ABB to Supply Ice-Classed Azipod Propulsion for Research Vessel
ABB has received an order from the Guangzhou Shipyard International to supply an Azipod® DI propulsion system for the new compact icebreaker of China’s Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering. The ship is expected to be delivered in 2025, after which it will begin to carry out operations in the Arctic and Antarctic Ocean.A complete electric propulsion system including two 4.5MW Azipod® units will drive the vessel through harsh weather and thick first-year ice to enable research on behalf of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Svanehøj Wins Pump Order for New Chinese MR Tankers
Svanehøj said it has landed two major P&C pump orders in China, most recently securing a contract with GSI Shipyard on a total of 96 deepwell pumps for four new MR Tankers.Svanehøj has manufactured pump systems for P&C tankers for decades, but the segment is now becoming a significantly larger part of the business. The Danish specialist in deepwell pumps for marine and offshore has a target of increasing sales of P&C cargo pumps by 40% over the next three years and has just won its largest single P&C order since 2005.The customer is Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited (GSI)…
Guangzhou Shipyard Bags Order for Seven Tankers from Cosco Shipping
Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation (CSET) has placed an order for seven more ships at compatriot Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited (GSI), owned by CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company Limited. The order will include two 64,900 dwt crude oil tankers, two 109,900 dwt LR2 vessels and three 114,000 dwt crude tankers, totaling in an investment worth approximately USD 323 million (RMB 2.14 billion.). Expected delivery dates for the two 64,900 dwt panamax crude tankers are on or before 29 February 2020 and 31 May 2020, respectively. The two 109,900 dwt LR2/Aframax clean products/crude oil carriers of 109,900 dead have expected delivery dates of on or before 31 October 2020 and 31 January 2021, respectively.
Navig8 Acquires Seventh LR2 from Guangzhou Shipyard
Navig8 Product Tankers Inc. today announced that it has taken delivery of the Navig8 Gladiator, a 113,000 DWT LR2 tanker from Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited (“GSI”), formerly CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) Company Limited. The Navig8 Gladiator is the seventh of eight vessels contracted at GSI to be delivered to the Company and is the seventh vessel to be delivered under the sale and leaseback agreements entered into with CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company Limited (“CSSC”) announced on June 25, 2015. Following delivery from GSI, the Navig8 Gladiator was delivered to CSSC under the terms of the Sale MOA and then delivered back to the Company under bareboat charter. The Navig8 Gladiator will be entered into and operated in Navig8 Group’s Alpha8 commercial pool.
Fairstar Confirms Commitment to Third New Ship
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (Fairstar) confirms that on 3 May 2011 Fairstar had entered into a Shipbuilding Contract with a face value of $110 million with China Shipbuilding Trading Company Limited (CSTC) and Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited ("GSI") concerning the acquisition and building of a fifth vessel (MV Fathom), identical to the two earlier new builds MV Forte and MV Finesse. This Shipbuilding Contract was amended by a Memorandum of Agreement to the Shipbuilding Contract on 23 May 2012 to the extent that Fairstar was obliged to make payment of the First and Second Instalments under the Shipbuilding Contract by 20 June 2012.
