Month: October 2004

Spanish shipyard workers and employers reached a basic agreement yesterday to save the jobs of 10,700 workers. The future of 10 yards controlled by Izar shipyards, owned by government industrial holding company…

Aker Finnyards, a part of Aker Yards, has signed a Letter of Intent with the Swedish B & N Nordsjöfrakt for building three container carriers. The contract, worth in all approximately $188…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), the world's second-largest shipbuilder, has clinched orders worth $1.2 billion for 10 ships from overseas shipping companies. DSME signed a deal with the Swedish car carrier…

The German cruise operator AIDA Cruises (Rostock/Neu-Isenburg) has placed contracts with Meyer Werft in Papenburg for the construction of two 68,500 gt cruise ships. Delivery of the two newbuildings is scheduled for…

Construction work has commenced on the Longxue shipbuilding facility, South China?s largest shipbuilding base. The new shipyard complex will aim to be among the top shipbuilders in the world as well as…

Australian shipbuilders have been invited to tender for one of the countries? largest defence projects. The Federal Government has advertised for majority Australian-owned companies to construct three air warfare destroyers in a…

Scandinavian Electric Systems (SES) has entered a frame agreement with Rolls-Royce Marine for supply of low-voltage electric motors, motor starters and frequency convertersAfter evaluating a number of potential suppliers, Rolls-Royce Marine has…

Aker Langsten, a company in the Aker Yards Group, and Siem Offshore Inc have entered into a contract to build two platform supply vessels (PSV's). The value of the newbuilding contract is…

Norwegian specialist Kongsberg has introduced a new bearing temperature monitoring system for two-stroke engines. The development of BearingMaster follows the April 2004 launch of GB-100 Sentry, a new wireless monitoring system for…

Emergency Towing Systems (ETS) are not yet mandatory on ships other than tankers greater than 20.000 t dwt as proposed in the IMO DE 47 document, however, the Italian owner of container…