Equipment
Baosteel triggers fleet establishment
Baosteel Group speeds up self-owned fleet establishment, to resolve cost issues of long-term demand for global dry/bulk cargo shipping. Currently Baosteel signed with compatriot JES International and Guanhai Shipbuilding Industry to build nine coa...
2010-09-15 01:05:37
Capesize resale prices plummet
Lauritzen Bulkers has seen $9m wiped from the value of one of its capesize ships over the last three months as the weak charter market hits vessel values. The 2009-built, 179,362 dwt Caecilie Bulker is understood to have been sold for around $62m...
2010-09-14 08:24:46
Cargotec pens full-electric drive orders
Cargotec has recently secured new orders that will see full sets of MacGregor RoRo electric drive equipment onboard two pure car carriers; taking Cargotec’s orderbook of fully electrically-driven PCCs to five. In May and June, Cargotec won two new ...
2010-09-14 08:14:25
SHI establishes 'Smart Shipyard'
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries clinched an agreement with KT, an integrated wired/wireless telecommunication service provider, on September 13th to set up the WiBro network at its Geoje Shipyard by the end of this year. By establishing a w...
2010-09-13 14:19:55
Rapp to supply winches for ARRV
Rapp Hydema has been awarded a contract to supply complete suite of winches for the Alaska Regional Research Vessel (ARRV). Rapp supplied items will include oceanographic traction, hydrographic, and CTD winches, two storage reels, side-handling b...
2010-09-10 08:29:21
Evergreen installs satcoms
Evergreen Line has completed installation of the Inmarsat FleetBroadband satellite communications service on its entire fleet of 70 container vessels in order to ensure optimal vessel performance and crew morale. The system allows headquarters pe...
2010-09-10 08:18:38
Xinyu rolls out 3,500mm plate
Jiangxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Xinyu Iron and Steel Group has announced that it has successfully produced shipbuilding plates of 3,500 mm width - the first time it has produced plate of this width since its plate production line was establ...
2010-09-09 08:28:34
Rolls-Royce engine deal
Power systems giant Rolls-Royce has won a deal to supply engines to a new $61.5m Norwegian gas-powered ferry. It will also provide main azimuth thrusters for the double-ended ship, ordered by Fjord1 earlier this year. The vessel will be the world...
2010-09-09 08:17:51
CSBC to find cheaper steel
General Tan Taiping of Taiwanese CSBC said the steel supply amount of Evergreen’s order was believed to hit 300,000t. So, he expected compatriot China Steel Corporation (CSC) could offer competitive price for smooth proceeding. Tan said 11 newbu...
2010-09-08 10:19:42
Cargotec inks €13m order
Cargotec wins EUR 13 million worth of MacGregor hatch cover orders from Grieg Shipping Cargotec has signed a contract to deliver MacGregor hatch covers for six 48,700 dwt open-hatch cargo ships ordered by Norwegian shipowner Grieg Shipping. The s...
2010-09-07 08:45:52
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