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News 17/11/08 Alam Maritim Resources Bhd is looking to expand its business due to a shortage of Offshore Support vessels in Malaysian waters. The company currently has 26 support vessels in service with another 12 due to come into service before late 2010. This year there are 280-300 offshore oil and gas platforms off of Malaysia and this is expected to rise to around 350 by 2012. Alam Maritim is assuming that since each platform requires two such ships allocated to it, the increase in platforms will require some 700 OSV’s by late 2012. News 16/11/08 Ultratug, the Chilean Shipping Group, is to team up with Brazil’s Wilson Sons to build up a potential £1bn Offshore Supply Vessel business. Petrobras is looking to contract a total of 146 OSV/AHTS’s in the region over the next six years and this joint venture by the Chilean company and Wilson Sons is hoping to be awarded the first contract for 24 such vessels. News 14/11/08 KBM Marine Services of Qatar took delivery of their second 4,800-bhp AHTS IOS Andari 2 on yesterday from Malaysia’s Petra Offshore Ltd. The first vessel, IOS Andari 1, was delivered to the company 10th October and the reported value of the order was in the region of $8.2m for the pair. News 13/11/08 Sanco Shipping A/S’s latest seismic research vessel was christened at Vaagland Båtbyggeri in Norway on 1st November, The Gibraltar-registered, 4,000-grt Sanco Star will depart for Brazil after her sea trials have been completed and has been put out on a five-year contract (plus options) initially with RTX in Brazilian waters. News 11/11/08 Wartsila has acquired the ship-design group Vik-Sandvik for $169.9m plus a performance related $48.9m over the next three years. Vik-Sandvik has offices in Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Turkey and Russia and will be integrated in to Wartsila Ship Design; official approval of the deal is expected soon. The crew of the Bourbon Sagitta which was boarded by armed men off of Cameroon on 31st October and taken hostage were released today. All ten, two Cameroon, seven French and a Tunisian, appeared to be in good health following medical checks and were then reunited with their families. News 10/11/08 Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG) has launched a $310m bid for the Norwegian-based Wavefield Inseis ASA as it looks to boost its seismic fleet. If the deal is approved CGG will increase its “high-end” 3D seismic vessels to seventeen and gain three ”low-capacity” ships. News 08/11/08 Volstad Maritime of Ålesund in Norway has ordered a third Skipteksnisk seismic vessel. The 108-metre, ST-327L CD is the third in a series of seven seismic, dive support, offshore support vessels and will be built at the Bergen yard at Fosen as the Geo Chukchi. News 06/11/08 Maersk Supply Service has announced the sale of the 2,322-grt, 1983-built OSV Maersk Mahone to Glitner, who also purchased the 2,259-grt, 1983-built Maersk Bonavista, now Drive Bonavista. The Maersk Mahone is currently working for Total Libya and will be handed over to her new owners in early 2009. News 05/11/08 Nor Supply Offshore A/S of Bodo in Norway has bought the 1983-built, 3,350-dwt PSV/OSV North Fortune/ The UT705 vessel was purchased from Gulfmark Rederi A/S at Sandnes who will still continue to manage and crew the ship. News 04/11/08 Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd has recently completed the second of a pair of 4.406-grt OSV/Icebreakers for LUKOIL. The latest vessel, Varandey, was named today at Keppels yard and will soon join her sister, Toboy, that was delivered in August, on operations in the Barents Sea. News 03/11/08 Deep Sea Supply has named its new 17,500-bhp, 3,500-grt AHTS Sea Lion. The Havyard 842 design OSV was delivered in late October and is now working in the North Sea. The 2005-built, 2,598-grt MT6009 PSV Skandi Chieftain is to be converted into an ROV ship for DOF Rederi. The ship will be deployed to Brazil when the conversion is completed in March 2009. News 02/11/08 Pacific Crest Pte Ltd will shortly take delivery of its third 53-metre towing and supply ship from the Jiangmen Shipyard on the Pearl River in China. The 764-grt Crest Radiant 3 commenced her sea trials in November and once delivered will join her sister ships Crest Radiant 1 (ex-Guangdong Jiangmen GMG0632) and Crest radiant 2 (ex-GMG0633) on charter in the region. News 01/11/08 Armed attackers boarded the 2006-built, 2014-grt Bourbon Sagitta on 31/10/08, while it was operating some nine-miles off of the Cameroon coast at an oil terminal. Ten hostages were taken but the remaining crew on board were recovered safely. Bourbon has also suspended operations in the Bonny River area of Nigeria after armed men boarded the 1998-built, 1587-grt Ajax on 25/10/08 but left the crew unharmed and escaped only with stolen personal belongings.
