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Labroy cements Norwegian order
Singapore?s Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering has won a $24.7 million contract from Norway's Belden Shipping Group to build a 20,200 dwt cement carrier. The Singapore-based shipbuilder, a subsidiary of Labroy Marine Limited, said the latest order will keep it busy until 2008. The newbuilding is due for delivery in 2007.
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New ship repair yard in Subic
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has inked a contract with Subic Drydock Corp for the construction of a ship repair facility which involves bringing back a former US naval base?s floating dry-dock. The $5 million project could employ some 200 skilled and semi-skilled workers. The return of the floating ...
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Northrop Grumman wins German Navy radar contract
The US-based Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to retrofit new-generation navigation radars on more than 100 German Navy warships. Northrop Grumman?s U.K.-based Sperry Marine business unit was awarded a $4.3 million contract from ET Marine Systeme GmbH, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, prime contractor for the navigation-systems modernization program. Under the four-year ...
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Last boxship launch at B+V
A 2,700 TEU containership built at Blohm+Voss, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, was recently launched as the ?Cosco Panama?. GEBAB (Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Betreuung privater Investitionen mbH, Meerbusch) is the ship?s owner while the ship manager will be Maritime GmbH. The 37,950 dwt newbuilding has the distinction of ...
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Gujarat moves to building ships
The state of Gujarat in north western India is emerging as a major centre for ship building, with the Adani group, ABG Shipyard and IL&FS submitting their proposals worth Rs 2,600 crore ($577 million) to the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB). In addition, the Kandla Port Trust is also planning a ...
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Chinese shipbuilders win new orders
Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding secured an order for a 100,000 dwt FPSO from China National Offshore Oil Corporation. Ship particulars are 232.5m in length, 46m in breadth and 24.1m in depth and delivery is scheduled on December 2007. Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard won a contract to build a 4,200m3 dredger from Shanghai ...
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GEM inks five Hyundai tankers
Dubai-based Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) has awarded South Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard a contract for five high specification double hulled product/chemical tankers for delivery during 2006/2007. The contract, valued at approximately $180 million, is for three 37,000dwt and two 47,000dwt tankers. "This contract reflects the continued expansion of GEM and ...
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LR posts strong performance for 2004/5
In his report on the accounts for the year ended 30 June, 2005, Lloyd?s Register Chairman David Moorhouse has announced that Group income rose by 1.4% to £371.8 million on the back of a strong performance by the organisation?s Marine business which grew revenues by 6%. The Group?s operating profit ...
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South African newbuilding
Just when they thought things could not get better, the owners of Farocean Marine, a private shipbuilding company in Cape Town, have landed a $15 million contract.This after they, in the face of international competition, secured a $67 million contract with the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism in South ...
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Aker Kvaerner wins DDS for Gulf
Chevron, with partner Kerr-McGee, has awarded Aker Kvaerner, Inc. the semi submersible hull and mooring system contract for their Blind Faith project in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract has a total value of approximately $120 million. Aker Kvaerner's scope of work includes engineering, procurement, construction and transportation. The Blind ...
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LNG problem at Samsung
Samsung Heavy Industries has detected faults that can cause gas leakages in an LNG carrier it has built for the BG Group. However, the company has made it clear that it has not found faults in other ships. According to reports in TradeWinds, pressure tests show the secondary membrane barrier ...
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BW Gas finalises Suez LNG deal
Bergesen Worldwide Gas ASA (BW Gas) has finalised agreements with Suez LNG Trading SA for two LNG vessels for a period of 20 years. These vessels will be used to transport LNG primarily to the USA from the new liquefaction plant in Bal Haf, Yemen. The two 156,100 cubic metre ...
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Mitsui build BNG ship
The British Nuclear Group (BNG) has placed an order with the Japanese shipbuilder Mitsui Engineering to design and build a new INF 3 class nuclear waste vessel for the Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) fleet following an extensive 11 month tender exercise.The new ship is expected to be delivered in ...
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Teknotherm buys Unitor?s HVAC business
Unitor Ships Equipment (now part of Wilhelmsen Maritime Services) has reached agreement with Teknotherm AS to transfer its activities in the shipbuilding heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) market to Teknotherm AS. The transfer includes HVAC products, a group of engineers in Poland as well as Unitor?s order backlog of ...
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Esnaad builds at ADSB
ESNAAD, a wholly owned ADNOC principal service company who provide offshore support services to oil operating companies and Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), one of the major shipbuilding facilities in the region, have signed a newbuilding contact to design and build a 40 metre crew boat with an option for ...
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Aker inks anther PSV
Aker Yards and DOF ASA have agreed to build a platform supply vessel (PSV) worth approximately $33 million. The Aker designed vessel is scheduled for delivery in April 2007 from Aker Yards at Aukra.
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Russo-Brazilian JV to build Ekranoplans
A joint venture between the Sao Paulo boat builder Companhia C?mara Constru?ões Navais and the Russian company ATTK, is going to manufacture WIG (wing in ground effect) craft known as Ekranoplans or Aquaglide. These aircraft-like boats were developed in Russia and fly just above the surface of the water. The ...
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Polish technology for Vietnam
Vietnamese designers are attending a training course held by Polish experts in advanced shipbuilding technology. The course is held by the Vietnam Ship Buiding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) with assistance from Poland?s Ship Design and Research Center (CTO. As part of the three-month course, local trainees will join Polish experts in ...
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TMT bids for CSBC
Taiwan Maritime Transportation has submitted an expression of interest in bidding for the privatization of China Shipbuilding Corporation, the Taiwan government owned shipyard. It is believed that TMT was the only bidder when the process closed last Monday.TMT has bid for the privatization in order to assist the commercial development ...
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UT-design for Island Offshore
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract for the delivery of design and equipment for an oil well intervention vessel that will allow operations previously only done from rigs or platforms. The Norwegian shipping company Island Offshore has entered a long-term contract with Statoil requiring a vessel capable of extracting more ...
