Equipment
Bergen wins seismic refit
Norwegian yard Bergen Group BMV has won a Nkr17 million contract from Rieber Shipping to refit seismic newbuild Polar Duchess before the vessel starts work for TGS in the North Sea this summer. The rebuilding work includes installation of new sei...
2012-01-09 07:38:34
Uruguay "floating regas" speeds up
Argentina’s YPF is teaming up with compatriot Enarsa in a bid to inject more momentum into Uruguay’s plans for a floating LNG import terminal. To date only Enarsa has been working with Gas Sayago, the joint venture of Uruguayan state energy c...
2012-01-09 07:31:27
Plate Nego "Tough"
Shipbuilders and steelmakers are in confrontation over thick plate price for the first quarter 2012. South Korean builders request price cut of over-KRW 100,000 ($86.13) per ton from Q4 price. Yards are in urgent need of cost reduction by low-m...
2012-01-09 06:57:49
Nippon Paint's "One-time coating"
NK announced on 5 January that it approved one-time coating system for ballast tank, as a new substitute system, satisfying IMO's Performance Standard for Protective Coatings (PSPC). The new coating system developed by Nippon Paint Marine Coating ...
2012-01-06 17:16:19
Big4 eye GTT buyout
South Korea's large shipbuilders move forward with organizing consortium to buy France's Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT). The Korea Shipbuilders' Association leads consortium organization. According to market sources on 5 January, Samsung Heavy Ind...
2012-01-06 10:54:43
SBM lands Ichthys turret
SBM Offshore has won a letter of intent from Inpex for an internal turret mooring system to be installed with the large FPSO vessel at the Ichthys LNG project off Western Australia. The deal involves the engineering, procurement and construction ...
2012-01-06 08:26:30
STX Turku MPP Keel-laying
The keel-laying of the multipurpose deck cargo vessel, built for Oy Gaiamare Ab, was held at STX Turku Shipyard on Wednesday 4 January 2012. The NB 1379 is 105.4 metres long and 18.8 metres wide. The environmentally friendly vessel is to be deliv...
2012-01-05 07:55:35
KR New Year's Message
Chairman Oh Kong-Gyun, Korean Register of Shipping (KR) said from his New Year's message that KR had reduced PSC detention to zero, placed top in classification evaluation and registered tonnage of 50m became just at hand, last year. Chairman Oh adde...
2012-01-04 11:11:13
Ecospeed for ice-going newbuilds
A Norwegian based shipping company chose Ecospeed to give lasting protection to their two newbuild general cargo vessels. The first vessel, M/V Golfstraum, was delivered in November. Her sister vessel M/V Rystraum is planned for a 2012 delivery. ...
2012-01-04 08:05:43
2000TEU sets new standards!
The Danish Naval Design and Marine Consultancy Knud E. Hansen A/S and joint venture partner ABB have developed a highly fuel-efficient 2000 TEU Container Feeder Vessel. The vessel's main dimensions have been optimised for calling in Bangkok, but ...
2012-01-03 08:09:28
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