The news that VT Halter Marine received a $15 million contract to build NOAA’s newest research vessel is a shot in the arm for the company’s Moss Point shipyard. An announcement the next day that the company was awarded a $200 million contract by the U.S. Navy to build its new class of spy ship [&he
Korean shipbuilders are enjoying soaring sales this year after succeeding in shifting their main business from cheap container ships to expensive special-purpose vessels and offshore platforms. The orders received by each of the big three firms _ Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries an
SOUTH Korea’s Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd, Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (“K” Line), Taiwan’s Yang Ming Ltd and United Arab Shipping Co S.A.G. (UASC) have teamed up to launch a new service linking South- East Asia, India, Sri Lanka with the Mediterranean Sea and the US East Coast. Dubbed SINA, the ne
CMA CGM Group, the world
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd in South Korea for delivery of drilling facilities for an ultra deepwater semi submersible drilling rig ordered by an international drilling contractor. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approx
Aker Kvaerner has secured a boiler contract in Asia, and a letter of intent to provide three power boilers to a separate customer in France. The combined orders are worth approximately EUR 100 million to Aker Kvaerner. Kvaerner Power, part of the Aker Kvaerner group, will supply a recovery boiler fo
The long-term future of more than 3500 Scottish shipbuilding jobs could be decided in Whitehall on October 26 when government ministers make a final decision on funding for two 60,000-tonne aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy. The
The SMM 2006, 22nd shipbuilding, machinery & marine technology, international trade fair hamburg, closed on Friday at the end of this four-day event, setting up a new visitor record. The event went very successfully for the 1,669 exhibitors from 50 nations. Seldom has the mood been so good among SMM
A 10,500-tonne cargo ship built for the NOMA shipping company of Japan was launched in northern Hai Phong city on Sept. 29. The ship was built by the Bach Dang shipyard company at a cost of 10 million USD under a contract to build three cargo ships signed between the company and its Japanese partner
The University of New Orleans received a $3.6 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects agency last week to develop automated tools for programming robots to weld ship components. The grant is funded by the Office of Naval Research. “The shipbuilding industry can never find enough we
Jakob Hatteland Display unveiled the stunning Series 2 widescreen display at SMM 2006. Launched in May 2006, the Series 2 range is fast becoming an industry standard and the introduction of the sophisticated 32
The Federal Environment Minister, Senator Ian Campbell, has defended increasing fishing closures on Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef but says the matter was poorly handled. The comments follow the release of a review into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA). Commercial and recreatio
Rybovich Marina in West Palm Beach, Florida, is proud to announce they have been designated as a Certified ValvTect Marine Fuel Marina. Their fuel dock now offers ValvTect Marine Premium Diesel with BioGuard and ValvTect Marine Gasoline. Since 1929, Rybovich has manufactured luxury sportfishing yach
The Pohokura field in Taranaki is now producing commercial quantities of gas and condensate, joint venture owners Shell, Todd and OMV said yesterday. Commercial quantities were now flowing from the three completed onshore wells through the production station at Motunui, near New Plymouth. The gas re