News 31/10/08 Bollinger Shipyards have sold two PSV’s that had built on speculation in what is believed the first online auction for ships. The winning bidder was Olympic Marine Inc based in Larose, La and Bollinger now says it will sell up to ten 210-foot SOLAS compliant PSV’s that it is also building on spec via the online auction. Bollinger has also sold two 195-foot OSV’s to Odyssea Marine. The first has been delivered and put out on work in the US Gulf while the second will be delivered in December 2008. News 30/10/08 ***Updated Olympic Shipping Of Norway has sold the 2004-built, 2,152-grt OSV Olympic Provider to Arendal Offshore A/S for an undisclosed price in late October. The UT755 LN has since been renamed KL Arendalfiord. Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine) are to convert the 1980-built, 2113-grt PSV Bluestone Topaz (ex-Toisa Mariner) in to a geotechnical survey vessel under a $3m contract. ST Marine will construct a new moonpool complete with cover, install a new mezzanine deck, tween deck and platform plus upgrades to enable the vessel to operate in water depths of up to 1,800-metres. The vessel is due for redelivery in December 2008.
Bluestone Topaz (ex-Toisa Mariner) News 29/10/08 Titan-1, a jack lift boat, was lost on the night of 26-27/10/08 whilst en-route from Pascagoula, Miss, to Liverpool aboard the 38,722-grt Heavylift Ancora. Apparently the Heavylift Ancora suffered main propulsion failure while in mid-Atlantic and due to the rolling motion of the ship the Titan-1 shifted to the port side and was lost overboard. No casualties were sustained in the incident. The ship is a former Suezmax tanker built in 1989 at the Brodo Split shipyard in Croatia and converted to the heavy lift role at the Huarun Dadong dockyard in China, only being completed in June of this year. Titan-1 is owned by KS Energy Services and Ezru and operated through the Casadilla Group, a joint venture between the two companies. KS is currently looking to obtain a sister ship to the Titan-1 for the 817-day contract in the North Sea supporting the installation, servicing and maintenance of wind turbines off of Denmark and the UK. News 28/10/08 PT Batamec of Indonesia have signed contracts worth 1.5m NKr with Marine Teknikk of Norway for the delivery, design and engineering packages for two NT6022XV DP3 well Intervention Vessels. One is destined for an unnamed Norwegian customer and the other is for an undisclosed Singapore-based ship owner. Seabulk Offshore has sold the 1316-grt, 1975-buily AHTS Seabulk Hawk to Glenn defence Marine Asia Pte for an undisclosed price with who it has been renamed Glenn Columbus. News 27/10/08 ***Updated ER Offshore, the Hamburg-based operator, held the naming ceremonies of the latest two Platform Supply Vessels at Aker Yard’s yard in Aukra, Norway. The 5,000-bhp Rolls Royce designed UT755 LN’s have been named ER Tromsøe and ER Trondheim. The ER Tronheim is due to commence operations on 01/11/08 for Total UK. News 26/10/08 Noordhoek Survey BV has recently ordered a new DP2/Survey/OSV. The 62-metre vessel will be built at the Dutch De Hoop shipyard with delivery due in early 2010. Noordhoek already operate the 1977-built, 1,803-grt SP2Noordhoek Singapore and has a DP2 Saturation OSV under construction for delivery in late 2009. News 25/10/08 The new Damen-built Stan Tender 1505 Tamar Racer and the Stan tender 1905 Tamar Spirit were delivered to Devonport on 15/10/08. The two new vessels will replace the SD Swift and SD Opal in service with Serco. Next on the list to arrive, in January 2009, should be the ASD Tug 2??? SD Tilley and the SD Hercules, reported as an ASD Tug 2608, which will replace the long serving SD Myrtle and SD Saluki. News 22/10/08 The Bergen Group at Landskrona, Sweden launched their Yard No. 81 on 09/10/08. The vessel, a 5,100-dwt Skipsteknisk ST-256L multi-purpose trencher/ROV is for Volstad Marine and will go out on charter to DeepOcean.
