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NYK orders VLCC trio
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) in Japan ordered three 300,000DWT VLCCs from IHI Marine United for delivery from 2008 to 2009. NYK now has 13 VLCCs on order and is in accordance with the company?s policy of creating a double-hulled tanker fleet. With the delivery of all newbuildings, NYK will have ...
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STX develops on-land construction - ndh
STX Shipbuilding has developed a ?Skid Launching System? involving building ships in two sections on land. After each section has been constructed, the two are joined in a floating dock. STX recently moved half of a 47,000DWT product carrier ?High Courage? onto a floating ?skid barge? and will move the ...
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TTS establishes new JV in China
TTS Marine ASA has entered into agreement with Dalian New Shipbuilding Heavy Industry (DNS) to establish a joint venture company for supplying cranes to new ships being built in Chinese shipyards. This agreement is a milestone in TTS efforts to enter the expanding shipbuilding market in China. The agreement to ...
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Aker Tulcea triples turnover
Tulcea Shipyard, owned by Norwegian group Aker, forecasts triple turnover for this year, up to 120 million euros. The company's management is hiring more employees in order to be able to fulfill the unprecedented number of orders. The yard recently received a newbuilding contract worth more than 150 million euros ...
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CSG orders five tankers
China Shipping Development Co, a subsidiary of China Shipping Group, has ordered a 298,000dwt VLCC from Dalian New Shipyard. Ship particulars are 333.5m in length, 58m in breadth, 31m in depth, a draught of 21m and a speed of 15.8 knots. No price or delivery date has been revealed. CSDC ...
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Korea sees China as threat
The Korea Shipbuilder's Association recently presented a report that Chinese shipbuilders are likely to overtake Korean yards in the construction of large container ships within the next five years. It also claims Chinese competition will overtake Korea for high-value ships such as LNG carriers within 10 years. What also worries ...
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Keppel owns Brazilian operations
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), the wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation Limited, has acquired from the PEM Setal Group the latter?s entire 17.25% interest in FELS Setal S.A. The cash consideration for the purchase is $5 million. With the acquisition, FELS Setal will become a wholly owned ...
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B&N Nordsjofrakt confirms trio
With reference to a letter of intent (LOI) announced on 20 October 2004, Aker Yards has now received a confirmation in the form of a firm contract for building of three container carriers for B & N Nordsjofrakt. The contract is worth approximately $188 million and all three vessels will ...
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Another Costa contract for Fincantieri
Costa Crociere, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, has ordered a 112,000gt cruise ship from the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri at a cost of $630 million. The new Concordia class ship will be built at the Sestri Penente yard in Genoa and is due for delivery in spring 2007. It will be ...
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Six more for Samsung
Samsung Heavy Industries announced it has secured orders for two 153,200 cubic metre LNG carriers and four post-Panamax container ships from a European ship owner for delivery by April 2009. Even though the size of the boxships has not been revealed, it is believed that they will be 9,000TEU. Total ...
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NCL orders newbuilding
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has ordered a new 2,400 passenger cruise ship from Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, for delivery in February 2007. This 93,000 GT newbuilding will be a sistership to the Norwegian Jewel currently under construction at Meyer Werft and scheduled for delivery this summer.
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US yards vie for ferry job
Three Puget Sound shipyards are competing to build four new state ferries worth in total $200 million. J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Nichols Brothers Boat Builders on Whidbey Island and Seattle's Todd Pacific Shipyards are in the final list of shipbuilders that meet the requirements of the Washington State Ferry ...
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Lauritzen expands gas fleet
Lauritzen Kosan, the gas arm of Danish Shipowners J. Lauritzen A/S, has signed a newbuilding contract for a series of four semi-pressurised gas carriers with ethylene capacity at INP Heavy Industries in South Korea. The deal includes options for further vessels. The first vessel will be delivered in the fourth ...
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Summer start for BP?s Salalah fuel service
BP Marine is making a significant progress in the construction of its new portside fuels bunkering facility at the port of Salalah in Oman. The main contractor Fujairah Marine Services has over 150 people working on the site, involved in the construction of BP Marine?s first, new-build bunker fuels? terminal, ...
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NCL signs LOI with Aker Yards
Aker Yards has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with NCL Corporation (NCL) for building a high standard cruise vessel. The LOI, valid until the end of this month, also includes an option for a second ship, for delivery in early 2008, with exercise of the option by end of ...
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Fjord1 to order gas ferries from Aker
Aker Yards has signed a LOI with Fjord1 to build five gas powered ferries with delivery scheduled for second half of 2006. The value of the contract is approximately $193 million. The world's first gas powered ferry, Glutra, was delivered from Aker Yards in 2000. The five new ferries will ...
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Farstad orders two OSVs
Aker Brattvaag AS, a company in the Aker Yards Group, has signed a contract with Farstad Supply AS, for the building of two Offshore Supply Vessels. The total contract value is approximately NOK 540 million ($87.5 million) and the newbuildings are scheduled for delivery from S?viknes Verft in May and ...
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New separators from Sasakura
Sasakura Engineering in Japan has developed and launched a range of oily water separators that fully complies with new IMO bilge water rules due to come into effect from 1 January 2005. Osaka-based Sasakura Engineering is a manufacturer of marine equipment, desalination plants, air-cooled heat exchangers and other environmental ...
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Japan delivers its largest boxship
The largest container ship ever to have been built in Japan was taken into service today as the ?P&O Nedlloyd Mondriaan?. With a length of 335 metres, a width of 42.80 metres and a draught of 14 metres, this 7,500TEU newbuilding is the first of a series of eight units, ...
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Iran Shipping in newbuilding spree
Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) ordered US$450 million of vessels from domestic yards in the country's biggest shipbuilding order. As the Middle East's biggest non-oil shipping company, IRISL ordered as many as ten 53,000DWT dry-bulk carriers at a total cost of $270 million. The Tehran based company, also agreed to buy ...
