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Jul 07, 2006
Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. has ordered two new building Long Range One (LR1) Product tankers from STX Shipbuilding Company Ltd., Korea. Great Eastern said the vessels,
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Jul 07, 2006
Kristen Navigation Inc. ordered three oil tankers from South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. for about $234m, Bloomberg reported. The three ships will each have a capacity of 159,
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Jul 07, 2006
MC Shipping Inc. said on July 5 that it plans to buy a pair of 15,360 cu.m., semi-refrigerated liquefied petroleum gas tankers from Germany's Bernhard Schulte Group.
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Jul 07, 2006
Incat recently signed a contract for two 112m high speed vehicle-passenger catamarans for a ferry operator in Japan, the Libera Corporation. Due for delivery in June 2007,
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Jul 07, 2006
BC Ferries announced that it has signed a $41m contract with Vancouver Shipyards, a Washington Marine Group company, to build a new 125-car intermediate size ferry.
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Jul 07, 2006
The South Australian Government has approved another $86m to expand the Osborne shipbuilding site in Adelaide. South Australian Premier Mike Rann met with the state's
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Jul 07, 2006
Seaspan Corporation exercised its option to build four 2500 TEU vessels at Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China. This option was part of the February transaction
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Jul 07, 2006
The aircraft carrier Intrepid, the military museum that has been docked on the Hudson River for 24 years, is scheduled to close on Oct. 1 and will be moved soon
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Jul 07, 2006
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. announced that it has taken delivery of the Jaeger, a 2004 built 52,265dwt Supramax dry bulk vessel. The Company has now taken on-schedule
delivery
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Jul 07, 2006
Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded type approval by the U.S. Coast Guard for the Sperry Marine VoyageMaster II Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR). The
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Jul 07, 2006
On July 7, a supply chain security expert from global container carrier APL outlined practical steps that would help achieve an improvement in the safety of international
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Jul 07, 2006
The world’s largest container ship, Xin Los Angeles, has been delivered by Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd. (SHI) to Lloyd’s Register class. The ship is owned by
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Jul 07, 2006
The Suez Canal Authority has ordered another 18 Voith Schneider Propellers from Voith Turbo. The propellers are of two different types of size 14 for ferries, as
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Jul 07, 2006
Aker Kvaerner and the Norwegian ship owner Aktieselskabet Borgestad ASA established a new company named Aker Borgestad Operations AS. The new company will operate
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Jul 07, 2006
The National Waterways Conference, Inc. will hold its 2006 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon on September 6-8.
The NWC has not convened its Annual Meeting
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Jul 07, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security released its summary of the FY2006 Infrastructure Grant Programs. Included therein is an allocation of $168m for port security grants.
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Jul 07, 2006
POSCO will increase production of ship steel plates by 30 percent from 3.6 million tons to 4.7 million tons over the next three years. The steelmaker said
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Jul 07, 2006
The US Army Corps of Engineers is seeking nominations for membership on the Inland Waterways Users Board. The Board advises the Corps on waterways construction
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Jul 07, 2006
Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping) has ordered two new building Long Range One (LR1) product tankers from STX Shipbuilding Company, Korea. The vessels,
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Jul 07, 2006
Trico Marine Services, Inc. announces the appointment of Robert V. O'Connor as Senior Vice President of Business and Strategic Development.
Prior to joining Trico,
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