Image of the ST-256 (Courtesy Skipsteknisk) News 20/10/08 TMM Mexico have recently acquired both the 2004-built, 1,595-grt, 6,000-bhp Pacific 18 and the 2005-built, 1,847-grt, 6,000-bhp Pacific 38 from Pacific Richfield Marine Pte for $51.5m. Delivery is expected by the end of this month. News 19/10/08 ESL Integrated Systems has announced the purchase of the 1975-built, 1.101-grt, 5750-bhp AHTS NICO Shindagha and have renamed it Yenegoa Ocean. News 18/10/08 European Venture III A/S have recently completed the purchase of the 1982-built, 1,768-grt, 12,800-bhp Lady Dawn for $17m. The vessel will go out on a four-year contract with GSP in Romania as the GSP Vega. News 17/10/08 Brage Suppliers of Norway are reported to have placed a 640m NKr order for two new 4,800-dwt Aker designed PSV’s with the Cochin Shipyard in India. The two diesel electric powered ships are due to enter service in late 2010 and early 2011. News 16/10/08 JB Ugland Shipping of Norway has placed orders for two large PSV’s on behalf of a Norwegian KS. Both the new vessels will be built at the Fujian Shipyard in China with delivery expected from 2011 onwards. News 15/10/08 DOF have extended three charter contracts with Petrobras in a $470m deal. The extension covering Norskan Offshore’s 2007-built, 3,518-grt Skandi Rio, 2007-built, 3,519-grt Skandi Fluminense and the 2006-built, 3,519-grt Norskan Botafogo adds another firm six-years when the current contract expires. News 14/10/08 Sartor Shipping has ordered two new VS465 anchor handlers (plus options) from Wison Heavy Industries in China for delivery in late 2010 and early 2011. The first vessel will go on a long-term contract with Gaz de France, Norway in the Gjøa field when Gaz de France takes over operations in 2010 from Statoil. News 13/10/08 REM Offshore is to sell the 2239-grt, 2007-built, UT-755 LN REM Server to an undisclosed buyer for 243m NKr with delivery due to its new owners in early 2009. News 10/10/08 JJ Sietas Shipyard in Germany have been awarded a contract to build two 111-metre, 6,500-dwt MP PSV’s for Harms Bergung for delivery in 2010/2011. Miclyn Express Offshore’s latest 36-metre, 239-grt, 90-passenger crewboat Express 61 has been delivered. Built by the Penguin International Shipyard in Singapore it now joins her sisters Express 58 (212-grt, 2007-built), Express 59 (212-grt, 2007) and Express 60 (239-grt, 2008) in service. News 09/10/08 Petra Offshore Ltd of Malaysia announced that they have sold the two 1984-built, 4,800-bhp, 978-grt tugs IOS Andari 1 and IOS Andari 2 to KBM Marine Services of Qatar for a total of $8.2m. News 08/10/08 Aker Yards at Langsten in Norway saw the naming of the Maersk Trader on 03/10/08. The 3,000-grt. 15,300-bhp AHTS is the second in a series of ten such vessels for AP Moller and on completion will be put out on contract with Shell. News 07/10/08 ***Updated Marco Polo Marine Ltd/Bina Marine Pte has been awarded a contract to build an 80-metre DP2 subsea operations vessel for Hallin Marine Subsea International at a cost of $74.5m. The ship, to be named Coniston, is to be built at Batam in Indonesia and is due to be delivered in late 2010. The company’s first vessel Ullswater has recently been launched and is due for delivery in late 2008 while the second, Windermere, is expected to enter service in early 2010. News 06/10/08 Greatship has named their latest newbuild Mohini. The MT6012 DP MPSV is the first of four Multi-Purpose vessels on order with the Keppel yard in Singapore. Mohini is due for delivery in July 2009 with the remaining three scheduled to join it in late 2009 and early 2010. News 05/10/08 DOF of Norway has announced a new contract with OGX Petroleo e Gas Ltd for delivery of a new AHTS. The vessel, Hull No 25, is currently under construction at Aker Promar's yard in Brazil and is not due for delivery until December 2010. DOF will use the 1998-built, 2598-grt Skandi Mogster to initially operate the $51.5m three-year contract when it commences in July 2009 for Norskan Offshore. Neptune Marine Services Ltd of Australia has signed a contract for its second Offshore Construction Vessel, the former Nor Sea. The 2005-built, 1951-grt DP2 AHTS is now named Neptune Trident. News 04/10/08 NICO Middle East Ltd, the Dubai based operator, took delivery of the 1,678-grt Topaz Jaddaf, the third in a series of four 5,150-bhp