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• Shipyard cranes to move to India

  31 May 2007

  The shipyard cranes famous for mapping the skyline along the River Tyne in Newcastle are being dismantled and sent to India.

• SembCorp to build Brazil shipyard

  4 February 2010

  Singapore shipbuilder SembCorp Marine said today its Jurong Shipyard would build a new shipyard in Brazil to serve the region’s burgeoning offshore oil and gas industry. SembCorp said in a statement Jurong had bought a 825,000-square-metre site with 1.6 kilometres of coastline about 80 kilometres north of Vitoria in Espirito Santo State.

• Norfolk shipyards protesting contract

  9 February 2006

  Two Norfolk shipyards are protesting the award of a $55 million contract to Earl Industries LLC in Portsmouth for work on a group of amphibious transport ships.

• AIDAprima Hit by Fire in Shipyard

  12 January 2016

  Business & Finance

  A small fire broke out in the rear part of the newbuild AIDAprima cruise ship, owned by cruise line company AIDA Cruises, in the evening hours of January 11, the cruise liner has confirmed in a statement to World Maritime News. AIDA Cruises said that the fire on board the vessel, being built at Mitsubishi Yard in Nagasaki, […]

• Westport Shipyard poised to expand

  28 November 2005

  The Westport Shipyard plans to add 100 new jobs in Hoquiam next year and nearly double the space of its facility at the Port of Grays Harbor.

• Boat Burns At Fairhaven Shipyard

  15 January 2006

  The fire broke out shortly before 9 a.m. on the scalloper The Amber Nicole, while it was docked at the Fairhaven shipyard. It was above deck and there were no injuries.

• VT to offload shipyards to BAE

  26 March 2006

  VT Group, the support services and shipbuilding company, will sell its shipyards to BAE Systems if their joint bid for engineering group Babcock International succeeds.

• Shipyard toasts Malaysian contract

  19 July 2006

  A Scots shipyard has won a major contract to build two frigates for the Malaysian Navy. Defence company BAE Systems said the project would help sustain hundreds of jobs on the Clyde.

• Shipbuilder, Steelmaker to Run Shipyard

  19 March 2007

  China’s No. 1 steelmaker Shanghai Baosteel Group has formed a joint venture with China State Shipbuilding Corp. to operate a 10 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) civilian shipyard on the Yangtze River.

• Hudong to invest in shipyards and technology

  31 January 2007

  Hudong Heavy Machinery Co. , which has announced that it plans to raise RMB 12 billion from a share placement, said that it will use the proceeds to fund its purchase of shipyards and to invest in new technologies.

• Woman guilty in shipyard bribery

  2 August 2005

  The bribes started with a lunch. Soon there was an open tab at a local delicatessen. Then came concert and airline tickets. And then it was straight cash. Barbara E. Speller, who had the authority to approve lucrative freight delivery contracts for the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, admitted in federal court Monday that she […]

• Norway assists struggling shipyards

  18 May 2010

  Norway is boosting the struggling shipyard industry, as the government is increasing funds available to its export credit guarantee program by NOK 10 billion. ”Shipyards and the related supply industry are still feeling the impact of the financial crisis and face large, serious challenges.”

• Western Shipyard christens WindLift1

  29 June 2009

  On 25 June, Western Shipyard in Klaipeda christened the WindLift1, which is being built by Bard Engineering GmbH. The 101.8 metre long and 36 metre wide jack-up vessel has a draft of 3.5 metres and can sail at a speed of 8 knots. She is being built for equipping and maintaining Bard Engineering’s windpower stations […]

• Shipyard fined for polluting hamlets

  30 January 2007

  The central province of Khanh Hoa has decided to fine the Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard for its violation of the Law on Environment. Hyundai-Vinashin will have to pay VND 85 million (US$5,300), for its discharge of used NIX particle into the surrounding environment during the process of ship repair. The act has caused pollution, particularly to My […]

• ABG Shipyard’s Rating Downgraded

  12 June 2013

  India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) has downgraded ABG Shipyard Limited’s (ABG Shipyard) Long-Term Issuer Rating to ‘IND BB-’ from ‘IND BBB’ and resolved the Rating Watch Negative (RWN). The Outlook is Negative. The agency has also downgraded the rating on the company’s INR2bn non-convertible debenture programme to Long-Term ‘IND BB-’ from ‘IND BBB’. Key Rating […]

• Wight Shipyard to merge with OCEA

  

  8 February 2022

  Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

  Britain’s aluminium shipbuilder, The Wight Shipyard Co., has unveiled an all-share merger with the complementary French shipbuilder OCEA to create a combined group to capitalise on the fast ferry and offshore renewable energy markets opportunities.

• Shipyard plans Indian expansion

  5 November 2007

  A Tyneside engineering firm is planning to open a shipyard in India, in an attempt to capitalise on a boom in Asian oil production. South Shields-based McNulty claims the expansion will help secure future contracts for 300 workers on the Tyne.

• Brazil Builds Shipyard in Venezuela

  1 August 2006

  Caracas, Ago 1 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian experts will build in Venezuela a shipyard for the production, maintenance and repair of craft of great tonnage and marine platforms, as part of the oil cooperation between both South American nations. The agreement for the shipyard building in 2007 was signed by Venezuela Oil (PDVSA) by means of […]

• Shipyard workers in crisis talks

  5 March 2007

  Workers at the Ferguson shipyard at Port Glasgow are meeting amid fears of job losses. The GMB union said two thirds of the workers would be given redundancy notices threatening the survival of one of the last yards on the lower Clyde.

• Hopes fade for sale of shipyard

  15 January 2007

  THE millionaire owner of Swan Hunter last night admitted he may never be able to sell his mothballed shipyard. Jaap Kroese said he had received no interest in the Tyneside yard and hopes of selling it to a developer in the coming months were fading.

• Bollinger Shipyards Changes Ownership

  24 December 2014

  Business & Finance

  Former chief operating officer at Louisiana- based Bollinger Shipyards Ben Bordelon has teamed up with the owners of the Edison Chouest Offshore to purchase the assets and stock of Bollinger, the largest vessel repair company in the Gulf of Mexico region with a total of 30 dry-docks in Louisiana and Texas. Bordelon, who is the grandson of Bollinger’s founder Donald […]

• Macduff Shipyards delivers ‘Ellorah’

  21 July 2009

  The latest completion by Scotland’s Macduff Shipyards is the ‘Ellorah’ for the Shaulora Fishing Company. The vessel will be skippered by Graeme Buchan and Graeme Smart, owners of the company. The vessel is a new design by the yard and is arranged as a twin rig prawn/whitefish trawler. The vessel will operate out of Fraserburgh […]

• ABG Shipyard raises Rs1.4bn

  31 May 2005

  ABG Shipyard Limited (ABG), on Monday announced that the company has concluded a Rs1.4bn private equity financing round with Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE), Leverage India Fund, a fund managed by IL&FS Investment Managers and Merlion India Fund, a Fund managed by SCPE. IL&FS acted as Financial Advisors to ABG and structured this placement.

• Shipyard tackles skills shortage

  5 October 2006

  A shipyard in Cumbria is holding a recruitment drive to enlist dozens of new workers. Up to 60 jobs are being created at BAE systems in Barrow for the fitting out of a Royal Navy nuclear submarine. Advertisements have now been placed in local job centres in an attempt to plug the urgent need for […]

• Admiralty Shipyard Launches Tanker

  16 June 2006

  Admiralty Shipyard launches the “Tavrichesky Bridge” product tanker built to to the order of Sovcomflot JS