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    Vroon orders SSV quartet

    2006-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Vroon Offshore B.V. and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem have signed a contract for the design and construction of four Safety Standby Vessels (SSV) 4711. The contract was won after a strong competition with Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese yards and follows an order of two 72 m Platform Supply Vessels from the ...

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    MRSV for Siem

    2006-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Siem Offshore Inc has declared an option for the building of one additional Multi-Functional Field & ROV support vessel (MRSV) from Kleven Verft AS in Ulstein, Norway. The $51 million newbuilding is scheduled for delivery in March 2008.The vessel is of MT 6016 L design by Norwegian designer Marin Teknikk ...

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    Two support vessels for Abu Dhabi shipbuilder

    2006-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), a UAE company and one of the major shipbuilding facilities in the region, has signed a contract with Emirates Dredging Company (EDC), another local Abu Dhabi company, to supply one 19 m work boat (Multi-cat 1908) and one 12 m tug (Pushy-cat 1204) as support ...

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    NASSCO and DSEC sign agreement for newbuildings

    2006-04-05T00:00:00Z

    General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, and Daewoo Ship Engineering Company (DSEC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) based in Busan, Korea, announced a formal teaming agreement to build ships for the U.S. market under the Jones Act. The Jones Act, ...

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    Pakistan builds frigate with Chinese technology

    2006-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Pakistan and China have signed an agreement for the indigenous construction of a fourth F-22P frigate as part of the growing ties between the two countries in the maritime sector. The agreement also includes upgrading of Karachi Shipyard, besides training and technical assistance by the Chinese shipbuilder Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding ...

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    Another blue boat from Odense

    2006-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Odense Steel Shipyard delivered its latest newbuilding for the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, the ?Georg Maersk?, a 7,000 TEU container carrier. This latest newbuilding is the sixth vessel in a new series of technologically advanced container vessels which incorporates extensive automation and is powered by a 12-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex ...

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    STX get eight product carriers

    2006-04-03T00:00:00Z

    STX Shipbuilding has clinched eight product carriers at the value of $400 million from shipowners based in India and Malaysia. They will be delivered by 2009.

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    Korea lands huge order catch

    2006-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Daewoo Shipbuilding, which is aiming for new orders worth $10 billion this year, has already achieved 45% of its target in the first three months. The company recently signed deals to build three 265,000 cbm LNG carriers for the Qatar Gas II project, two smaller 150,000 cbm LNG carriers for ...

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    LNG carrier for Hanjin

    2006-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Hanjin Heavy Industries in South Korea secured an order for an LNG carrier from a ship North American shipowner for delivery in November 2008. Contract price is $194 million.

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    Shina clinches SNTG chemical tankers

    2006-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Shina Shipbuilding in South Korea has won four 44,000DWT chemical tankers from Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group, a unit of Stolt-Nielsen ASA. Total contract price is $240 million.

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    Nico opens new ship repair facility

    2006-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Topaz Energy and Marine Limited subsidiary Nico International, one of Dubai's most prominent ship repair companies, will open a new ship repair facility in Bautino, Kazakhstan later this year, after completing a feasibility study and conducting an in-depth market assessment of the Caspian region.Based on the findings of their research, ...

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    Keppel undertakes Diamond semi upgrade

    2006-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Keppel FELS Ltd has secured a contract from Diamond Offshore Drilling, for the major upgrading of semi-submersible rig for $102 million. ?Ocean Monarch? will arrive at Keppel FELS in mid 2006 for the upgrading and expected to be operationally ready in fourth quarter 2008. When completed, ?Ocean Monarch? will be ...

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    Global Compact agreement with Cosco

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    DNV has signed an agreement with Cosco, the world?s largest shipowner. Under their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), DNV will provide services to support Cosco?s sustainable business developments under the United Nations Global Compact.The programme will cover the ten core principles of the United Nations Global Compact initiative (see link) which ...

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    RH Group receives DNV worldwide recognition

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    RH Group receives DNV worldwide recognition Radio Holland Group (RHG) received the DNV (Det Norske Veritas) recognition for radio- and VDR surveys for all its RH subsidiaries engaged in these activities. RHG is the first company to receive such a worldwide recognition by DNV for servicing and testing radio communication ...

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    Aussies question warship plans

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Australian defense officials may have thrown a wrench into government plans to build new warships in the country. In a submission to a Senate panel, the Defence Department (DP) said there was no strong strategic reason for building the ships in Australia and that doing so could have a negative ...

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    Northrop Grumman gets S-VDR type approval

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded type approval from the German certification authority Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt & Hydrographie (BSH) for the Sperry Marine VoyageMaster II Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR). The BSH type approval certifies that the Sperry Marine S-VDR meets the International Maritime Organization (IMO) carriage requirements and International ...

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    Exmar orders more LNGRVs

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Exmar has placed an order with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering for two more LNGRV vessels, the 6th and 7th in the series, for delivery during 2009. The vessels will be built incorporating the GTT membrane containment system and will have a capacity of approximately 150,900 cub m.

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    Samsung clinches massive new orders

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    In addition to clinching the three 266,000 cbm LNG carriers from Qatar Shipping, Samsung has also won orders for eight boxships. Four 4,300TEU container ships from Danaos in Greece for delivery during 2008. Ship particulars are 277m in length, 40m in breadth and 24m in depth with a service speed ...

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    QGTC orders QMax carriers

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) is ordering six QMax LNG carriers of 266,000 cu. m capacity each. These will be the largest LNG carriers built to date with about 25% greater capacity than any other LNG tanker currently on order. The ships are to be built by Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding ...

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    ETA in expansion mode

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    ETA Shipping and Trading, part of the Dubai-based, ETA-Ascon Group, has placed an order for two 81,200 dwt super Panamax bulk carrier vessels with Japanese shipbuilder Universal Shipbuilding Corporation. Delivery is scheduled for 2009. ETA's Shipping Division currently owns 16 ships and has placed orders for 8 more tankers worth ...