Anchor Handlers built by Fujian Southeast Shipyard at Fuzhou in China, on 05/09/08. She will join her sisters Topaz Jumeirah (on contract to TOTAL in Qatar) and Topaz Jebel Ali (on contract to Dubai Petroleum) and will herself be put out on contract to Dolphin Energy. Topaz Jafilya, the last of the order, is expected to join NICO’s fleet in December. News 02/10/08 Today will see the launch of the first of SCAN Geophysical's new 1,500-grt research ships SCAN Empress. The vessel has been completed 18-days ahead of schedule and is currently in the process of fitting out and the installation of her seismic hangar prior to her entry in to service in April 2009. Perdana Mercury Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Petra Perdana of Malaysia, has taken delivery of the new AHTS Petra Horizon. The 10,880-bhp vessel was built in China and handed over ob 26/09/08. News 01/10/08 A2SEA, the Dutch offshore contractor specialising in the transport and service of wind farms, has purchased the 2008-built, 3,776-grt jack-up rig JB109 from Jack-Up Barge BV for an undisclosed price and will rename it Sea Worker. A2SEA currently owns the 2003-built platform Sea Jack and two support/repair vessels the 1990-built 3,332-grt Sea Energy and 1991-built 3,332-grt Sea Power. The latest offshore tug/supply vessel for Finarge, the Genoa-based operator, was delivered on 30/09/08 from Fincantieri at Muggiano. The 3,100-dwt AH Camogli joins her sister-ship the AH Liguria that entered service in May of this year.
News 30/09/08 Strategic Marine has announced the sale of two more of the aluminium crew-boats that it is building “on spec”, which now means that four of the eight vessels have now been sold. The first two of the 40-metre crew-boats were sold to Sampson Marine of Australia with delivery due in May and June 2009 and this second pair have been ordered by the Malaysian offshore company Dinasti Jati Bhd for delivery in July and September 2009. News 26/09/08 Coastline maritime of Singapore is finalising the contract for a third PSV for Australian based Strategic Marine. The two previous vessels are already earmarked for 12-year charters with Oceanografia when they are delivered in late 2008. Coastline is also hoping to finalise a newbuild contract for its third multi-purpose construction ship with DryDocks South-East Asia. The first two vessels, Samson and Goliath, have already been sold to Oceanografia with long-term charters with PEMEX and are due for delivery in late 2008 and early 2010. News 25/09/08 Vroon Offshore has added no less than five vessels to its fleet recently. The first, a 1221-grt AHTS VOS Atlantico has been delivered from Italy and will be operated by Vroon Offshore Italia SA in the Mediterranean. The second, the 2534-grt PSV, Base Express, was built by Damen Shipyard in Romania on 12/09/08 while the third, the 1061-grt VOS Energy has gone on charter with Chevron after being delivered from the Eastern Marine Yard in Malaysia on 03/09/08. The fourth, the 1061-grt Field Support Vessel VOS Pioneer, was built at Astilleros Zamakona in Spain and was delivered 03/09/09 for Vroon Offshore Services in Aberdeen on medium-term contract with TOTAL UK on the Alwyn/Dunbar platforms in the North Sea. The final vessel, the 199-grt Support Vessel/Oil Recovery Vessel VOS Tramontana, was christened in Ancona recently and is being sent out on work for the API Refinery in Ancona. News 24/09/08 ESNAAD, part of the ADNOC Group in Abu Dhabi, has recently taken delivery of the 1197-grt AHTS ESNAAD 512 from Indonesia after a two-week delivery voyage. Also the 978-grt ESNAAD 710, a new Offshore Field support Ship (ex-Balenciaga 390) left Spain on delivery arriving in Abu Dhabi in late July. News 23/09/08 Sealink Shipyard Sdn Bhd in Miri, Sarawak has delivered the second of two Offshore Support Vessels to Groen BV of the Netherlands. The 53.8-metre, 1065-grt Venture G was designed by Conan Wu and Associates of Hong Kong and follows on from her sister ship Mare Verde that was delivered earlier this year. News 22/09/08 Ulstein Verft launched its latest, and biggest, X Bow vessel on 21/09/08. The 130-metre, 7500-ton SX121 Viking Poseidon is the first ship that Eidesvik Offshore have bought from Ulstein but the company currently has two more SX120 vessels scheduled for delivery from the yard in 2010. The Viking Poseidon