Month: April 2004

COSCO in China will build a new shipyard facility in Zhoushan involving an investment of $36 million for the first phase which will be completed at the end of this year. In…

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Orangeleaf arrived at A&P Tyne?s number 4 dock at Wallsend last week for a 68 day refit. Orangeleaf has been a regular visitor to A&P?s Falmouth yard and…

Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea reveals massive new order of 10 ships valued at $900 million. The orders comprise of two 145,000 cbm LNG carriers option from Malaysia International Shipping for…

DFDS Tor Line has ordered newbuilding number six in the so-called flower series from Flensburg Shipyard. DFDS also negotiated an option for a seventh unit.Recently, DFDS has secured a number of substantial…

IHI Marine United will recommence in-house design and development of marine turbochargers following a 14-year break during which time the company had either procured fully built units or manufactured units according to…

In a presentation made at the ?new technology seminar? held on the first day of Sea Japan 2004 trade show, JSMEA (Japanese Marine Equipment Association) made the case for using authentic ship…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has achieved savings of W 20 million ($17,240) per new ship by adopting a spray-on technique for thermal insulation materials. The Ulsan-based shipbuilder recently applied the spray technique to…

Wärtsilä Corporation has been awarded a contract to supply a 31.5 MW diesel power plant for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Mutineer-Exeter field of Santos Ltd off…

Kobe Diesel will start building works on a new marine diesel engine production facility on part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries? (MHI) plant in Futami, Japan, for completion in April 2006. It will…

The initial field is set for the eventual selection of a shipyard to build four new vessels for Washington State Ferries (WSF). Five local shipyards have submitted information to WSF to commence…