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Odfjell Tankers (Norway) ordered two 39,500 DWT Chemical Tankers from Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa Shipyard (Poland). |
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BP Shipping (UK) plans to order max. twelve(6+6) MR Tankers, at worth of approx. US$ 372mill.
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Hanjin Heavy Industries (Korea) contracted four 4,900 TEU Container carriers with Nordcapital (Germany). |
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Kyushu Kyuko Ferry company (Japan) plans to order a Ro-Ro ship from Shin Kurushima Dockyard.
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Chin Fu Shipyard (Taiwan) contracted two 4,200 BHP Tug ships with a Japanese ship-owner. |
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Hanjin Heavy Industries (Korea) contracted a
13,000 displacement tons LPX ship with the Navy.
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Cosco Shipping Co. (China) plans to order six Panamax Tankers from Chinese Shipyards. |
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Bernhard Schulte (Germany) ordered four(2+2) 1,700 TEU Container Ships from Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard (China), at worth of approx. US$ 21.1 mill/ship.
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P&O Nedlloyd Co. ordered eight 7,400 TEU Container Ships from Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (Japan). |
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China Steel Express (CSE) ordered a 200,000 DWT Bulk carrier from CSBC Shipyard (Taiwan).
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Hyundai Heavy Industries (Korea) contracted eight Container Cranes with Hutchison Ports (Hong Kong), at worth of US$ 45mill.
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Shanghai Edward Shipyard (China) contracted a 13,600 DWT Chemical Tanker with Tarbit Shipping Co. (Sweden). |
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HMD (Korea) contracted six 37,000 DWT Product
Carriers with Tsakos Shipping & Trading (Greece), at worth of US$ 160mill.
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Bijlsma Shipyard (Netherlands) contracted a 6,384 DWT Oil/Bitumen/Chemical Tanker with Tarbit Co.(Sweden). |
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Royal Niestern Sander Shipyard (Netherlands) contracted two 16,000 CBM IMO II Tankers with Petromarine Co.(France).
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DSME (Korea) contracted six Panamax Container Ships with Hamburg Sud Co. (Germany),
at worth of US$ 348mill. |
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Hamburg Sud Co. (Germany)
ordered four 2,532 TEU Container Ships from Kvaerner Warnow
Werft (Germany), at worth of US$ 130mill.
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PDV Marina (Venezuela)
invited three final tender for three 27,000 DWT Asphalt
carriers, at worth of approx. US$120mill. The final tenders
are Izar (Spain), Ferrostaal (Germany), and Merwede
(Netherlands). |
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Volvo Penta has signed an agreement with the Italian power boat manufacturer Sessa Marine regarding deliveries of approximately 1,000 engines and drive systems over three years.
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Korean builders plans to
join Shipbuilding Fund
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), Samsung Heavy Industries and a few other domestic shipbuilding firms are willing to participate in the
country's first shipbuilding fund.
Officials of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and shipbuilding industry insiders said Korea Investment Trust and Securities (KITS) is promoting the launch of a shipbuilding investment firm by forming a consortium within the year. |
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Oil tanker adrift off northern Spain
Oil leaks from stricken oil tanker Prestige, transporting around 77,000
tons of fuel oil, off the north-western Spanish coast near the village of Muxia 14 November 2002. Rescue services in Spain continued to battle to stem a major oil leak from the tanker in trouble off one of Spain's most scenic coastlines.
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