Ships & Yards – Page 80
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NewsBrodosplit delivers its most expensive vessel to date
In late 2011 Brodosplit shipyard in Split, Croatia, handed over the most expensive (at a cost exceeding $150 million) and one of the most complex newbuildings in the shipyard’s history to its owner, the French shipping/logistic company SNC Navale STEF-TFE.
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NewsFormer royal yacht highlights yard’s versatility
Dales Marine Services says the versatility of its dry docks at Aberdeen and Leith on Scotland’s east coast has been highlighted by work undertaken on the ex-UK royal yacht ‘Britannia’ at the latter facility.
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NewsVersatile SPS expanding into new markets
Intelligent Engineering’s (IE) continual focus on SPS (sandwich plate system) development combined with the ability to accommodate individual client requirements means that, even in these tough times, it managed to complete over 50% more projects in 2011 than in any other year.
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NewsGood start to year as ASRY inaugurates new facility
It has been a busy start to 2012 for Bahrain’s Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) with a wide variety of ship types from the Arab and international markets arriving for repairs as the shipyard enters its 35th year of continuous operation.
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NewsMajor conversion and upgrade projects at Keppel
Keppel Shipyard in Singapore says that by the end of 2011 it had completed seven FPSO/FSO conversion or modification projects and five major specialised projects while, in 2012, the yard is poised to achieve a similar level of success with a number of major jobs.
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Goltens works on flood damage
Dubai-based diesel engine repairer Goltens says it is working on a 30,000gt Greek bulk carrier owned by WEM Lines, which had its engine room accidently flooded at the end of 2011.
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NewsGroundbreaking conversion projects for Dubai yard
Drydocks World in Dubai (DW) has signed a contract with Singapore based AET, a major player in petroleum shipping, for two tanker-to-modular capture vessel (MCV) conversion projects which will be carried out at the ship repairer’s Dubai facility.
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NewsX-Bow proves effective on seismic survey ships
On our recent visit to Norway’s West Coast offshore shipbuilders, we inspected the Ulstein SX120 ship ‘Oceanic Sirius’, second of a pair of large, high-specification seismic vessels.
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NewsSecond of two ‘green’ PSVs from Kleven
‘Rem Fortress’ is a new PSV delivered in the last quarter of 2011 by Kleven Maritime. She is sister to ‘Rem Commander’, delivered earlier in the year. Both ships were ordered in July 2010 and replace older ships with the same name in the Rem Offshore fleet, also built by ...
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NewsNew ‘green’ Handysize contract signed
With mounting commercial and environmental pressure on the shipping industry to reduce emissions and fuel consumption, it’s encouraging to see that an increasing number of shipowners are ordering more efficient vessels.
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NewsEnvironmentally-sound hybrid ferries to be built on the Clyde
In a rare reversal of fortunes for the UK shipbuilding industry, Ferguson Shipbuilders in Port Glasgow, Scotland has been selected to build the world’s first two sea-going ro-ro diesel electric hybrid ferries.
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NewsRolls-Royce gains design foothold in Chinese market
A collaboration between Rolls-Royce and China’s Bestway Engineering has produced a number of energy efficient ship designs, primarily centred on coastal, regional and inland shipping, and intended to meet anticipated future requirements of global merchant shipping.
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NewsNorway leads the way in the offshore industry
The Norwegians – and the west coast area in particular – enjoy a strong position in the global offshore industry. Building on the foundations of North Sea oil and gas, Norway has established itself at the forefront of ship and equipment design, building and operation.
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NewsOffshore orders for high speed Cat engines
Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has won two significant orders for its 3500 series diesel electric propulsion engines to power offshore support vessels.
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NewsLarge PSV joins Swire Pacific fleet
Swire Pacific Offshore Operations in Singapore recently took delivery of its latest platform supply vessel (PSV) from Universal Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) in Japan.
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NewsMilitary vessels at the environmental cutting edge
The move towards energy-saving and environmental measures encompasses warships as well as commercial craft; in fact military vessels may have lessons in ‘green’ technology for the wider world, as Dag Pike reports.
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NewsFlemish master joins DEME fleet
The IHC Merwede shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands, recently delivered a trailing suction hopper dredger to the Belgian dredging company DEME (Dredging, Environmental & Marine Engineering) Group.
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NewsMitsui 56s keep rolling off the production line
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) recently completed and delivered the latest example of its Mitsui 56 series bulk carrier ‘Diamond Jubilee’ (MES hull no 1780) at its Tamano Works to Helios Navigation of Panama.
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NewsFirst of an innovative ro-ro quartet from FSG
German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has recently delivered the ro-ro freight ferry ''Seatruck Progress'' to Seatruck Ferries in the UK.
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NewsYards home-in on repair as newbuild work sags
A lack of newbuilding is again nudging larger German shipyards into repair, writes Tom Todd.