will be chartered out to Veolia ES Special Services in the US for 8-years (plus options). News 21/09/08 A few days ago Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries commenced work on CNOOC 201, China's first self designed and built deepwater pipelayer and lifting vessel. The customer, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, is planning to spend some $2bn on a series of deepwater equipment including drill ships. News 20/09/08 Hurricane Ike destroyed almost twice the number of oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico as first thought. A total of forty-nine platforms (producing 13,000 barrels and 84m cu ft of gas per day) were destroyed and three jack-up rigs operated by Ensco, Pride and Rowan capsized. BP’s Mad Dog spar platform, Shell’s Mars production semi-submersible and Diamond Offshore’s Ocean Tower drilling rig were also badly damaged. News 19/09/08 Royal Boskalis Westminster following an initial rejection to its approach from Smit Internationale has increased in stake in Smit from 6.7% to 10.5% or 1.87m shares. Passing the 10% mark now means that Boskalis can call an Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting (ESM). It is understood that at the meeting Boskalis will up its initial bid of £1.1bn for the Dutch towage, salvage and terminal operator. Smit insists that dismantling the company would affect the company’s value but Boskalis, under the terms of their proposal, would split Smit up in to three parts: Harbour towage would be sold, the terminals would go to Lamnalco (a Boskalis joint venture) leaving the salvage, heavylift and transport with themselves. News 18/09/08 Marin Teknikk of Norway has secured a contract with a South Korean shipyard for the design and engineering package for two new MT 6024 support vessels for Gulmar Offshore Marine Engineering in Dubai for delivery in 2011. The 121-metre Multi-Purpose Offshore Construction and Diving Support ships are destined for service in the Persian Sea, Indian Ocean and North Sea and will join the two MT 6022 XL DSV’s that Gulmar currently has in service. Polarcus saw their latest 12-streamer, 3D-seismic ship laid down at DryDocks World in Dubai on 14/09/08. The vessel, NB66, is the first of four being built in Dubai and should be delivered in 2009. Polarcus already has two Multi-Purpose 3D-2D six-streamer ships under construction at the yard. Shipyard De Hoop launched the first in a series of 105-metre DSV Don Amado (Yard No. 424) on 14/09/08 at Tolkamer. The keel for the second, (Yard No. 425), was laid down on 01/09/08 while the order for the third (Yard No. 429) has just been confirmed for delivery in late 2010. Petrobras announced that it is to charter in two Floating Production Storage Offloading vessels (FPSO’s) and order another eight in order to develop the vast oil fields off of the Brazilian coast. News 17/09/08 Alam Maritime Resources of Malaysia have announced that one of their subsidiaries is set to purchase three new vessels in an RM137.7m order. The first new ship, an AHTS, has been ordered from MLC Shipbuilding Sdn Bhd at a cost of RM45.7m with two more AHTS’s, currently under construction, to be acquired from Pacific Crest Pte. Foss Maritime’s new hybrid “Green” tug is currently under construction at the Rainier Shipyard in Oregon, The new vessel combines batteries, generators and main engines to reduce air pollution and improve fuel economy. The tug is due to enter service in Southern California later this year and was awarded the EPA’s 2008 Clean Air Excellence Award for Clean Air Technology. Troms Offshore A/S has sold the 2001-built, 2152-grt Offshore Supply Vessel Troms Falken to Mexico, the new owner is reported to be the Mexico City based Cotemar SA de CV who already operate around fifteen OSV/PSV/Crewboats in the region. News 16/09/08 Rolf Berg of Norway recently purchased the 1983-built, 2322-grt, 10,880-bhp Maersk Mahone for $16m and expects to take delivery of the vessel by late 2008. Simon Møkster Shipping recently signed a £55m contract with the Simek Shipyard in Norway for a second Havyard 832CD RS Rescue and Stand-by vessel. This second ship, with delivery due in March 2010, follows on from the order placed in November 2007 for a similar vessel that is expected to enter service in October 2009. News 15/09/08 Topaz Energy and Marine Ltd of Dubai