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  • Bracks opens fire on rival claim to navy deal

    18 May 2005

    AWARDING the $6 billion navy destroyer project to Adelaide would risk the future of the naval shipbuilding industry in Australia for decades to come, a report commissioned by the Victorian Government has found. Victorian Premier Steve Bracks said yesterday the contract should go to Victoria’s Williamstown shipyard “if Australia is to retain its position as […]

  • Japanese yards urged to downplay prices to secure their future

    9 December 2009

    Shipyards in Japan will have to focus on their technological and innovative advantages over South Korea and China, if they hope to win orders in the future, even if the global economy recovers quickly. Takao Motoyama, the Chairman of the Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan (JSEA), said during a recent press conferece that if the order […]

  • SMIT orders 11 newly built vessels

    8 November 2007

    Today SMIT and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem signed a contract for 11 newly built vessels. Division Harbour Towage and Terminals Two tugs (type ASD 2810) are replacements for the harbour towage fleet in Rotterdam. These tugs will be equipped with a substantially higher bollard pull (60 tons bp) and are scheduled for delivery in respectively May […]

  • Ghana: Offshore Drilling Units

    30 October 2007

    Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC), a UK based oil company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PSC Tema Shipyard Limited to provide various services on mobile offshore drilling units. The partnership would help promote the energy business in the country as a result of the increased oil and gas activity along the […]

  • STX Shipbuilding wins 586-bil-won ship deal

    25 March 2008

    STX Shipbuilding Co., the world’s fifth-largest shipyard, said Wednesday (Mar. 26) that it has won an order valued at 586 billion won ($594 million) to build four ships. The deal with a European shipping company calls on STX Shipbuilding to deliver the very large crude carriers by November 2011, the company said in a regulatory […]

  • Russia: INS Vikramaditya Ready for Pre-Induction Trials

    7 June 2012

    INS Vikramaditya is going to take the sea for very important pre-induction trials on June 8. The extensively modernised former Soviet-era carrier Admiral Gorshkov was scheduled to take the sea from the Sevmash shipyard on May 25th. However poor weather forecast delayed the ship’s trials. But, according to the Sevmash shipyard, the delay will not affect […]

  • Svitzer Orders Tug Quartet from Damen

    30 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Global towage operator Svitzer has signed a contract with the Damen Shipyards Group for four ATD 2412 tugs as part of Svitzer’s ongoing fleet renewal programme. All four tugs are being built at Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam. Damen is handing over the first two vessels just one month after contract signing as it […]

  • M/B ALAM PESONA Undergoes Overhaul at CIC-Changxing

    17 July 2013

      CIC-Changxing shipyard successfully completed the repair of bulk carrier M/B ALAM PESONA on July 8th, 2013. The 229- meter long and 36.5-meter wide M/B ALAM PESONA arrived to the shipyard on June 30. Her main repair activities included overhaul of two windlasses, renewal of the brake lining, hydraulic motor overhaul along with the renewal […]

  • Hapag-Lloyd Sends Three Boxship Oldies to Scrap

    26 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    German liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has sold three of its older containerships which were owned by United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) prior to the merger of the duo in May this year. The Deira, the Najran and the Sakaka will be transferred to shipyards in China and Turkey, which are certified for safe and environmentally […]

  • Ferus Smit to Build LNG Powered Cargo Vessels for Erik Thun

    17 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Swedish shipping company Erik Thun A.B. has granted Shipyard Ferus Smit the order for building an LNG powered cargo vessel, with 2 more units on option. The first vessel will be delivered in autumn 2015 from the yard in Westerbroek, Groningen. The Thun shipping company has a strong market position in Northern Europe and the […]

  • Linde Group to Construct Fuel Gas System for New LNG Icebreaker

    16 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Linde Group has been awarded a contract by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard of Finland to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel gas system for a new icebreaker for the Finnish Transport Agency. The vessel has been designed especially for the demanding icebreaking operations in the Baltic Sea. The LNG tanks will be the biggest […]

  • Singapore: Marco Polo Marine Wins Contract to Build Five Deck Cargo Barges

    23 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      Singapore Exchange Mainboard-listed Marco Polo Marine Ltd, a growing integrated marine logistic group, announces that the Group has secured a ship building contract worth approximately S$10.5 million, to construct five deck cargo barges for PT. Pelayaran Nasional Bina Buana Raya (“BBR”), an associated company of the Group. Construction of the five deck cargo barges […]

