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• Launch of JoLoMo Retrospective Exhibition at new Clydebank Town Hall Gallery

  
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  Yesterday morning West Dunbartonshire Council and Museums and Galleries Scotland presided over the opening of a Retrospective Exhibition of the work of Argyll artist, John Lowrie Morrison – aka JoLoMo – in the splendid renewal of Clydebank Town Hall as a museum and gallery. The exhibition was officially ...
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• Kawasaki Heavy Ends Mitsui Merger Talks

  
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  A man walks past a signboard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. at the company’s Tokyo Head Office in Tokyo April 22, 2013. Image (c) REUTERS/Toru Hanai TOKYO, June 13 (Reuters) – Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd said on Thursday it had ended merger talks with shipbuilding rival Mitsui Engineering & ...
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• Cant vs. Wont and the Canadian Conundrum

  
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  If you ever see a foreign designed ship that you wish we had in our Fleet, you always get a Tourette like response, "You cant build a foreign designed ship here... " Dont be silly, of course you can - we just dont want to for mostly reasons of ego; the Canadians are - via David Pugliese at Defense News ; ...
  6 days ago

• RIA Novosti: Russia’s Third Borey-Class Sub Blessed for Sea Trials

  
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  Russia’s Third Borey-Class Sub Blessed for Sea Trials 19:52 10/06/2013 A third Borey-class nuclear-powered submarine will soon begin trials in the White Sea, and a Russian Orthodox priest has blessed the sub and its crew, the Sevmash shipyard said Monday. >> Other news of the day
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• LNG Bunkering – Jahre Marine Announces First Vessel

  
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  Drawing by Jahre Marine Jahre Marine AS has signed a new building contract, based on a Timecharter contract issued, with the chinese shipyard Avic Dingheng for building the first seagoing LNG carrier for  bunkering and small scale distribution. The LNG vessel cargo tank capacity is 6200 cbm. “Avic Dingheng ...
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• HHI and Wartsila Win Bid for New Heavy Construction Vessel

  
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  Wärtsilä announced today they have won the design contract for a large heavy construction vessel (HCV) to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries for Subsea 7.  Their VS 4285 HCV design was chosen out of a number of different designs proposed for the new ship by other engineering firms.  Once delivered in 2016, the ...
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• GE chosen by Eastern Shipbuilding Group

  
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  GE’s Power Conversion business has been awarded a contract by the Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City, Florida, to supply integrated diesel-electric power, propulsion and vessel control systems for two multipurpose supply vessels (MPSVs). “GE’s commitment to delivering tailored solutions from design to ...
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• Sting Taking Britain’s Shipbuilding Demise to Broadway

  
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  Sting’s “The Last Ship” cover art. By Constance Watson LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) – Sting has turned back to his childhood in the shadow of a struggling shipyard in northern England for a musical that will debut on Broadway next year and his first album of original material in 10 years. The musical, “The ...
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• Sting to release new album of original songs

  
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  London, Jun 5: Pop star Sting is set to release his first full-length album of original material since 2003.
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• Belships Orders Pair of Supramax Bulk Carriers from Japanese Yard

  
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  Oslo-based shipping firm Belships ASA has placed an order for two fuel efficient Supramax bulk carriers from Imabari Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. The design provided by the shipyard represents the future Eco-design Supramax bulk carriers with the latest technology available both in terms of fuel efficiency and low ...
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• LCS Program to Go Before Congress Following GAO Study

  
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  The first of class littoral combat ships USS Freedom (LCS 1), rear, and USS Independence (LCS 2) maneuver together during an exercise off the coast of Southern California in 2012. Photo: U.S. Navy Tony Capaccio June 4 (Bloomberg) — Congress will take a close look at the Pentagon’s $34 billion Littoral Combat ...
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• DDG 51 Multiyear Procurement Contract Awarded

  
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  DDG 51 Multiyear Procurement Contract Awarded Official U.S. Navy file photo. From Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communication WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy awarded two contracts for the DDG 51 fiscal years (FY) 2013-2017 multiyear procurement (MYP) for DDG 51 Arleigh ...
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• JoLoMo: Major retrospective at reborn Clydebank Town Hall Museum and Gallery

  
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  For every reason, this is a date for the diary. Leading Scottish artist, John Lowrie Morrison – JoLoMo – is being honoured with a major retrospective exhibition of his work  – A Passion for Colour – at the Clydebank Town Hall , restored as a museum and gallery. The exhibition will open on 14th June 2013 ...
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• NASSCO Wins Order for LNG-Ready Jones Act Product Tankers

  
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  Image (c) General Dynamics NASSCO San Diego-based shipyard, General Dynamics NASSCO signed a contract today with an affiliate of American Petroleum Tankers (APT) for the design and construction of four 50,000 deadweight ton LNG-conversion-ready product carriers with a 330,000 barrel cargo capacity. The contract ...
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• This 4,000-ton Goliath Crane Has Laser Vision and a Robot Brain

  
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  Ships today—even the massive likes of the Emma Maersk and Marco Polo —just arent big enough to handle the demands of globalized trade. So to quickly and safely build the next generation of super-sized LNG tankers and container vessels, Chinas Dalian shipyard relies on GEs staggeringly-huge, laser-guided ...
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• Congressional Watchdog Advises Slowing Spending on Littoral Combat Ship

  
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  The first of class littoral combat ships USS Freedom (LCS 1), rear, and USS Independence (LCS 2) maneuver together during an exercise off the coast of Southern California in 2012. Photo: U.S. Navy (Bloomberg) — Congress should consider slowing funding for the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship because the Pentagon is ...
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• FSG Launches Innovative Ice-Classed ConRo Ferry, the Oceanex Connaigra

  
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  8 months after the first plate of steel was cut, Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) shipyard has launched the 210 meter-long ConRo ferry Oceanex Connaigra for the Canadian shipping company Oceanex.  Once delivered this fall, she will be the largest Canadian-flagged ConRo vessel. The Oceanex Connaigra has a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Little Crappy Ship Update

  
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  So, I gave you some thoughts on shipbuilding yesterday, which kinda devolved into a rant about the LCS. Turns out, I was a day early and a docuent short.
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• PPL Shipyard Wins Jack-Up Rig Order from Japanese Consortium

  
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  Pacific Class 400 jack-up, image courtesy PPL Shipyard Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard secured a USD $220.5 million contract to build a Pacific Class 400 jack-up rig from a BOT Lease Co., Ltd (BOTL), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, in collaboration with Japan Drilling Co. Ltd. Japan ...
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• Royal Caribbean to Build Third Quantum-Class Ship

  
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  Today @RoyalCaribbean confirms 3rd Quantum-class ship to be built at Meyer Werft Shipyard. — Royal Caribbean PR (@RoyalCaribPR) May 30, 2013 The news has just been confirmed via Twitter this morning that Royal Caribbean will be building a third Quantum-class cruise ship at Meyer Werft. The ship’s delivery ...
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