Equipment
Marine suppliers welcome order surge
Marine equipment manufacturers are expected to benefit from shipbuilding Industry's increase in newbuilding order. Lee Kang-Rok, a researcher from Kyobo Securities of South Korea said, "South Korea's Big 3 exceeded newbuilding order of last year ...
2011-09-06 11:00:52
SAMGONG VOS installs BWTS in VLCC
SAMGONG VOS announces a successful installation of a ballast water treatment system onboard a South Korean yard built VLCC. Last month Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries built a 318,000-dwt very large crude carrier for SAMCO, which is fitted with 6,35...
2011-09-06 07:31:41
GL class passes 100m GT
Classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) fleet under classification now exceeds 100 million GT (gross tonnage). GL has currently more than 7,200 ships from over 1,900 shipping companies worldwide under regular technical supervision. "We...
2011-09-06 07:00:05
Hyundai eyes ultra-wide thick plate
Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea is now ready for introducing POSCO's ultra-wide thick plate, in accordance with big increase in newbuilding order for ultra-large vessel and offshore plant. Industry player said on Sep 4 that Hyundai and PO...
2011-09-05 12:13:33
Niigata develops new marine engine
IHI Corporation of Japan announced on Sep 1st that its affiliated Niigata Power Systems has developed the world best energy-efficient small medium-speed marine diesel engine, '17 AHX' and conducted a test run. Smaller size of '28 AHX' from 2008, '...
2011-09-02 12:31:41
Samkang inks steel pipe
Samkang M&T of South Korea, with Korea-highest technology in thick steel pipe, won KRW 4.3bn ($4m) of orders from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. This thick steel pipe will be equipped in Daewoo's offshore fixed platform placing in Angol...
2011-09-02 11:04:15
Bohai orders new BWTS
N.E.I. Treatment Systems announced the receipt of its first order from Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry for two Venturi Oxygen Stripping (VOS) ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) to be installed aboard two 320,000 dwt VLCCs being built for Sovcom...
2011-09-01 06:43:18
CFRP propeller in limelight
Japan's Nakashima Propeller started development of its marine propeller with carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). Current raw material for ship propeller is copper, however, its price tag going up and heavy weights suggest to find substitute. ...
2011-09-01 06:12:02
Hyundai enters drillship engine market
Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea said on Aug 31 that it has inked new orders for 98 drillship engines totalling $150m from Diamond Offshore Drilling, Noble Drilling of the US, and others year-to-date. Hyundai's 'HiMSEN' engine was self-deve...
2011-08-31 11:26:02
Daewoo eyes additional acquisition
President Nam Sang-Tae, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea, hinted a possibility of its additional acquisition of Hyundai Merchant Marine's shares. Regarding HMM stake acquisition, Nam said on Aug 29, "HMM is one of Daewoo's c...
2011-08-31 09:33:59
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