Month: April 2005

Xinhe Shipyard has won a contract from Tianjing Port for a 1,600m3/hour dredger for delivery in June 2006. The new vessel will be 95 metres long, 15.4m wide, a depth of 4m…

Hyundai Heavy Industries secured its first export contract for the Himsen S-type engine H17/28 developed late last year. The order for six 5H17/28 medium speed diesel gensets was placed by the Turkish…

Plans are being finalized to sell Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard to a new group provisionally named American Shipping Corp. This announcement was made by a spokesman for Kvaerner ASA, the shipyard's Norwegian parent…

The latest warship to be launched on the Clyde went down the slipway at BAE's Govan yard in the shape of the 16,000 tonne landing dock ship, Cardigan Bay. She is the…

Shanghaiguan Shipyard, one of the main ship repairers in China, has this year won an order for a 70,000DWT floating dock from Samsung Heavy Industries, a 2,600TEU container ship from a Singapore…

Smiths Marine Sytems has acquired Fugro?s share in the ChartCo joint venture, such that ChartCo is now totally owned by Smiths. ChartCo was set up in 1998 as an innovative enterprise to…

The agreement on the purchase of 100% of the shares in Norwegian Maritime Equipment AS (NME) for NOK 12.2 million in cash in addition to shares in Str?mme ASA was signed by…

The new "IMO Pilot 2005" with the current regulations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is now available as the 5th edition for all customers of Germanischer Lloyd. All amendments to the…

Pakistan signed a contract with China for the purchase of four new F-22P frigates with all related equipment/systems. The signing of the frigate deal will help strengthen naval defence as Pakistan has…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has recently added one more dock for newbuilding, No. 1 dock, which had been used for ship repair. The shipbuilder has already laid the first two keels for a…