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Hyundai Samho clinches box ship pair
Hyundai Samho Shipyard in Korea secured an order for two 8,200TEU box ships from two ship owners, one of whom is Fortythird Dragon Shipping Inc in Liberia, at a total price of $158 million. The contract includes two options and both vessels are scheduled for delivery by November 2006.
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Doosan HI enhances crankshaft
Last year Doosan Heavy Industries produced about 140 crankshafts, up 37% compared with 2002. This put the Korean casting & forging company in third place world-wide since it first started to manufacture crankshafts since 1990. The company also builds nuclear and hydro & thermal power plants and is deeply involved ...
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Hyundai Shipbuilding group wins order for five box ships
Hanjin Shipping placed on order for five 6,500 TEU container vessels with Hyundai Heavy Industries. The 304 metre long 79,500 DWT newbuildings will be powered by a 68,332 kW diesel engine giving a service speed 26.5 knots. The vessels will be delivered to Hanjin from September 2006 to May 2007 ...
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Chinese shipbuilders? big surge
Chinese shipbuilders completed 6 million DWT ships last year, up 46% compared to 2002. China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) completed 2.17 million DWT last year and won new orders totaling 8.7 million, up 253% from last year (2002). Its orderbook as at the end of 2003 was 11.62 million DWT, ...
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HHI to build ships on land
Hyundai Heavy Industries will build a 105,000DWT tanker on land this year, the first time this has been done in the history of shipbuilding. HHI has surprised many of its competing shipyards by announcing that it has developed a method of constructing ships on land and was prepared to begin ...
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Compact Azipod order for Chinese survey vessel
ABB has signed a contract with the Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipyard to supply the electric power plants and Compact Azipod propulsion systems for a survey vessel being built for the State Oceanic Administration. The newbuilding is slated to start operating in South China in 2005.The ABB deliveries to the survey ...
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Azipod propulsion for ice-breaking stand-by and supply vessel
ABB signed a contract with Kvaerner Masa-Yards to supply the Azipod propulsion system and the electric power plant for the Sakhalin icebreaker newbuilding project. The vessel has an overall length of 100 metres and a deadweight of 4,000 dwt and is scheduled to be delivered by the Helsinki shipyard in ...
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HHI moves in land
Hyundai Heavy Industries will build a 105,000DWT tanker on land this year. The shipbuilder said that this is the first time in the world a large vessel has not been constructed in a dock.Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipyard, has shocked many of its competitors by announcing that it ...
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NewsEngine manufacturer MAN B&W reaches output milestone
With around 8,000 MC engines having been ordered and delivered since the introduction of the first Japanese-built 6L35MC in 1982, the historical output figure of 100,000,000 kW has now been reached with MAN B&W?s range of low-speed two-stroke engines. Described by MAN B&W Diesel A/S executive vice president, Peter Sunn ...
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Necessary levels of protection
In this the first issue of The Motor Ship in 2004 we feature the subjects of ?LNG Carriers?, ?Tugs and Towing?, ?Paints and Coatings? and our annual ?Top Ships ? feature which takes a look back at a selection of the most impressive new vessels of 2003. One of the ...
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Our pick of the year ? a dozen of the best
One of the more rewarding aspects of our work here at The Motor Ship is writing about ships, particularly those that incorporate innovative or unique features and state-of-the-art equipment. With hundreds of ships delivered over the course of the year ranging from the mundane to the sophisticated, it is not ...
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The Queen of the seas Queen Mary 2
Impressive! Beautiful! Magnifique! Those were some of the enthusiastic comments which were accorded to Queen Mary 2 when she made her first outing to sea to undergo trials back in September of last year. Some 20 months had elapsed after the start of steel cutting when the largest and, arguably, ...
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filla - Pocket-sized ferry for tough environment
Designed by Macduff Ship Design in Scotland and built in Poland by the Northern Shipyard (Stocznia Polnocna) in Gdansk, the small but purposeful ferry Filla entered into service in June on the two-hour inter island route from Lerwick to the Skerries operated by the Shetland Islands Council.With an overall length ...
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viking energy - Norwegian supply ships go gas powered
The Norwegian offshore industry achieved a remarkable double event in 2003 with the delivery of the world?s first two gas-driven cargo carrying ships. These platform supply vessels were ordered by the shipping companies Eidesvik AS and M?kster Shipping and are on a 10-year charter to Norway?s state-owned Statoil. Eidesvik took ...
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filipo brunelleschi - Sophisticated dredgers for Asia
A somewhat neglected ship type is the dredger, which is a pity since they are very high-tech with state-of-the-art equipment. A good example is Filippo Brunelleschi which, together with a sister ship named Francis Beaufort, was built at Izar?s Sestao yard in Northern Spain. These vessels are 11,300 m3 trailing ...
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yue hai tie i hao - Hainan rail link launched
China's first-ever rail ferry service was launched in January 2003 with the introduction of Yue Hai Tie I Hao, which was purpose built to link the mainland railway terminal at Zhanjiang, in Guangdong Province, and Haikou, the provincial capital of Hainan Island. The 14,381gt newbuilding, designed by Maric (Marine Design ...
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aukra - Aukra built Xanthia for AUR
The stainless steel tanker Xanthia was built for Norwegian owner Anders Utkilens Rederi (AUR) by compatriot shipbuilder Aker Aukra and was the eleventh vessel to be delivered by this yard for the Bergen-based owner. Ordered as part of UAR?s fleet renewal programme, the Xanthia was the fourth and last in ...
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csk fortune - Dunkirkmax launches new build era
Delivered in June, the 175,526 dwt Tai Chong Cheang Steamship-owned capesize bulk carrier CSK Fortune is a ship of many firsts. This Dunkirkmax was the first delivery from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) in Shanghai, the first delivery of Hong Kong naval architect Peter Cheng?s ?Green Cape? bulk carrier design, the ...
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tor magnolia - Ultimate RoRo newbuilding from
In September the Danish ferry operator DFDS Tor took delivery of the lead ship in five-ship series of their new roro 3900 design developed in co-operation with the German shipyard of Flensburger Schiffbau. Named Tor Magnolia, DFDS is operating this 199.8 metre long vessel on its AngloBridge freight route between ...
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coruisk - Double-ender for Calmac
Last year the West coast of Scotland coast saw the introduction of a new double-ended ropax ferry built in the UK yard of Appledore Shipbuilders for ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac). Named Coruisk, this sheltered waters double-ended ferry entered into service in August at a cost of £7.5 million and ...
