargo vessels of "Palmali" type bringing the total ordered to six units. The first two have already been delivered with another two under construction and scheduled for delivery ...
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Aalborg links with Vinashin
Construction of a marine boiler manufacturing plant, jointly funded by the Viet Nam National Shipbuilding Corporation (Vinashin) and the Danish company Aalborg Industries, officially began in Hai Phong?s An Hong industrial park recently. The plant has an investment capital of $3 million, of which Vinashin contributed $750,000.The managing director of ...
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Quartet mega boxships for Coscon
Coscon, the container shipping arm of Cosco Group, and Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co (Nacks), a joint venture between Cosco and Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp, entered into a shipbuilding contract for the construction of four 10,000 TEU containerships. These newbuildings are believed to be the largest of their kind to ...
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Intermarine orders four more from ENVC
Intermarine of New Orleans has ordered four more 8000DWT heavylift cargo ships from the Portuguese shipyard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castello (ENVC) with the first delivery expected in the fourth quarter of 2006. They will feature dual 250 tonne capacity cranes that may be combined for 500 tonne lifts. ...
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MMHE aims at offshore market
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), formerly known as Malaysia Shipyard Engineering (MSE), is set to become Malaysia?s deep-water hub. MMHE will be focusing on expanding its marine and heavy engineering business and plans to build and upgrade deep-water and marine repair facilities. The transformation is taking place via tie-ups ...
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Daewoo wins eight orders
Daewoo Shipbuilding has clinched orders for eight ships with a total value of $880 million. This latest haul comprises of four 84,000 cubic metre LPG carriers, two from Exmar and two from Maran Gas Maritime, and four 8,400TEU container ships from CMA CGM. The four LPG carriers will be delivered ...
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Chinese yards win Panamax bulkers
Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China has secured an order for two 75,000DWT bulk carriers from a Greek interest for delivery in March and July 2008. Ship particulars are 225m in length, 32.26m in breadth and 19.6m in depth with a draft of 12.5m. Jiangnan Shipyard won an order for two ...
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Keppel inks OSV orders
Keppel Singmarine, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (Keppel O&M) has secured orders for three offshore support vessels (OSVs) and two tugboats totalling $49 million. The vessels will be delivered to their owners by the end 2006. The yard will build one ice-class OSV for anchor ...
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Iran goes big with massive orders
Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, are poised to win contracts worth almost $1bn to build 10 oil tankers for Iran. National Iranian Oil Tanker Co (NITC) will award the contracts to South Korea-based shipbuilders Daewoo and Hyundai, and Hyundai?s Samho facilities within the next three weeks ...
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Shipbuilder to raise production in China
Samsung Heavy Industries said it is expanding production of ship parts in China by 67% to reduce its labour costs and lessen the impact of steel price increases. The Korean shipbuilder has invested $70 million to raise production capacity at its Chinese unit to 200,000 tonnes of ?blocks? for ship?s ...
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LR Asia completes LNG safety case
Lloyd?s Register Asia has completed the first safety case in Korea for dual-fuel electric propulsion in association with Daewoo Shipbuilding (DSME) and Wärtsilä. The system is for the new large LNG tanker designs of 200,000 cubic metres and above being put forward by Korean yards. Lloyd?s Register Asia has worked ...
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Aker Yards win more offshore vessels
Aker Yards has been awarded a contract worth approximately $127 million by Island Offshore to build two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels of the new Rolls Royce Marine?s UT 787 design. The contract on the second vessel includes a cancellation clause. The 235 tonne bollard pull vessels will be ...
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Amphibious Aussie project wets appetites
Industry throughout Australia has the opportunity to work with the Austal-Raytheon Amphibious Ships Team, which in August 2004 announced its intention to bid for the Australian Defence Force?s $1.55 billion Amphibious Ships Project (JP 2048). JP 2048 involves the construction of two amphibious ships between 200-250 metres in length and ...
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MES achieves record engine output
Mitsui Engineering and Shipyard in Japan achieved an all-time record high engine production at its Tamano Work last year. The factory produced 177 engines with a combined output of 3.48 million bhp and exceeded the previous record of 125 engines of 2.57 million bhp in 2003. In order to cope ...
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Danish fast ferry goes to Damen
Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has been awarded a contract to construct a 41 metre aluminium monohull fast ferry for the Danish operator, Christians?farten A/S, based on the island of Bornholm.The new ferry will service routes between the Danish islands of Bornholm and Christians?, as well as to Simrishamn in Sweden. The ...
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ChevronTexaco orders LNG duo
US oil major ChevronTexaco Corp. has ordered two LNG carriers from South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries to support the planned growth in the company's LNG business. Each newbuilding will have a 154,800 cubic metre membrane containment system and will be powered by a dual fuel diesel-electric propulsion plant. The two ...
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Daewoo develops automatic blasting machine
Engineers at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) have developed what the company calls a ?vacuum blasting robot for hull? which has the ability to blast the outer surface of a ship?s hull. The new system is the result of a joint research & study by DSME?s Robot & A.I ...
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FPUs next DSME target
As a result of increased activity in deep-sea oil fields, orders for new floating production units (FPU) are increasing. DSME estimates that 166 FPUs are likely to be ordered by 2010. The shipbuilder said that deep-sea oil exploration is particularly active in West Africa, Gulf of Mexico and South America ...
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Korean maritime players to enhance cooperation
Korean shipbuilders and marine equipment manufacturers have signed a cooperation agreement for mutual development. As a result of this agreement, Korean shipbuilders aim to increase the content of Korean made equipment from the present 80% to over 90% by actively supporting equipment makers in the field of technology, information and ...
