Aker Kvaerner will publish its 3rd quarter results 2007 at the Oslo Stock Exchange on Tuesday 23 October at about 8.45 a.m. Central European Time. The results presentation will be held at Aker Kvaerner’s headquarters, Lysaker at 9.30 a.m. the same morning.
Two men have been taken to hospital after a tug collided with a number of safety boats close to the scene of an earlier fatal accident. They were thrown into the sea near a liquefied natural gas (LNG) jetty at Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire.
Royal Van Lent Shipyard launches M.Y. Harle (hull number 797). A 44.65 meter twin screw motor yacht with a steel hull and aluminum superstructure. The yacht is equiped with 2 x MTU 12V2000M70, delevering 788 kW and 2x Wärtsilä Fixed pitch 5-bladed propellers.
Moonen Shipyards, leading builder of fine ‘pocket-size superyachts,’ is pleased to announce that its semi-displacement ’94 Alu’ Nilo has won a prestigious 2007 World Yachts Trophy. Announced at the Cannes Boat Show on 15 September, Nilo was given the ‘Trophée de L’innovation’ for Custom Yachts less
Romanian shipyard Daewoo Mangalia was urgently seeking shipbuilding experts from several countries, including Bulgaria, in order to be able to complete orders for a total of more than $1 billion (511.5 million euro), Rompress news agency was quoted as saying by Bulgarian daily newspaper Dnevnik.
Emergency services are responding to a simulated collision between two ships off the coast of Essex and Suffolk in an exercise to test their performance. The Coastguard Agency is directing the exercise involving the ports of Harwich and Felixstowe.
The VASCO DA GAMA, one of the biggest trailing suction hopper dredgers in the world, can reach a dredging depth of 131 meters. For a special job this was increased to 138 meters.
Third Vessel Will Transport Increased Production from Yucatán Quarry. Birmingham, Ala. – Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC) today announced that it has christened the M/V H.A. Sklenar at the Company’s Blakely Island sales yard in the Port of Mobile. With the addition of the Sklenar, Vulcan owns an
Keel laying for the fifth tanker in Aker Philadelphia Shipyard‘s series of product tankers took place today in the yard’s Building Dock. The event was particularly noteworthy in that for the first time in the build program, the initial module set in the dock for this vessel (Hull 009) was a complex
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s biggest shipyard, said Tuesday it will spend 260 billion won (US$284 million) to expand its engine plant to meet growing demand.
POSCO Co Ltd, the world’s fourth-largest steel maker, said on Tuesday it would raise the price of its steel plates for shipbuilding by 9.9 per cent, reflecting higher costs and strong demand.
The ‘Coral Seas’ has a capacity of 74,477 deadweight tonnage (dwt) and can be hired for $54,000 per day for a period of 23 to 25 months. The ‘Golden Seas’ has a capacity of 74,475 dwt and can be hired for $64,000 per day for a period of 11 to 13 months. The two vessels, […]
LR-Fairplay’s Daily Newbulding News reports that Construcciones Navales del Norte (CNN) shipyard in Spain has secured a contract from Jan de Nul.
bird conservation group has welcomed calls to tighten up the law on ship-to-ship oil transfers. The RSPB is backing the move by East Lothian Labour MP Anne Moffat to change shipping laws reserved to Westminster.