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Havyard Group in Norway has signed an agreement with Sinopec Corp. (China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation) for delivery of design and detail engineering for building of a Havyard 843 CD Anchor Handling…

25th February 2010

Chinese oil company chooses Norwegian design

25th February 2010

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An Incat Crowther designed 36m aluminium monohull crewboat for the Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras is currently under construction at the by ETP Engenharia Ltda shipyard in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

25th February 2010

Incat Crowther crewboat under construction in Brazil

25th February 2010

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Gunsan Shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries held a naming ceremony for its first two ships today.

25th February 2010

Gunsan shipyard holds its first naming ceremony

25th February 2010

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General Dynamics Nassco in San Diego, USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, delivered USNS Matthew Perry to the U.S. Navy.

25th February 2010

Nassco delivers USNS Matthew Perry

25th February 2010

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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, is testing innovative lithium ion battery cells on board the solar catamaran PlanetSolar.

25th February 2010

HDW tests new battery cells for submarines

25th February 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Strategic Marine reports that it was involved in the recent naming ceremony for the new floating dock at the Australia Maritime Complex.

25th February 2010

New floating dock inaugurated

25th February 2010

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The full conference programme has been finalised, and further details are available of the events Castrol-sponsored gala dinner.

25th February 2010

Full programme available for Propulsion & Emissions Conference

25th February 2010

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NYK and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are to begin experiments on an air-lubrication system to reduce CO2 emissions for the shipping industry. Jointly developed by the two Japanese companies, the system effectively reduces…

24th February 2010

Japan begins air-lubrication experiment

24th February 2010

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Pride International, Inc. announced the dedication of the first of its four new deepwater drillships under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea.

24th February 2010

New deepwater drillship joins Pride fleet

24th February 2010

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Seattle-based naval architect and marine engineering firm Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA) signed an agreement with Todd Pacific Shipyards to deliver the detailed engineering for the B-Series 64 Auto Ferries ordered…

24th February 2010

GPA awarded car ferry contract

24th February 2010

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Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a $1.4 billion deal with Daewoo International Corp. to develop a huge natural gasfield in Myanmar.

24th February 2010

Hyundai gets Burma gas contract

24th February 2010

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The US tug owner Crowley has signed a contract with Bollinger Shipyards to build two newly designed ocean going tug with options for additional vessels.

23rd February 2010

Crowley orders two ocean tugs from Bollinger

23rd February 2010

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MAN Diesel signed a development agreement, effective immediately, with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to jointly develop and exploit the adaptation of DSME’s high-pressure cryogenic gas-supply system for installation with MAN…

23rd February 2010

MAN and DSME to jointly develop gas technology

23rd February 2010

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Wärtsilä has signed a contract with the German shipowner Jüngerhans, located in Haren, to refit two of its vessels with Wärtsilä slow steaming upgrade (SSU) kits to cut fuel costs. The 1997-built…

23rd February 2010

German shipowner orders slow steaming upgrade kits

23rd February 2010

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Cancellations of containership orders have reached 140 ships for 436,000 teusince the start of the financial crisis in September 2008, according to Alphalinerrecords. The level of cancellations is lower than the ones…

23rd February 2010

Boxship cancellations hit 6.7% of orderbook

23rd February 2010

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Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has won an order to build five 160,000 dwt oil tankers for Angola’s state-owned oil company, Sonangol. The deal is worth 400 billion won ($344.7 million),…

23rd February 2010

Daewoo clinches tanker quintet

23rd February 2010

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Havyard Design AS in Norway has acquired Apply Steelcad AS from Apply Sørco AS.

22nd February 2010

Havyard Design acquires Apply Steelcad

22nd February 2010

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The NYK Group company, Japan Marine Science, will act as the administrator of a survey for developing an advanced ship-recycling system. The survey, commissioned and led by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,…

22nd February 2010

NYK in survey for developing advanced ship-recycling system

22nd February 2010

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A report issued by London-based Clarkson Research Services said that ship demolition rose to the highest in 13 years in 2009, as owners scrapped ageing vessels to make way for a record…

22nd February 2010

Scrapping of ships highest since 1996

22nd February 2010

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Zhejiang Yungpu Heavy Machinery (YUNGPU), in Chinas Zhejiang Province, agreed last December on licensing of the technology incorporated in the Mitsubishi-UE, MHIs low-speed marine diesel engines. The…

22nd February 2010

MHI awards Chinese engine builder marine diesel licence

22nd February 2010