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Aker gets two DSVs
Aker Yards has entered into a contract with DOF ASA for the building of one Diving Support Vessel (DSV), and a contract with DOFCON and Technip for a second DSV. Aker Yards is to build a 106 meter Diving Support Vessel for DOF, based on an Aker Yards design ?Aker ...
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Sun Island finally launched
Sun Island finally launchedOfficials at the Bach Dang shipyard in northern Hai Phong city said on Sunday that the newly built 10,500 dwt ?Sun Island? dry cargo vessel freighter that got stuck half-way down the slipway during its launch, has now been successfully freed and towed into the water without ...
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Fate of Gdansk Shipyard hangs in the balance
The ailing Gdansk Shipyard in Poland, which went bankrupt in 1998 and has since been part of the state-controlled Gdynia Shipyard group, is up for grabs again because Gdynia group is itself on the verge of bankruptcy and looking to obtain funds from a share issue. The government wants the ...
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Union fights Philly yard
The Department of Homeland Security in the USA has rejected an AFL-CIO complaint about use of foreign-made parts at the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, prompting the union to vow a political fight over U.S. shipbuilding protections.The Metal Trades Department of the AFL-CIO asked the US Coast Guard, part of Homeland Security, ...
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DSME gets Transocean drillship
The Houston-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean Inc. has placed an order with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering yard (DSME)in Okpo, South Korea, for the construction of a dynamically positioned, double-hull drill rig ship. When delivered in early 2009, the $615 million enhanced Enterprise-Class drillship will be chartered to Norway's Norsk ...
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Daewoo Mangalia clinches boxship quartet
Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries in Romania clinched four Panamax container ships. Gebab Holding GmbH & Co. KG and Conti Holding GmbH & Co. KG ordered two vessels each at a total price of $280 million and they will be delivered by October 2009.
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Aker acquires another yard
Aker Yards has signed an agreement with Kleven Maritime to acquire Kleven Flor? AS, and Kleven Design AS, both located in Flor?, Norway, at a cost of NOK 60 million including debt, based on a working capital of zero. The acquisition strengthens Aker Yards' Merchant Vessels Business Area by adding ...
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Venezuela ratifies Argentine order
Venezuelan state-run oil giant PDVSA confirmed its plans to order two oil tankers from an Argentine shipyard, following claims in Buenos Aires that such a project announced in July 2004 came to a standstill. Union leader Vicente Ignomirielo, a delegate of Buenos Aires-based R?o Santiago shipyard (ARS) made the announcement ...
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Shina clinches PC pair
Shina Shipbuilding in South Korea clinched an order from Polyar Tankers for two 49,700 dwt product carriers for delivery during 2009. The contract has two options attached.
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Unique software support for CSR
DNV has launched its new Nauticus Hull Software, which provides unique support for the Common Structure Rules (CSR) for both tankers and bulk carriers, only two months after the rules came into force in April this year. In an effort to support the industry in connection with the transition to ...
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Samsung clinches offshore orders
Samsung Heavy Industries has secured an order for a semi-submersible drilling rig from a European ship owner and an FPSO from an Asian ship owner. The $481 million rig is slated for delivery in August 2008 and the $426 million FPSO will be delivered in June 2009.
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Korean yards mull over price increase
South Korea's seven major shipbuilders, which delivered 38% of the world's vessels in 2005, may raise the price of new ships by 5% to take advantage of record orders and protect their profits from rising costs. Higher prices protect shipbuilders' earnings from the Korean won's gains against the U.S. dollar ...
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E.R.'s latest giant boxship enters service
The Hamburg based shipping company E.R. Schiffahrt, which is part of the Nordcapital Group, Hamburg, has put another container ship into service recently. Named ?E.R. Toulouse?, the latest addition is a super-post-Panamax newbuilding with a container capacity of 8,204 teu. The newbuilding is part of ER?s fleet expansion programme which ...
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Orders roll in for Chinese shipbuilders
Tianjin Xingang Shipyard has received an order for a third rail ferry ship from China Rail. The first ferry will be delivered on July 8 this year with the second unit following towards the end of this year. The newly ordered ship is slated for delivery in August 2008. Oslo-based ...
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More product carriers for STX
STX Shipbuilding clinched four 38,000 dwt product carriers from MISC at a total cost of $190 million for delivery from 2009 to 2010.
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Volstad orders ROV/DSV duo
Skipsteknisk AS in Norway has been awarded the design contract by Aalesund-based Volstad Maritime for two advanced ROV/DSV offshore vessels of ST-256-L design. The building contract has been signed with Fosen Mekaniske Verksted AS with delivery slated in November 2007 and May 2008.The 107 metre long and 22 metre wide ...
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Gem keel laid
In the covered building dock of Meyer Werft in Papenburg, the first of a total of 67 steel blocks of the new 93,500 gt cruise vessel for Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) was put into place on the keel blocks. The first block weighs more than 350 tons, is 20 metres ...
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Ship launch meltdown
Vinashin officials said that hot weather caused the failure to launch the 10,500 dwt ?Sun Island? tweendecker dry cargo ship at its Bach Dang shipyard in northern Hai Phong city.The 110 metre long and 18.8 metre wide newbuilding was designed by Japanese Wada Bussan Company and built under a contract ...
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SCI to buy 35 ships
Government owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI)is planning to spend around $1.4 billion on acquisition of 35 vessels in 2006/07. The company, which already owns around 82 ships mostly bulkers and tankers, is now aiming on energy transportation for growth and reaffirms its intention to break into LNG shipping.SCI will ...
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SADRA joins LNG elite
Iranian shipbuilder SADRA is reported to have signed a deal with Belgium's Exmar to build 10 LNG carriers to export Iranian liquefied natural gas even though Iran's efforts so far to produce the fuel are deadlocked.The total value of the 10 ship contract would be $2.4 billion and this could ...
