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Following its acquisition by British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) in April 2003, Nigel Gee and Associates Ltd, the specialists in high-speed mono and multi-hull vessel design, will now trade as BMT Nigel…

23rd October 2003

High Speed specialists get BMT stamp

23rd October 2003

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With the completion of a 300,000DWT dock two months earlier than scheduled, the shipbuilding capacity of the Dalian shipyard has been increased to between one and two million DWT per year The…

23rd October 2003

Dalian capacity trebled

23rd October 2003

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Wärtsilä will sell all of its holdings in Polar Kiinteistöt Oyj to the German real estate company IVG Immobilien AG. Wärtsilä has a direct holding in Polar of 14,473,438 shares representing 8.0…

23rd October 2003

Wärtsilä sells its holding in Polar Diesels

23rd October 2003

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ABS President Robert Somerville said that in the rare event of a tanker casualty it is likely to be the class society, rather than the operator, that finds itself in court, and…

23rd October 2003

Double trouble

23rd October 2003

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Samsung Heavy Industries said it had won a massive order for LNG carriers from BG and RasGas. Three 145,000-cbm LNG carriers plus four more options from BG and two LNG carriers from…

23rd October 2003

Demand for LNG boosts shipbuilding

23rd October 2003

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Towage specialist Fairmount Marine has started a 9,700-mile tow of an offshore platform, Murphy Oil Front Runner SPAR, from Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, to Pascagoula, US. The 14,000 tonnes SPAR, with…

23rd October 2003

Towed to Pascagoula

23rd October 2003

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The European Commission has taken the penultimate step before making a formal complaint to the Court of Justice by issuing a warning to Italy, Portugal, Austria, Luxembourg, Greece and Finland that they…

23rd October 2003

EC gets tough

23rd October 2003

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Meeting the requirements of the "one man engine room" an automatic salinity indicating system has been installed aboard the LNG Hilli. The McNab system will measure up to 10 channels of salinity…

23rd October 2003

Pass the salt

23rd October 2003

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ABS has released the first Guidance Notes on Ergonomic Design of Navigation Bridges. ABS safety manager, Denise McCafferty says, "When bridge activities rely on interfaces that are awkward for the mariner, human…

23rd October 2003

Bridge the gap

23rd October 2003

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Japan?s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport says its shipbuilding companies have orders for 46 ships of 1.9 million GT for September this year. The volume is 165.7 percent more than that…

15th October 2003

Japanese yards win orders for 46 ships during September

15th October 2003

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge announced new port security initiatives and investments to provide increased international cooperation, greater use of technology, and additional funds for port security facility enhancements." Through…

15th October 2003

Slower but safer America

15th October 2003

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China?s Guangzhou Shipyard International has received an order for a 39,000dwt product carrier from Italian owner Solar Shipping. The ship will be delivered in January 2006. It will be 174m in length,…

15th October 2003

Guangzhou not far behind

15th October 2003

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China?s Dalian Shipyard has won an order for two 35000-dwt product tankers from the German owner Sloman Neptun. It is the first time that the German company has placed an order in…

15th October 2003

Dalian forges ahead

15th October 2003

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Cruise lines carried 11 percent more passengers from U.S. ports in the first quarter of 2003 than they did in the same period last year reported the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD). Carnival…

15th October 2003

Cruise Passenger Travel Increases by 11 Percent

15th October 2003

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The Northrop Grumman Corporation has agreed to pay the United States government $80 million to resolve allegations of overcharging and selling the Navy defective military equipment. The government alleged that from 1994…

15th October 2003

$80 million fine for overcharging

15th October 2003

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UK seafarers working 'dangerously' long hours: A new study, which surveyed Numast members, and assessed seafarers working on a high-speed ferry, a traditional passenger ferry, a freight ferry and coastal tankers, reveals…

15th October 2003

British seaman working 85-hour week

15th October 2003

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The fire on board the container ship Sea Elegance, lying off Durban, was probably caused by an explosion in a container of undeclared hazardous cargo said the South African Maritime Safety Authority.It…

15th October 2003

Unlisted cargo causes fire

15th October 2003

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St Petersburg shipbuilders have abandoned any hope of being given state assistance. The hopes of winning multiple orders for large ships have not materialised either for commercial or naval ships. This is…

15th October 2003

Mixed fortunes for Russian yards

15th October 2003

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The South Korean shipbuilder Samsung has exchanged letters of intent (LOI) with Seaspan Shipping of Canada on the construction of eight 9,500 TEU boxships. The contract includes four on option.The two companies…

15th October 2003

Samsung set to build largest ever boxships

15th October 2003

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Receivers have ben appointed to the last commercial shipbuilder in England, threatening up to 1,000 jobs. Workers at the Appledore shipyard, North Devon are protesting at impending redundancies. Many are still hopeful…

8th October 2003

Appledore faces closure

8th October 2003

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STX Shipbuilding names a 37,000DWT product carrier ordered from Minos Societe Di Navigazione in Italy on October 8. She is named as Fresia. Ship particulars are 180m long, 32m wide and 16.2m…

8th October 2003

Fresia set for delivery

8th October 2003

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Premuda, the first Italian shipping company to be publicly listed on the stock exchange, has achieved certification to the quality and environmental standards of ISO 9001-2000 and ISO 14001-1996. The Genoa based…

8th October 2003

Premuda achieves certification

8th October 2003

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Hyundai Mipo Dockyard started the conversion work on the Blue Marlin on October 6. It will be reborn as the largest heavylift in the world. Dockwise of the Netherlands ordered the conversion…

8th October 2003

Largest heavy lift ship

8th October 2003