Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Yangzijiang shipping wins $409.7M shipbuilding deals

China-based shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipping Ltd. said it has secured contracts worth $409.7m to build 13 container vessels for delivery between 2010 and 2011.


It currently has $4.94b worth of contracts on hand, $2.9b dollars of which was secured during the first nine months of the year. Yangzijiang was among the three foreign stocks that were included in the revamped Straits Times Index.


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Renaissance subsidiary wins $35mln Abu Dhabi contract

Renaissance's subsidiary Adyard LLC was awarded a $35 million contract by Single Buoy Moorings Inc. for the fabrication of a mobile offshore production unit for Talisman Energy to be located on the YME Field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.


The contract entails the fabrication and load out of the hull, topsides and related works. The process equipment will be fabricated in modules and installed on the hull at the Adyard jetty. Single Buoy Mooring Inc is a market leader in the conversion and operation of FPSO’s worldwide and this award marks the fourth contract Single Buoy Moorings has awarded to Adyard in the past 12 months following the award of two CALM Buoys and PLEMS and five modules for the Frade FPSO for Chevron.


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Two new war ships for Australia

Prime Minister John Howard has announced the government has signed the contract to build two new warships in a deal worth $3.1 billion.


Mr Howard said the government had signed a contract with shipbuilder Tenix to build two large amphibious ships for the Royal Australian Navy. He made the announcement at Tenix's shipyard in Williamstown in Melbourne. The first ship, HMAS Canberra, will be delivered in 2013 and the second, HMAS Adelaide, in 2015. The work in Melbourne will be worth about $500 million to Australian industry.


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DP World, Senegal sign $700m Dakar port deal

Senegal Prime Minister Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré, formally handed responsibility for operating and developing Senegal's busiest container terminal to DP World.


A signing ceremony was attended by the chairman of DP World and holding company Dubai World, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem. The final agreement follows the announcement of DP World as the successful bidder of the international tender in June. DP World plans to contribute more than 500 million euros through direct investment and participating shareholding by the Port Authority of Dakar.


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Tuesday, October 9, 2007

New Board of Directors of INSA

Mr. S. Hajara, Chairman and Managing Director, SCI has been elected as the new President of Indian National Shipowners Association (INSA) at the 27th Annual General Meeting of the Association held in Mumbai on September 28, 2007.


Mr. Hajara was earlier the Vice President of the Association. Mr. Atul Agarwal, Jt. Managing Director, Mercator Lines has been elected as the new Vice President. Two new faces have also been inducted in the Board, viz. Captain S.S. Tripathi, CMD of Dredging Corporation of India and Mr. Arun Sharma, Executive President and CEO, India Steamship. The other Directors re elected for the year 2007-08 are: Mr. Anil Devli, Executive Director, Shreyas Shipping; Mr. R.L. Pal, Group Sr. Vice President, Reliance Industries; Mr. A.R. Ramakrishnan, Chief Executive Officer, Essar Shipping; Mr. K. M. Sheth, Executive Chairman, Great Eastern Shipping; Mr. S.K. Shahi, Chairman & Managing Director, SKS (Ship) and Mr. R. Srinivasan, Executive Director, West Asia Maritime.


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Melting sea ice forcing Walruses ashore

Thousands of walrus have appeared on Alaska’s northwest coast a clear indication of the consequence of global warming melting the Arctic sea ice.


Alaska’s walrus, especially breeding females, in summer and fall are usually found on the Arctic ice pack. But the lowest summer ice cap on record put sea ice far north of the outer continental shelf, the shallow, life-rich shelf of ocean bottom in the Bering and Chukchi seas.


Walrus feed on clams, snails and other bottom dwellers. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder, September sea ice was 39 per cent below the long-term average from 1979 to 2000.


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Paragon Shipping Inc. to acquire two vessels

Paragon Shipping Inc. announced it has entered into agreements with unaffiliated third parties to acquire two, 2006-built Panamax drybulk carriers.


The first vessel, to be named "Coral Seas", has a capacity of 74,477 dwt and will be purchased with the benefit of a timecharter attached at $54,000 per day for a period of 23 to 25 months. The second vessel, to be named "Golden Seas", has a capacity of 74,475 dwt and a timecharter attached at $64,000 per day for a period of 11 to 13 months. Both vessels will be delivered between November and December 2007 and immediately delivered into their respective timecharters. The aggregate purchase price of the vessels is $178 million. With the addition of these two vessels, the Company's fleet will consist of seven Panamax drybulk carriers, three Handymax drybulk carriers and one Supramax drybulk carrier, with an aggregate capacity of approximately 706,358 dwt.


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