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Tsuneishi Shipbuilding delivers 200th Kamsarmax bulker

JANUARY 8, 2015 — Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. yesterday delivered its 200th Kamsarmax bulk carrier, the 82,000 dwt Ultra Lion. Developed by Tsuneishi and now an industry standard, Kamsarmax bulkers have

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Wärtsilä makes X62 fully available on market

JANUARY 8, 2015 — Wärtsilä reports that the first Wärtsilä X62 two-stroke engine has successfully passed its design validation and type approval tests and has performed exceptionally well during the necessary sea

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Double launch from Canada’s largest dry dock

JANUARY 7, 2015 — Chantier Davie Canada Inc, Lévis, Quebec, reports a busy three weeks. Over the holiday period, the second in the series of 130-m Subsea Construction Vessels that the company

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Batam shipyard uses air bags to launch X-bow

JANUARY 7, 2015 — The first of two Ulstein designed PX121 platform supply vessels for Singapore’s Britoil Offshore Services Pte Ltd was successfully launched this week —using ship launching airbags. “Launches are

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Ferus Smit wins order for two DP2 ECOBOX vessels

JANUARY 6, 2015 — Symphony Shipping B.V., the Netherlands subsidiary of Singapore’s Symphony Ventures Pte Ltd., has added two more ECOBOX multipurpose vessels to the six it has on order at Westerbroek,

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Keppel Singmarine books new contracts

JANUARY 6, 2014 — Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine says its specialized shipbuilding subsidiary Keppel Singmarine has secured two contracts worth a total of about S$65 million (about $49 million). The first,

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Vard’s Seaonics subsidiary wins major order

JANUARY 5, 2015 — Fincantieri Group member Vard says that, through its specialized subsidiary Seaonics, it has secured a large equipment contract for a polar research vessel under construction at Fincantieri in

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BAE Mayport gets $14.5 million Navy contract mod

JANUARY 4, 2015 — BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Mayport, LLC, Jacksonville, FL, is being awarded a $14,572,040 modification to a previously awarded contract (N40024-10-C-4406) for the selected restricted availability of the Arleigh

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Wärtsilä to power giant dredge

JANUARY 2, 2015 — A 6,500 cu.m. non self-propelled cutter dredge under construction in China will be one of the world’s largest with 5,200 kW of cutter power. Designed by the Design