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Rickmers Tokyo Displays Capabilities
An almost complete profile of cargo carried regularly by Rickmers-Linie vessels was photographed onboard Rickmers Tokyo shortly after she departed the Port of Genoa, Italy, in late October. Almost every square meter of deck space was used. Aside from a row of yachts, the vessel had loaded a number of tanks for a brewery project in Thailand. Rickmers Tokyo is the second of nine identical Superflex Heavy Multipurpose Container (MPC) vessels built for Rickmers in China between 2002 and 2004. The Superflex MPC vessels are designed for the carriage of breakbulk, heavylifts and project cargo and can lift up to 640 tons with their onboard cranes.
Vinashin to Build for Norway
The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group signed a contract to supply eight car carriers to Norway's Hoegh Auto liners, according to a report on http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn. Each carrier will have a total loading capacity of 6,900 cars. The carriers, reportedly designed by DeltaMarin of Finland, will measure 200 x 32.2 m. The first carrier will be delivered in December 2009.
M80 Stiletto Honored in TIME
The M80 Stiletto, which was featured on the March 2006 cover of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, has been included in TIME Magazine's annual "Best Inventions 2006" guide. In the profile, the magazine termed the M80 "uniquely suited for naval missions in shallow water." Built by Knight & Carver with a patented design by MShip Co., the M80 was built under strict specifications for the Department of Defense's Office of Force Transformation. Build time for the $6 million project was 12 months, with delivery to the OFT last February.
GL Rejects BV's Hostile Takeover Bid
The Executive Board and Supervisory Board of Germanischer Lloyd advised its shareholders to reject a hostile takeover offer by Bureau Veritas. After due examination and assessment of the purchase proposal, both bodies of the Society have issued a joint statement to the shareholders, detailing their reasons for rejecting the offer. "We do not need Bureau Veritas. On the contrary, a hostile takeover would jeopardize the continuation of our business success thus far," said Executive Board Member Rainer Schöndube. On November 9, 2006, BV submitted a takeover offer to the shareholders, without any prior consultation with the Executive Board and Supervisory Board.
Swift Tankers Formed
Teekay Shipping and A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S formed a new company dubbed Swift Tankers, a pool of intermediate product tankers, which will be full operational in January 2007. The Managing Director of the Pool will be Kristian Lohmann.
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