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HHI wins biggest engine order from China
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) contracted with Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard for the supply of nine sets of marine propulsion engines (MAN B&W 7K90MC-C) and 68 diesel generating sets (HiMSEN 7H21/32), which will be installed onto 3,500TEU container ships for German shipowners. The contract is valued at $110 million and, ...
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US and Italian yards gun for Iraqi navy
US and Italian shipyards are rumoured to be favourites to win tenders to build 19 ships and patrol boats for the fledgling Iraqi navy to enable it to take over security of Iraq's vital off-shore oil terminals. The tender calls for 15 patrol boats, four corvettes and two off-shore support ...
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Emma joins Maersk fleet
The Odense Steel Shipyard recently delivered its latest newbuilding, an 11,000 TEU container vessel, to the A.P. Moller ? Maersk Group. Named ?Emma M?rsk?, the world?s largest container vessel she will set new standards for safety and environment. Environmentally friendly silicone paint covers the hull of the vessel below the ...
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Saudi yard seeks rig work
The King Abdulaziz Port in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia can now repair offshore drilling rigs and is encouraging rig operators to use its facilities. "Repairs of drilling rigs have been a problem for local operators who spent a lot of money to have their rigs towed and repaired ...
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Samho delivers mega boxship
Hyundai Samho HAS delivered a 9,400TEU container ship to CMA CGM.She is named as CMA CGM Norma. Ship particulars are 349m in length, 42.8m in breadth and 22.8m in depth and a speed of 24 knots.
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RR supplies USN with gas turbines
Rolls-Royce has won another significant order for the largest naval gas turbines in the world to power a next generation US Navy warship.Two Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines will power the second Lockheed Martin-designed Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Another set of the same turbines has already been ordered and installed in ...
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Shipyard split
The state-owned Industrial Development Agency (ARP) in Poland has signed a deal with Gdynia Shipyard that will allow it to take over the Gdansk Shipyard, previously owned by the Gdynia yard. ARP acquired one-third of Gdansk shipyard's shares expects to come into possession of the remaining shares by the end ...
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Savannah to get rehab
The 1962 built ?Savannah?, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship is being rescued from a floating graveyard in Virginia and restored as a possible museum. Colonna's Shipyard of Norfolk, Va., won a $995,000 contract to repair and spruce up the vessel that has been anchored for years among ...
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WSDOT to build four ferries
The Washington State Ferries (WSF) is building four new ferries to replace older vessels that are being retired. Some are nearly 80 years old. The newbuildings will carry 144 cars, and will be similar to the ?Issaquah? class vessels, the most reliable, popular and versatile vessels in the fleet. New ...
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Aker and Kleven finalize agreement
Aker Yards has today finalized the transaction with Kleven Maritime to acquire Kleven Flor? AS and Kleven Design AS. The previously announced joint venture with Damen Shipyard Group in Ukraine creates an opportunity for Aker Yards to utilize the Kleven tanker know-how in order to develop a new highly competitive ...
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COSCO wins first FSO contract
The Chinese COSCO Shipyard Group, a company engaged in ship repair and conversion, has secured its first Floating Storage and Offloading Unit (FSO) new building and conversion contracts. The three contracts, which will involve the construction of an FSO vessel, the conversion of six single hull vessels to double hulls, ...
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Keppel lands Brazilian rig contract
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), has secured a groundbreaking contract to design and build its first drilling rig for deployment in Brazilian waters. The $270 million contract from Brazilian drilling contractor Queiroz Galv?o Perfura?ões (QGP) is to build a semi submersible drilling ...
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East Isle yard wins tug order
The Prince Edward Island government in Canada is lending $3.6 million to the Quebec towing company Ocean Group Inc so it can order two new tugs from East Isle Shipyard in Georgetown. Ocean is the principal provider of towing services in the Port of Quebec, but also carries out maritime ...
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Todd awarded excavator barge contract
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation was awarded a contract by Washington Group International/Alberici, a joint venture, under their contract with United States Army Corp of Engineers, to construct and deliver one custom built excavator barge to serve as a work platform for a deep digging excavator on the Ohio River. The ...
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Hope for Swan's
Swan Hunter?s Wallsend shipyard on the Tyne river in the UK could yet see the return of shipbuilding work after owner Jaap Kroese said he would be bidding for a contract with a Scandinavian company. If successful, Swan's would be a sub-contractor to a Dutch company called Centraal Staal, and ...
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Shanghai Chengxi clinches two box ships
Shanghai Chengxi Shipyard in China clinched two 3,500TEU container ships from NV in Germany for delivery during 2009.
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Russia trials new submarine
Admiralty Shipyards, a St. Petersburg-based company, has started the second round of sea trials of a new diesel-electric submarine. The ?St. Petersburg?, a Project 677 or Lada-class diesel submarine, was designed by the Rubin design bureau and conducted factory sea trials in December 2005. The submarine, whose export version is ...
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Posco interested in DSME
South Korea?s steel manufacturer, Posco, the world's fourth-biggest steelmaker, said it's interested in acquiring Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). "We are looking with interest on a takeover but nothing has been considered," Posco said in a statement today, without elaborating. State-owned Korea Development Bank and Korea Asset Management Corp., ...
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E.R. Schiffahrt introduces latest giant boxship
The Hamburg based shipping company E.R. Schiffahrt has put another container ship into service. The "E.R. Toronto" is a super-post-Panamax newbuilding with a container capacity of 8,204 teu. This is part of the planned continuation of the newbuilding programme and by 2008, there will be a further 13 vessels with ...
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Aker and Damen finalize Okean JV
Aker Yards and Damen Shipyards Group have finalized the process of establishing joint ownership of the Damen Shipyards Okean in Ukraine, as announced on June 2 2006. The plans involve increasing the output capacity of the yard to 60,000 tonnes per year, and will contribute to a strengthened shipbuilding capacity ...