recently announced that its subsidiary, BUE Marine Ltd, had been awarded a $225m, ten-year contract by BP Azerbaijan that includes the construction of three vessels. The order comprises of a PSV, an AHTS and an Emergency and Recovery and Response vessel (ERRV). The PSV will enter service in the Caspian Sea in 2009 with the other two following in mid 2010. News 14/09/08 Seabulk Offshore Services have sold the 1977-built, 641-grt PSV Seabulk Service to Ocean Mainport Offshore/Seven Mile Shipping who have renamed her C.M. Service. Washburn and Doughty's first post-fire tug was delivered on 15/08/08 to Moran Towing Corporation. The 689-grt pusher tug Linda Moran was tied to a W&D barge when the fire broke out and was towed out of harms way by some local fisherman. News 13/09/08 Zamil Offshore Services of Saudi Arabia recently launched the 1621-grt tug Zamil 53, the vessel is the second in a series of seven UT733-2’s, at its Dammam Yard. Zamil is currently reporting a healthy order book with the five other UT733’s, a Dive Support Vessel (DSV), two tugs and a Buoy Handling Vessel all under construction for delivery by 2011. News 11/09/08 Vroon Offshore has recently ordered two new Wind Farm Installation Vessels based on the design of the 2003-built, 14085-grt MV Resolution in a $550m contract with COSCO Nantong Shipyard in China. The new 137-metre ships will be slightly larger in size, will have increased accommodation facilities and a crane with a 1000-tonne lifting capability. Delivery of the first unit is scheduled for early 2011 with the second following in the autumn.
MV Resolution seen in Belfast 11/09/08, she is currently working on the Robin Rigg wind farm project in the Solway Firth (Photo N. Rush) News 09/09/08 The Canadian Government is contributing more than $12m in interest rates supported by the Structural Financing Facility (SFF) for the construction of seven new tugs. Groupe Oceán will own three of the vessels while Nordane Shipping will manage the other four. All seven of the vessels will be built by Irving Shipbuilding at the East Isle Shipyard on Prince Edward Island. Nigeria's almost continuous violence continues with the news that one crewman was killed and one reported kidnapped in another armed attack on a tug in the early hours of Sunday 07/09/08. The 1996-built, 456-grt tug, Lamnalco Fulmar owned by Lamnalco of Sharjah in the UAE was on the River Sombriero near Bonny when the attack happened, no further details have been released at present. News 08/09/08 Det Norsk Veritas have signed contracts with Nam Cheong Dockyard Sdn Bhd of Miri, Malaysia for the design of a new class of ten OSV’s. The vessels comprise a pair of UT755 LN (DP II) and eight UT755 CD (DPI) with construction due to commence in early 2009 and delivery of all of the ships due by mid 2011. News 06/09/08 Island Offshore named its latest newbuilding, the 2008-built, 2304-grt, OSV Island Endeavour, on 12/08/08. The vessel, delivered by Aker on 21/08/08, has been chartered to SNS/Peterson for five-years and during the naming ceremony it was announced that her sister ship Island Earl, 2008-built 2304-grt, had also been placed on a five-year contract. News 05/09/08 Washburn and Doughty of East Boothbay, Maine have laid the keel of their first vessel since the disastrous fire on 11th July. The keel for Hull Number 96 was laid outside on 03/09/08 for the first of a pair of 98-foot Z-Drive tugs for Moran Towing. News 02/09/08 Miclyn Express Offshore has taken delivery of its fourth crew boat, the ninety-passenger, 4,050-bhp Express 61 from Pelican Shipyards in Singapore. News 01/09/08 Colombo Dockyard, the Sri Lankan Shipbuilder, has announced that revenues in the first half of 2008 rose 25% over the corresponding period in 2007 to 2bn-rupees. The yard, owned by Japans Onomichi Dockyard, also revealed that it currently had a full order book with several vessels under construction for Indian customers. The 2008-built, 1,596-grt Greatship Anjali and her sister ship Greatship Amrita had already been delivered and the yard was working on the third in the class which is due to be delivered by the end of the year. Greatship of India had also placed orders for four Platform Supply Vessels (PSV's) and an Indian Government customer has ordered two 250-passenger ships.
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