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    Labroy bags LaFarge order

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Singapore's Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering has secured a newbuilding order from the French cement company LaFarge worth 34.5 for the construction of a 30,000 DWT self discharging cement carrier scheduled to be delivered in March 2008.

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    VT preferred bidder for Oman contract

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    The UK based shipbuilder and support service firm VT has been selected as the preferred bidder to enter the next round of discussions for the supply of ocean patrol vessels for the Royal Navy of Oman. Technical and contractual negotiations will begin next month and should be concluded by late ...

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    SembCorp gets Nobel conversion jobs

    2006-04-12T00:00:00Z

    SembCorp Marine in Singapore has agreed to convert and outfit two semi-submersible hulls for Noble Drilling of the US. No financial details were given, as SembMarine expects to finalise the contract by the third quarter of this year. Delivery of the first hull, which left China last week and is ...

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    Aker delivers arctic boxship

    2006-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The arctic container vessel Norilskiy Nickel was recently delivered to MMC Norilsk Nickel in Russia by Aker Yards in Helsinki. The newbuilding is intended for service on the northern sea route and is a prototype based on the double-acting ship concept developed by Aker Yards. Norilsk Nickel has reported that ...

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    MTG Dolphin expands

    2006-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The Varna-based MTG Dolphin Shiprepair Yard in Bulgaria will construct a ship-building facility on 4.7 ha of land adjacent to its current shiprepair site. The ship-building yard, due for completion in August, will be the nation's fourth facility after the shipbuilding yards in Rousse, Bourgas and the site of the ...

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    SNTG exercises options

    2006-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group (SNTG), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Stolt Nielsen, has entered a strategic partnership with Gulf Navigation of Dubai, UAE. Under the terms of the partnership, Gulf Navigation will acquire two 44,000 dwt parcel tankers from ShinA Shipbuilding of South Korea, under options formerly held by SNTG. Upon entering ...

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    Rodriquez inks Oman contract

    2006-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Rodriquez Cantieri Navali (RCN) in Italy signed a contract for the supply of five catamarans for the Sultanate of Oman. RCN will build five fast ferries at its yard in Messina and deliveries are scheduled by the end of 2008. The ships will be of two different types to be ...

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    LNG bonanza continues for Korea

    2006-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Though the deals are yet to be signed, Daewoo, Samsung and Hyundai are about to win orders for three, four and four LNG carriers respectively from the Qatar Gas II project next month. Also, the Korean shipbuilders are anticipating more orders in the future from the Middle East as ...

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    Awilco orders rig

    2006-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Singapore-based SembCorp Marine says its PPL Shipyard has won a rig job worth between $132 million and $142 million from Norwegian company Awilco Offshore ASA. Rig construction is expected to start in May 2006 with delivery scheduled in the second quarter of 2008. The rig will be able to drill ...

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    Hudong building engine plant

    2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

    Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China has started the construction of ship engine and block fabrication plant at a cost of $137 million for the first stage of the development. The construction work will be completed late 2007 when it will produce 2.8 million bhp medium and low speed marine engine ...

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    INP clinches six ships

    2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

    INP Heavy Industries in South Korea has received newbuilding orders of six ships.Sekwang Shipping in South Korea ordered four 20,000 DWT chemical tankers plus four more options at a value of $270 million.In addition, the yard signed newbuilding contracts with Lauritzen Kosan A/S of Denmark for additional two units of ...

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    STX sets up in Russia

    2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

    STX Shipbuilding in South Korea has set up shipbuilding joint venture with unknown Russian company. Total capital is $ 20,000 with each company paying $10,000. The joint venture is named as Far Eastern Shipyard-STX and will undertake a role of market survey in Russia.

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    Samsung wins LNG SRVs order

    2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

    On behalf of a joint venture company with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Höegh LNG has concluded contracts for two firm and one optional LNG shuttle and regasification vessels (LNG SRV) to be built at Korean yard Samsung. The first vessel will be delivered during the 4th quarter of 2009, and will ...

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    First 7S65ME-C ready for service

    2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

    Long-standing licensee, Hitachi-Zosan of Japan has completed the first MAN B&W Diesel S65ME-C two-stroke engine. This is the first of three engines for Greek owner Dynacom. The 7S65ME-C main engines have been selected to power three Ice-class Suezmax tankers which are to be built by Universal Shipbuilding in Japan.This engine ...

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    Viking chooses Wärtsilä engines

    2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

    Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to deliver the power plant for the new ferry contracted by the Mariehamn, Finland, based shipping company Viking Line Abp at the Helsinki shipyard of Aker Yards. The ferry will be delivered in January 2008. For this ferry, Wärtsilä will deliver four eight-cylinder Wärtsilä ...

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    HMS Endurance completes repairs

    2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Navy ice breaker entered Argentina?s main naval base of Puerto Belgrano in early March after damaging its rudder while in Antarctica in February. It was the first time since the end of the 1982 conflict between Argentina and the UK that a Royal Navy ship had entered the ...

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    Bulyard on FREMM short-list

    2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Bulgarian company Bulyard Shipbuilding Industries (BSI) has been short-listed as subcontractor by France's Armaris. The 100 million euro contract with BSI will be part of the French-Italian defence partnership on Fregate Europeene Multi-Mission (FREMM) frigates and would involve building the hulls of the FREMMs. Bulyard was short-listed after undergoing a ...

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    Viet Nam's largest vessel repaired after launch

    2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

    The newly launched ?Florence?, a Diamond 53 type bulkers and the largest vessel ever built in Vietnam, leaked water hours after its launch last week.Engineers from Ha Long shipyard, a subsidiary of state-owned shipbuilding giant Vinashin, said water leaked through the outer hull of the ship, flooding part of No.4 ...

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    UNB leases PMA dry docks

    2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

    France's Port of Marseilles Authority has approved an agreement to lease the port's main ship repair facilities, dry docks 8 and 9, to Spain's Union Naval Barcelona. Under the 18-year deal, which runs to the end of 2024, the PMA will receive an annual rent of around Euros 2.1 million. ...

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    THE MOTOR SHIP PROPULSION CONFERENCE NEWSLETTER March 2006

    2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

    The Motor Ship Propulsion Conference 2006 in association with BIMCO26th ? 27th April, Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel, CopenhagenWe are pleased to confirm the full conference programme for The Motor Ship Propulsion Conference 2006 in association with BIMCO, the world?s largest organisation for shipowners, managers and operators. Top speakers confirmed include: ...