DNV working on High North safety standards [General]
In July, DNV hosted an expert meeting between representatives from the management group in Gazprom, Norwegian companies and representatives from the Russian and Norwegian government. The purpose of the meeting was to present a status report on a ...
2009-08-24 11:29:34
Serbian eyes Croatian yard privatization [Shipbuilding]
Serbian tycoon Philip Zepter is aiming to buy three of the five Croatian shipyards being privatized by the government. The businessman, born Milan Jankovic and said to be one of Europe’s richest men, has bought tender documents for Brodotrogir, ...
2009-08-24 07:22:29
Damen wins workboat [Shipbuilding]
Gulf of Aden Ports Corporation (GAPC) has ordered a new twin-screw workboat from Damen Shipyards Group of the Netherlands. The Yemeni company will take delivery of the EUR 2.79m ($3.98m) Multi Cat 1908 ship in early 2010. It will be built by a Dam...
2009-08-24 07:19:37
Orders for e-engines increase [Equipment]
In marine low-speed main engines, orders for electronically-controlled engines are piling up. Orders for MAN engine had reached 730 units by June 2009, and those for Wartsila engine 700 units by April 2009, with market shares of the two licenses almo...
2009-08-24 07:17:10
Petrobras inks OSV newbuilds [Offshore]
Brazil’s Petrobras has contracted the construction of 13 offshore supply vessels (OSV) but has left deals for another 11 unsigned. The supply ships are part of the group’s ambitious plans to contract up to 146 OSVs by 2014. According to Sergi...
2009-08-24 07:12:11
GSI sees 48% drop in profit [Finance]
Rising steel and labor costs led Guangzhou Shipyard International to post a 48.4% drop in interim net profit to Yuan237.6m ($34.9m), against Yuan533m a year earlier. The shipbuilder, based in southern China and 35.7% owned by China State Shipbuil...
2009-08-24 07:09:59
Order cancellations slow in China [Shipbuilding]
The pace of newbuildings cancellations at Chinese shipyards appears to be declining, with only six orders comprising 342,000 dwt axed in July. The China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry, which regularly surveys the country’s ma...
2009-08-24 07:08:04
Flaws in China-built LNG ships [General]
China's first LNG carrier newbuilding is nearing the end of a complex repair job that will have kept the ship out of service for almost 10 weeks. Sources indicate that the entire tailshaft of the 147,000-cbm Dapeng Sun (built 2008) had to be remov...
2009-08-24 07:05:23
Kouan jumps on shipbreaking biz [Shipbuilding]
China’s Kouan Shipbuilding looks set to be the latest yard to move into the demolition sector following a widespread downturn in newbuilding orders. The Jiangsu-based facility, which databases list as having 41 vessels under construction, will f...
2009-08-24 07:03:46
Indian new yard project ditched [Shipbuilding]
A plan to construct a greenfield shipyard appears to have gone awry for a newcomer in India following the credit crisis and downturn in the shipbuilding industry. Mumbai-based Bombay Marine Engineering Works (BMEW)'s project to set up a facility i...
2009-08-24 06:56:17
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