  • Cargotec secures offshore crane orders for US, Canadian and Russian customers

    12 October 2009

    Cargotec has recently won new orders for MacGregor offshore cranes, demonstrating the buoyancy that still remains in the offshore market In September Cargotec secured new orders for its MacGregor offshore cranes. The cranes are destined for three vessels being built for US, Russian and Canadian customers. • For the US shipowner, Cargotec will deliver an […]

  • India: Keel Laying Ceremony for Advanced Patrol Vessel Held at GSL

    29 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Keel Laying ceremony for the second of a New Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), indigenously designed and in–house built by Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) for the Indian Coast Guard, was held at GSL on 28th Jan 2013. The Keel laying ceremony for the second of the New Class OPVs comes on the heels of commissioning […]

  • Port of San Diego Commissioners to Appeal Cleanup Order (USA)

    11 April 2012

      By a 6-0 vote with Commissioner Lee Burdick absent, the Board of Port Commissioners voted to appeal being named as a primary discharger in the Cleanup and Abatement Order issued by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board in the recent Shipyard Sediment Site administrative matter R9-2012-0025. The appeal will not request a […]

  • Fincantieri, HRDD Ready for First Joint Project in China

    2 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri and Shanghai-based shipyard Huarun Dadong Dockyard (HRDD) have expanded their recently signed collaboration agreement as the two companies gear up for their first joint project. In March 2016, the duo agreed cooperation related to repair and conversions of China-based cruise ships. The two companies have now inked a new agreement which includes […]

  • PHOTO: SHI Delivers Maersk Viking Drillship to Maersk Drilling

    24 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its first ultra deepwater drillship, Maersk Viking, from the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje-Si, South Korea. Maersk Viking has started its voyage to the US Gulf of Mexico where it will commence a three year contract with ExxonMobil. Maersk Viking is the first in a series of four […]

  • Seaways takes delivery of two Damen crew suppliers for W. Africa work

    8 March 2019

    Dubai-based vessel operator Seaways International has taken delivery of two Damen Fast Crew Suppliers (FCS) 2206.

  • Rowan Secures Contract for ‘Rowan Resolute’ Drillship. Sells ‘Rowan Paris’ Rig

    20 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. based drilling contractor Rowan Companies has entered into a three-year contract with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. The drillship is expected to be delivered at the end of the second quarter 2014 and operate in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico starting in the late third quarter 2014.  The Rowan Resolute is one of four ultra-deepwater drillships being constructed for Rowan […]

  • Seadrill breaks off construction contract for semi-sub West Mira

    15 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has notified Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd. that it has exercised its right to cancel the contract for the construction of the West Mira, a sixth generation ultra-deepwater harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig.  The rig was ordered during the second quarter of 2012 and the delivery date stated in the […]

  • Shell Moving Troubled Arctic Rigs to Asia for Repairs

    12 February 2013

    Royal Dutch Shell has decided to tow two of its troubled drilling vessels from Alaska to Asia for repairs. The oil giant said it would move the Kulluk conical drilling unit and the Noble Discoverer drillship to an Asian shipyard. The Kulluk, which went aground off Alaska in December after breaking free from tugboats leading […]

  • MSC Cruises Adding Four More Giants at STX France

    6 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Geneva-based cruise line MSC Cruises has signed a letter of intent for four more World Class cruise ships to be built at STX France’s shipyard in Saint Nazaire, the cruise company confirmed. Featuring a weight of 200,000 gross tons, the ships will be fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and have the capacity to carry some 5,400 passengers. The deal, which […]

  • Oman Shipping Company Welcomes New Ultramax to Its Fleet

    10 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Jabal Shams is one of four Ultramax bulkers scheduled for delivery to the company in 2019.

  • Russia: Vostochnaya Verf Launches Hydrographic Ship Viktor Faleyev

    15 November 2011

    The solemn launching ceremony of hydrographic ship Viktor Faleyev was held on Nov 12 at Vostochnaya Verf shipyard (Vladivostok); the ship is meant for Pacific Fleet (PF), reports RIA Novosti. The new ship named after known PF scientist Viktor Faleyev was launched on 155-th anniversary of PF Hydrographic Service. The launching ceremony was attended by […]

  • China: Nanjing Wujiazui Shipbuilding Delivers Container Vessel MV Italian Express

    9 January 2012

    On Thursday, January 5th 2012, Vroon took delivery of MV Italian Express, the second of two 1,085-TEU container vessel built at Nanjing Wujiazui Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., China. The vessel is so-called “Ice class” and capable of trading in severe cold conditions. Her sister vessel, Istrian Express, was delivered in September 2011. In a ceremony held […]