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IHC opens fourth slipway
IHC Holland Merwede has decided to commission a fourth slipway in the Netherlands, namely the former van der Giessen-de Noord slipway in Krimpen aan den IJssel, claimed to be Europe?s largest covered shipbuilding slipway. This is in response to the increased demand for slipway capacity in the market sectors supplied ...
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Ensco places semi with Keppel
The US offshore drilling company, Dallas-based Ensco International Inc., has signed a contract worth approximately $385 million with the Keppel FELS Ltd. Shipyard in Singapore to construct an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig. Delivery of the rig, to be named ENSCO 8502, is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2009. The new ...
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Aker opts out of options
Aker Drilling has decided not to exercise options that expired on 30 September this year, for delivery of another two semi submersible drilling rigs from Aker Kvaerner. Construction of the company's first two sixth generation rigs and the build up of the operational organization is well underway. The rigs are ...
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EC to enforce EU competition rules for tramp sector
The European Union (EU) Member States' ministers responsible for competition unanimously agreed to follow the European Commission's (EC) advice and repeal Regulation 4056/86. This Regulation, which has been in force since the late 1980s, has effectively not only exempted liner conferences from the general provisions of EU competition rules, but ...
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ASL secures shipbuilding contracts
The Singapore shipbuilder ASL Shipyard has secured new shipbuilding contracts worth a total of $32.5 million for the construction of five vessels for a customer in Europe fordeployment in the Middle East for LNG terminal operations. The contract calls for the construction of four azimuth stern drive tugs and one ...
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Aker starts Viking newbuilding
The production of Viking XPRS, a new type of fast car passenger ferry, was started in Aker Yards, Turku on 3 October with the cutting of the first plate for newbuilding No. 1358.The contract by Aker Yards and Viking Line Abp was signed on 30 November 2005 to deliver this ...
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Marieke christened
DEME?s latest trailing suction hopper dredger was christened in the port of Zwijndrecht, Belgium. Named ?Marieke?, the newbuilding was delivered by IHC Holland Dredgers BV on 28 July. The 5,600 m³ Marieke is an enlarged version of the highly successful 5,400 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger ?Pallieter? which was built ...
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UNO develops ship-welding robot technology
The University of New Orleans (UNO) received a $3.6 million grant from the Defence Advanced Research Projects agency to develop automated tools for programming robots to weld ship components. The grant is funded by the Office of Naval Research. "The shipbuilding industry can never find enough welders, and welding is ...
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MMHE eyes partnership with local shipyards
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd (MMHE), a wholly-owned unit of MISC Bhd, is seeking to collaborate with other shipyards in the country in the construction of deepwater facilities for the oil and gas industry. MMHE is making initial contacts with other local shipyards to see whether it can ...
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STX clinches four box ships
South Korea's STX Shipbuilding has won a $198.6m contract to build four 2,700 TEU container carriers for a Japanese shipping company NYK Line. Delivery is scheduled by the end of 2009.
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Wärtsilä, CSIC and MHI join forces
Wärtsilä, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) are establishing a joint venture to manufacture large, low-speed marine engines in China. CSIC will hold 50% of the joint venture, Wärtsilä 27% and Mitsubishi 23%. The investment will total around 75 million euros, spread over several years and ...
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Matson expands car-carrying capacity
Matson Navigation in the US has signed a $17 million contract with Atlantic Marine Alabama to convert a Matson containership to one that can partly serve as a vehicle carrier. The ?Mokihana? will be converted into a combination container and ro-ro vessel and work begins next April at Atlantic Marine's ...
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Concordia orders two more P-MAXs
Concordia Maritime in Sweden has exercised existing options and placed an order with the Brodosplit shipyard in Croatia for a further two vessels in the P-MAX series, thus extending the series to ten units. Concordia Maritime has invested a total of more than SEK 3.5 billion in its new fleet, ...
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Two more for Maersk
Two more for MaerskAP. Moller - Maersk AS has announced that they will exercise the option with Aker Yards to build another two Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTS). The value of the contract is approx. NOK 670 million.The two vessels will be sister vessels to the eight Anchor Handling ...
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Stolt orders tanker quartet
Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group has ordered four 44,000 DWT product tankers from SLS Shipbuilding in Korea. The aggregate price for the four ships is expected to be approximately $340 million with deliveries scheduled to take place between mid 2010 and early 2011.The SLS newbuildings will have a combination of 24 stainless ...
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Solstad contract for two large AHTS
Solstad Offshore ASA has entered into a contract with Karmsund Maritime Service AS for the building of two large anchor handling vessels (AHTS). They are developed in close cooperation between SOFF and Vik-Sandvik. The vessels will have 28.000 BHP, a bollard pull of 300 tonnes, accommodation to 60 people and ...
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KOTC to order VLCCs
Kuwait Oil Tanker (KOTC) plans to order four VLCCs at a total cost of some $500 million. The new order was approved by the national oil conglomerate Kuwait Petroleum Corp. and will be offered in a tender soon. Each of the 300,000 dwt newbuildings will replace old tankers in the ...
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Vinashin affiliates sign major contracts
Vinashin Lines Ltd Co, a subsidiary of Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), signed two major shipbuilding contracts. Under the first contract, the Ha Long Shipyard will build one 54,000 dwt bulk carrier at a cost of $30 million.It was designed by the Shipbuilding Science and Technology Institute of Vinashin, ...
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Ensco Contracts Shipyard for Rig Work
Offshore drilling rig contractor Ensco International has contracted Singapore shipyard Keppel FELS to construct a $385 million ultra-deep water semisubmersible rig. Delivery is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2009.Ensco said is currently awaiting construction and delivery of two other deep water semisubmersible rigs from Keppel, which are expected to ...
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Stocznia Gdynia to receive assets from the state
Stocznia Gdynia in Poland may next year receive the stakes of companies whose minority shareholder is still the Polish state. The shipyard has started negotiations with its potential investors including Israeli shipowner Rami Ungar and Ukrainian Donbas. They are supposed to inject PLN 500m (EUR 125.9m) of cash in the ...
