Month: May 2005

Daewoo Shipbuilding has clinched four 4,000TEU class container ships from Hamburg Sud at a total contract price of $384 million. In April this year, the German shipowner placed an order for six…

With the push of a button a $40 million vessel building programme was launched at the Dubai Drydocks recently. As the plate-cutting machine started up, the first steel plate was cut for…

Tasmanian fast ferry specialist Incat has laid the keel of the first 112 metre Wave Piercing Catamaran at its new undercover construction facilities. Prefabrication work on the 112 metre catamaran has been…

Basic principles and goals for goal-based standards (GBS) for new ship construction were agreed in principle by IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) when it met at the Organization's London Headquarters for its…

Aker ASA and Kvaerner ASA have started to collaborate on setting up Aker American Shipping ASA, a company that will own Kvaerner's shipyard in Philadelphia and 10 - yet to be built…

Wärtsilä delivered the first two Wärtsilä Auxpac generating sets in April 2005. Introduced in September 2004, Wärtsilä Auxpac is a standard, pre-commissioned generating set designed to provide auxiliary electricity onboard marine vessels.…

Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (Asry) is to embark on a $15 million expansion, adding three more dry berths to its facilities in Hidd., Bahrain. The new berths, each 140 metres long,…

Dongkuk Steel Mill Company will sign a memorandum of understanding with Brazilian partners including iron ore mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), to participate in a $750 million steel plant…

Lloyd?s Register (LR) has published a set of comprehensive guidelines to help owners, operators and builders of membrane-type LNG tankers to assess the ability of a containment system to withstand sloshing loads.…

Daewoo Shipbuilding will build a hull block factory in Yantai, China, which will be operational from 2007. It will have a capacity to produce 50,000 tonnes in 2007 and 300,000 tonnes from…