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ABG delivers AHTS
The `Maridive ? 212` is the second AHTS vessel being delivered by ABG shipyard in Mumbai to Maridive & Oil Services in this financial year out of the total seven vessel ordered by the Egypt based company. The 61 metre tug displaces 3,600 tonnes fully loaded and has DP 2 ...
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Swissco confirms two more
Swissco Offshore Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swissco International Ltd, has recently added 2 more vessels to its offshore support fleet worth a total of $4.2 million. This is part of the Group?s strategic objective to expand its offshore vessel fleet.The Group has recently exercised its option for a ...
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Malaysian shipyards in record year
The ship-building and ship-repairing industry in Malaysia chalked up a commendable performance last year when exports of ships, boats, hovercrafts and floating structures rose to $945 million against $630 million in 2005. Major export destinations were Singapore ($344 million), Vietnam ($344 million) and Thailand ($76 million), said the Malaysian Industrial ...
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Sembawang wins FPSO Conversion
Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SembCorp Mar in Singapore, has secured a contract estimated at $98 million from Bluewater Energy Services B.V. for the FPSO conversion of newbuild Aframax-size ?Aoka Mizu?. Bluewater Energy Services B.V. is one of the world's leading offshore specialists in the design, development, ...
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Peter Brotherhood record order intake
Peter Brotherhood Ltd, the Peterborough, UK-based steam turbine and gas compressor manufacturer, is celebrating a remarkable 2006. The company has grown significantly over the past few years and in 2006 recorded an order intake of almost £55 million, an increase in excess of 70% on the £31 million intake in ...
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Daewoo lengthens launching barge
Daewoo Shipbuilding completed the extension work of its launching barge which has been underway since last November. The launching barge was lengthened by 55 metres and widened by 7.6 metres and now measures 231.6 metres long and 80 metres wide. It will now be able to handle weights up to ...
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Keppel to deliver second Prosafe FPSO
Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) is on course to deliver the FPSO facility, Umuroa, to Prosafe Production (Prosafe) in March. Umuroa?s will follow the delivery of Prosafe?s other vessel, FPSO Polvo, which is expected to leave the yard later this month for deployment to offshore Brazil in the Polvo Field. ...
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Eighteen sign 2005 SUA Protocols
Eighteen States have signed, subject to ratification, the 2005 Protocols to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA), 1988, and the related Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, 1988. The ...
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Samsung wins FPSO
Samsung Heavy Industries has signed an order for a 1 million barrel FPSO from a Norwegian ship owner at a price of $400 million. Delivery is scheduled for January 2010 and the vessel will be deployed at Skarv Oil field and produce 90,000 bpd oil and gas for 25 years
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Chinese yards win new order
Nanjing Jinling Shipyard in China clinched six 57,000 DWT bulk carriers from Enterprise shipping at a price of $34.5 million each. Cosco Zhoushan also won three 57,300 DWT bulk carriers from INCE at a cost of $34.5 million each. The contract includes an option for three more bulkers. Sinochem ordered ...
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Appledore lives on
A multi-million pound steel mega yacht will be built at Appledore Shipyard in the UK before being sailed to Devonport for completion. Last year the yard, which is owned by Devonport owners DML, lost out on two important contracts. It is hoped that the new contract, which starts in the ...
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Vinashin gets big Vinalines order
The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) has signed a contract to build 64 ships with a combined capacity of 2.8 million tonnes for the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines). The ships will be built at a total cost of $2.3 billion and the contract runs till 2015.By 2010, Vinashin will ...
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Erika trial begins
The French oil giant Total is among 15 groups and individuals that have gone on trial today over the ?Erika? disaster. Bringing the charges are no less than 74 plaintiffs. One of them is the chairman of the Vendée regional council, one of the worst affected areas of the catastrophic ...
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Battle for Canadian navy contract
The project for the construction of three naval ?Joint Support Ships? for the Canadian Government at a price tag of $2.1 billion is approaching decision time. On top of that, the project involves a 20-year servicing contract valued at $800 million. The federal government began a bidding process two years ...
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SLS to build block factory
SLS Shipbuilding in South Korea signed an MOU on the construction of a block factory in Gunsan. The shipbuilder will invest $181 million to construct the factory which will be completed by the first half of 2008. SLS is mainly building product carriers and chemical tankers.
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Cosco posts rise in earnings
Chinese shipbuilder Cosco has recorded a 28% rise in full-year earnings to $133 million. The earnings were buoyed by strong contributions from its ship repair and marine engineering operations. Meanwhile, revenue jumped 39% to $778 million as the shipbuilder moved up the value chain to focus on high-yield projects. During ...
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TOTAL set to build FPSO
Total, the French oil giant, is to construct a large billion-dollar floating production, storage and off loading vessel for its Usan field in the deep offshore region off Nigeria. The Usan field is set to contribute towards attaining Nigeria?s target of four million barrels per day of crude by the ...
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GL launches "Ship-shape for life"
The Hull Lifecycle Programme (HLP), a new software service tool designed to ensure long lives and technical safety for vessels, was introduced by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) at the GL Exchange Forum. The participants discussed options and benefits provided by the software for monitoring and evaluating the structural and overall technical ...
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Tyneside sets up shipbuilding design centre
A £2.3 million International Marine Design Centre is expected to open in Newcastle, UK, next month after regional development agency One Northeast agreed to back a project. It is hoped the centre will help bring in £100million of new contracts into the marine and defence sectors by 2016.The centre will ...
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Garware signs MOU with Havyard Leirvik
Garware Offshore Services in Mumbai, India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard Leirvik AS for exclusive representation for the marketing and sale of ships built by Havyard Leirvik A.S. and Ship Designs produced by Havyard Maritime A.S., a part of the Havyard Group to ...
