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FBMA and BMT Nigel Gee sign licence agreement
Specialist shipbuilder FBMA Marine Inc (FBMA) and naval architects BMT Nigel Gee and Associates Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Ltd, have announced the signing of a licence agreement allowing FBMA to market and construct vessels designed by BMT. The Cebu-based shipbuilder is a member of the Aboitiz Group and has ...
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Swire takes two more PSVs
Pan United Shipyard in Singapore has secured an order from Swire Pacific Offshore to build two UT755L PSVs at a cost of around $15.5 million each. Delivery is slated in the first and third quarters of 2008.
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Ocean Mainport orders multipurpose vessel
Ocean Mainport Offshore Limited (OSL) in Ireland has placed an order for a multipurpose vessel. OSL said the vessel, to be named Ocean Europe, is being built at the Solstrand shipyard in Tomrefjord Norway at a cost of $18 million. When delivered in May 2007, the newbuilding will be operated ...
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R?kke wants Lenin shipyard
Kjell Inge R?kke of Aker Yards is reportedly interested in buying the former Lenin shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, where the Solidarity movement started back in 1980. Although the yard is for sale, the labour union is unsure about R?kke's company. Aker Yards would not comment on the speculation but did ...
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Job loss fears
DML in Devonport, UK, has given advance warning of 90 potential job losses at Appledore shipyard, which it took over from receivership in 2003. Jobs are likely to go progressively from early April due to a gap in shipbuilding work following completion of a large super yacht hull this month.The ...
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Samsung lands drill ship
Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea has secured a deal with Stena Drilling to build a drill ship worth in the region of $550 million. The vessel is slated for delivery in June 2008 and will then be deployed in West Africa and the North Sea to carry out deepwater oil ...
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Vinashin and MacGREGOR strengthen co-operation
Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) and MacGREGOR are further strengthening their co-operation by signing a memorandum of agreement to establish a joint venture in Vietnam to produce ships? cranes and hatch covers. The parties had already previously co-operated closely in the manufacture of hatch covers at Vinashin?s Ben Kien shipyard. ...
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Mipo clinches four PCs
Hyundai Mipo has clinched an order for four product carriers from a Cypriot ship owner at a cost of about $170 million for delivery in November, 2009
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Ulstein wins quartet in China
Bourbon has signed a contract with Zhejiang Shipbuilding in China concerning the construction of four ULSTEIN P105 platform supply vessels. Ulstein Design AS will deliver the design and major equipment for the vessels. The contract has a total value of around $52 million for Ulstein Design. The vessels will be ...
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V. Ships buys UMC
The Monaco-based ship management company V.Ships has acquired UMC International PLC. Formed in 1972 as the Under Water Maintenance Company Ltd, UMC International has grown into an international specialist in innovative underwater engineering services with offices in Plymouth, Portland, Rotterdam, Dubai and Fujairah, It has a full time staff of ...
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Venezuela on a tanker building spree
Venezuela has reached a deal to build 36 large oil tankers in Brazil at a cost exceeding $3 billion. According to the local press, the governments of both countries reached a deal on the construction of the vessels, which will be built at various shipyards in Brazil. Also in the ...
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Bluesky orders second LNG carrier
Bluesky LNG Corporation, the Asia-based LNG owner, has ordered a second giant tanker from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). Bluesky?s first tanker, the 145,700 cbm ?Bluesky?, is nearing completion at DSME?s yard in Korea and will be delivered in the middle of this year. The vessel is the only ...
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Petronet LNG to float shipping subsidiary
The Indian gas importer, Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL), plans to float a shipping subsidiary overseas to haul gas to its greenfield re-gassification terminal of 2.5 million tonnes per annum capacity proposed at Kochi in Kerala. The diversification plan has been unveiled in the tender conditions stipulated by Petronet for selecting ...
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Keppel secures Prosafe FPSO deals
Keppel Shipyard has been awarded two contracts valued at approximately $80 million for the conversion of two new FPSO facilities for Prosafe Production (Prosafe). The first contract is for the conversion of the 25-year old tanker, Apollo, into an FPSO capable of handling a daily oil production of 90,000 barrels ...
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FBMA launches high-tech crewboat
FBMA Marine based shipyard in western Cebu, Philippines, has just launched the first of the two ?Sea Slice? 149 passenger offshore crew boats ordered by the Mexican company Hoteleria y Servicios Petroleros (HSP). Named ?Lider?, the innovative ?Sea Slice? design, developed by the US company Lockheed Martin, is based on ...
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The Motor Ship Propulsion Conference Conference newsletter
The Motor Ship Propulsion Conference 200626th ? 27th April, Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel, CopenhagenWorld?s largest shipowners? body back 2006 marine propulsion conferenceThe Motor Ship is pleased to confirm that The Motor Ship Propulsion Conference 2006 is now in association with BIMCO ? the Baltic and International Marine Council ? the ...
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Keppel secures GlobalSantaFe semi
Keppel FELS has secured a contract with GlobalSantaFe Corporation (GSF) to build an ultra-deepwater drilling rig for $270 million.Under the contract agreement, GSF will supply the drilling and sub-sea equipment while Keppel FELS provides the design, engineering and construction of the hull as well as the accommodation quarters for 180 ...
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Frontline duo for Jiangnan
Jiangnan Heavy Industries in China secured an order for two 297,000DWT VLCCs from Frontline. The two tankers will be built at new shipbuilding facility and no delivery date has been revealed.
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New ferries for Christmas
Sunferries in Townville, Queensland, Australia, has ordered two new 300 passenger capacity, fast cat ferries capable of travelling at 28 knots to operate their route across Cleveland Bay to Magnetic Island. The combined cost of the ferries is $6.3 million. And will be built by Brisbane Ship Building and were ...
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China to build more LNG tankers
Chinese shipbuilders are gearing up to build LNG tankers as the Government approves more projects to import the fuel, challenging yards in South Korea and Japan.China's first home-built LNG tanker will be completed in November by Shanghai's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, which has orders for three more at about $200 million apiece. ...
