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  • Victoria Shipyards earns $9-million ferry contract

    2 November 2006

    .C. Ferries has awarded Victoria Shipyards a $9-million contract to modify the Sonia, the ship which will replace the Queen of the North. About 150 people will work on the ship, which is due to arrive in Victoria about Dec. 16. Malcolm Barker, Victoria Shipyards general manager, said he is delighted B.C. Ferries has opted […]

  • COSCO Shipyard Launches FPSO Hull for Dana Petroleum

    17 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Dana Petroleum has recently celebrated a milestone achievement on its flagship Western Isles Development Project (WIDP) with the hull launch of the floating production, storage offloading vessel (FPSO) in China. The project achieved more than 1.5 million man hours incident-free during construction at the COSCO shipyard in Qidong, China, where the FPSO is being built. […]

  • Eni, KMG award Kazakhstan shipyard design gig

    12 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    International consultancy and engineering firms Royal HaskoningDHV and Witteveen+Bos have been awarded the $18 million contract by energy company Eni to design a new shipyard in Kazakhstan, near the town of Kuryk on the Caspian Sea. The new shipyard is of great strategic importance to Kazakhstan’s economy as it will provide ship building, repair and […]

  • ABG Shipyard to expand base, capacity with Vipul acquisition

    24 May 2007

    Mumbai: India’s largest private-sector shipbuilder, ABG Shipyard Ltd, has agreed to buy Vipul Shipyard Ltd, its neighbour at the Magdalla Port in Gujarat. The objective is to add capacity to build more ships in a booming global shipbuilding market.

  • Navy seeks to issue a new order: Abandon shipyards

    9 March 2005

    With Navy leaders envisioning a fleet of smaller, faster and more agile ships, the future of the country’s large shipbuilders is sinking fast. Last month, Navy leaders pulled the plug on a plan to subsidize the United States’ two large shipyards — Maine’s Bath Iron Works and Northrop Grumman’s Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. — […]

  • China: SF Shipyard Conducts Fire-Fighting Drill

    25 October 2011

    Aimed to raise the fire-fighting awareness of all the security guards, improve their ability in organizing & handling fire suppression job on board, Security Section of SF shipyard arranged a fire-fighting drill. To make sure that vessel fire is suppressed rapidly and effectively so as to reduce the property loss. 50-m fire-suppression competition, stretcher first-aid […]

  • Shipyards lose, even as MacKay blows shipbuilding horn

    19 July 2010

    Last Wednesday, Defence Minister Peter MacKay was in Halifax, along with Public Works and Government Services Minister Rona Ambrose, to trumpet a major shipbuilding contract. The price tag alone — approximately $2.6 billion for two new supply ships for the navy — should have been cause for celebration among Canada’s long-suffering shipyards.

  • India: Cochin Shipyard Receives The MOU Excellence Award

    3 February 2012

    Cochin Shipyard Ltd received the MOU Excellence Award for the year 2009-10 for its outstanding performance under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) entered into with the Government of India. The award was presented by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh to Cmde K Subramaniam, CMD at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan, […]

  • Two COSCO Shipyards Bag Orders Worth $380m

    14 November 2013

    Two COSCO Shipyards have secured contracts totaling over $380 million to build two jackup drilling rigs and one bulk carrier. COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard scored contracts from a Bermuda company for two LeTourneau Super 116E jackup drilling rigs, scheduled for delivery in 1H 2016 and 2H 2016 respectively. The buyer has also secured options for two […]

  • Western India Shipyard Completes Repairs of Five Vessels

    30 July 2013

    During the first quarter ended June 30, 2013, Western India Shipyard Ltd has completed repairs of 5 vessels namely, M. V. Navdhenu Swift, Casino Royale, Coastal Triumph, Greatship Dhawani and Greatsbip Aarti. The Company has won 2 repeat orders from its clients for repair of M.V. Maratha Deep and M.V. Priyamvada, of total value of Rs. 500 […]

  • Spain: Shipyard Investors Ordered to Return Tax Advantages

    18 July 2013

    Shipyard investors will have to pay back the benefits they had been given by the Spanish Government, since the European Union competition regulator determined the practice in question as unlawful, giving Spanish shipyards an advantage over their competitors, Reuters reports. According to the European Commission, the scheme made the price of ships reduced by up […]

  • CMAL dismisses shipyard claims on LNG ferries contract

    27 January 2020

    Scottish state-owned shipping company Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) issued a comment regarding the delays in delivery of the two dual-fuel ferries. The dual-fueled vessels can operate on LNG and diesel and are designed to carry 127 cars or 16 HGVs, or a combination of both and up to 1,000 passengers. However, following the financial […]

  • China: CIC Changxing Shipyard Redelivers Vessel TARPON

    29 October 2012

    5100TEU Container vessel “TARPON” arrived at CIC Changxing Shipyard in early Oct. 2012 for her special survey repair. Her main work scope was the routine dry-docking, bow thruster and steel strengthening repair works. The owner, one of the most famous shipping companies of the world, signed a long term agreement of cooperation with CIC-Shipyards in 2011. In […]

