Ships & Yards – Page 54
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Kleven to build Pesquera Ancora trawler
Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven has signed a contract with Spanish ship owner Pesquera Ancora to build an 80m long stern trawler, to be delivered in February 2018.
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NewsEBH Namibia awarded OHSAS safety certificate
Namibian ship repair yard Elgin Brown & Hamer has been granted the international health and safety certificate OHSAS 18001 a year after attaining ISO 9001 certification.
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NewsSitting down on the job
‘Maersk Connector’, although starting from Damen’s 8500 offshore carrier base vessel, has incorporated a number of interesting changes – not least that it’s going to settle down on its bottom writes Stevie Knight
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NewsEmma Mærsk calls at Damen Shiprepair Brest
One of Maersk Line’s longest container vessels has recently departed from Damen Shiprepair Brest (DSBr).
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NewsInnovative retrofit project slashes fuel consumption
A retrofit project paid for jointly by ship owner Hammonia and charterer Intermarine is expected to reduce fuel consumption by 25% across three vessels.
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NewsDesign key to ensuring safety in polar regions
Finnish naval architect and marine engineering specialist, Foreship, sees goal-based concept design as key to ensuring new generation exploration ships can enter unforgiving polar seas in comfort and safety.
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NewsDFDS Seaways embarks on refit and rebrand
DFDS Seaways has initiated a major refit and rebranding exercise across several vessels, with work already completed on five vessels.
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NewsNew yard alliance off to good start
Following the creation of a giant new shipbuilding alliance in Germany, Lloyd Werft has said it has orders for ten newbuildings for completion over the coming decade, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsScrubber work highlights early 2016 activity
Scrubber retro-fits and a range of conversion work on mainly smaller specialist ships is keeping some German shipyards busy in the opening months of the year, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsMiddle East yards prepare for ballast water scrum
Even before the latest signatories ratified the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention, Gulf repair yards and engineering firms were squaring up to meet the installation challenge, writes Paul Bartlett.
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NewsLean ro-ro concept
Rolls-Royce Marine has developed a new low capex/opex ro-ro design, explained by Oskar Levander, vice president of innovation, engineering and technology.
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NewsTaiwan commissions oceanographic research vessel
Dutch naval architect Offshore Ship Designers is to design a 76m scientific research vessel for the Taiwanese Ocean Research Institute, the company has revealed.
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NewsBV classes biggest purpose-built asphalt carrier
French classification society, Bureau Veritas (BV), is classing the new Chinese-built 37,000dwt asphalt carrier, recently delivered to US-based Sargeant Marine.
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Norwegian raises US market profile
''Norwegian Escape'' sets records for its owner and builder and underscores German and European prowess in cruiseship technology, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsVard Promar bears first fruit
Global shipbuilder and designer Vard has delivered a 7,000m3 full-pressurised LPG carrier to Petrobras Transporte (Transpetro), the first vessel to be completed at the group’s newest yard, Vard Promar near Recife.
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Havyard wins live fish carrier order
Havyard Ship Technology has delivered its newbuild fish carrier, Namsos, to owner Norsk Fisketransport (NFT).
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NewsGibdock bookings surge for early 2016
There has been a surge in bookings for Gidbock, from both new and repeat customers, into the first two quarters of 2016.
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NewsMarco Polo cruise ship leaves Damen Vlissingen
Cruiseship, Marco Polo, owned by Global Maritime, has left Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen (DVS).
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CIG delivers mega blocks
Netherlands’ based shipbuilding, constructional design and production conglomerate, Central Industry Group (CIG), has delivered three mega blocks for a newbuild expedition support vessel being built by Kleven Verft AS Norway.
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NewsFishing trawler contract for Kleven
Kleven has signed a contract with the French fishery company Compagnie Des Peches Saint-Malo S.A. & SAS Comptoir Des Peches D’Europe Du Nord – Euronor, to build a new 80m long stern trawler.