  • USS Fort Worth Leaves Marinette Marine Shipyard

    8 August 2012

    The Navy’s newest littoral combat ship, the future USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), departed from the Marinette Marine Corp. shipyard in Marinette, Wis., Aug. 6, beginning its journey to her commissioning site in Galveston, Texas, before heading to her eventual homeport of San Diego, Calif. Fort Worth is the third littoral combat ship delivered to […]

  • Torgem Shipyard Builds 45m Offshore Patrol Boat

    27 February 2014

    Torgem Shipyard is right on track with the construction of the Macduff-designed 45m offshore security patrol boat scheduled for launching later this year. With the outfitting now well underway, the vessel will be used to patrol offshore installations in the Arabian waters. Featuring a quadruple engine installation, the vessel will be able to reach speeds […]

  • Two Damen Shipyards Get ISO And OHSAS Certification

    24 March 2015
    Human Capital

    Albwardy Marine Engineering/Damen Shipyards Sharjah has been certified by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance for aligning its safety and environment management system with internationally recognized standards. (ISO 14001:2004 AND OHSAS 18001:2007) A Lloyd’s audit team extensively audited the yards management system, implementation and awareness among its employees and other people working at the yards locations in […]

  • Gdansk Shipyard to Lead Offshore Wind Revolution (Poland)

    25 July 2011

    The Gdansk Shipyard, where the Solidarity movement that ended the communist era in Poland was born, is now trying to lead another Polish revolution … in offshore wind power. The European Union has laid out clean energy targets to be reached by its 27-members by 2020. To hit those marks Poland must break its coal […]

  • UAE: N-KOM Shipyard Wins Another Award

    28 November 2012

    Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) has been conferred the Ship repair/Shipyard award at the Seatrade Middle East & Indian Subcontinent Awards 2012 held on 26 November 2012 at Atlantis The Palm in Dubai. The win comes a month after the shipyard was named ‘Shipyard of the Year’ at the Lloyd’s List Middle East & Indian […]

  • Zaliv Shipyard One of ‘The Best Employers’ in Crimea, Ukraine

    2 June 2013

    The action “Success of the Year” in Crimea initiated by the Council of Ministers of Crimea allows to determine the best of the best in various spheres of life of the peninsula and it is a kind of recognition of the contribution of citizens and labor collectives into the socio-economic development of Crimea. The 13 […]

  • World’s 2nd-biggest shipyard to start construction in July

    8 June 2007

    Groundbreaking for the soon-to-be world’s second-largest shipyard, to be constructed in the Yumurtalık Free Trade Zone in Adana, will take place in July of this year. Bülent Uzunsaç, board chairman of Hay Shipbuilding and Maintenance & Repairs Inc. (HGS), said their preparations were in their last stages and that they had been granted permission to […]

  • Ukraine: Zaliv Shipyard Participates in Barge Construction Tender

    14 January 2013

    JS Zaliv shipyard participates in tender for construction of barges for Nibulon, the shipyard’s Marketing Director of  (Crimea, Kerch), Mr. Yuriy Dovgiy has announced. According to his information, Zaliv received the invitation from one of the biggest agricultural companies of Ukraine (the Nibulon company) to take part in the tender for construction of 10 non-self-propelled […]

  • Zhenjiang Shipyard Hosts Caterpillar’s Two-Day Seminar

    9 September 2013

    From 5th to 6th of September 2013, Caterpillar’s two-day seminar, which focused on ASD tugboats, was held in Zhenjiang. On 6th September, the American company, as host, invited over 90 representatives from foreign and domestic port groups, design companies and concerned suppliers to visit Zhenjiang Shipyard. Mr. Guo Yan, president of Zhenjiang Shipyard, introduced the […]

  • China: Executive Officers of VALE Visit Changxing Shipyard

    27 July 2011

    The executive officers Mr. Andre Amaral and Mr. Luiz Picorelli from VALE of Brazil a global leading mining company visited China Shipping Industry Changxing Shipyard (CSIS) on the morning of July 27th, 2011. The deputy director of China Shipping Industry Co. Ltd Mr. Li Zhengjian met with the Owner representatives, accompanied by the directors of […]

  • Chinese Shipyards to Deliver First of Twelve VLCCs to NITC

    13 April 2012

    In May, the first of the 12 commissioned supertankers is supposed to be delivered to Iranian oil shipping operator NITC from two Chinese shipyards. From the total of 12, seven of the very large crude carriers (VLCCs) are expected to be delivered by the end of the year. Another four are supposed to be commissioned […]

  • Chengxi Shipyard Lays Keel for CNCo’s Third Handysize

    13 August 2013

    Chengxi Shipyard held, on August 6, a keel-laying ceremony for China Navigation’s (CNCo) third 39,500 dwt bulk carrier of Deltamarin’s Bdelta handysize design. In total, CNCo ordered a series of twelve 39,500 dwt bulk carriers from Chengxi, China. The service speed of the vessel, scheduled for delivery in 2014, at design draught shall be 14.0 knots and […]