# Shipyard news **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime News\ **Created:** [October 6, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283 "2017-10-06T12:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/1 "2017-10-06T12:57:13Z")
Kalashnikov is not only producing guns. Now also ships and boats: > **[Kalashnikov takes aim at shipping -](http://splash247.com/kalashnikov-takes-aim-shipping/)** > > The most famous arms manufacturer in the world is diversifying into the shipyard business. Russia’s Kalashnikov has announced it will acquire Upper Volga ship repair and construction operator Nobel Brothers early next year. The yard specialises in... ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/2 "2017-10-29T11:45:24Z")
United Shipyard in St.Petersburg, Russia will build 6 large new Factory Trawlers for RFC for the Alaskan Pollock fishery in the Bearing Sea: [http://en.portnews.ru/news/247881/](http://en.portnews.ru/news/247881/) Those working in that area may get to see these beauties in the years ahead. The actual designation is ST-192 RFC. They will be designed by Skipsteknisk SS here in Aalesund: > **[Skipsteknisk designer flere nye trålere](http://maritimt.com/nb/maritimt-magasin/skipsteknisk-designer-flere-nye-tralere)** > > Har inngått kjempekontrakt i Russland. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/3 "2017-10-29T11:48:18Z")
When the Offshore market fails, Ulstein goes full speed into other markets for small and specialized vessel with high degree of innovation. Here is their latest venture: [http://www.offshorewind.biz/2014/05/05/ulstein-to-design-new-offshore-accommodation-vessel/](http://www.offshorewind.biz/2014/05/05/ulstein-to-design-new-offshore-accommodation-vessel/) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/4 "2017-11-07T12:59:14Z")
A new contract for Ulstein. This time a cruise ship for Lindblad Expeditions, an American company: > **[Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. signs agreement with Ulstein Verft for...](https://ulstein.com/news/2017/lindblad-expedition-holdings-inc-signs-agreement-with-ulstein-verft-for-building-of-new-polar-vessel)** > > The world’s foremost expedition vessel, designed by Ulstein, will be the first polar new build in the Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic fleet.​ The ship will be built at Ulstein Verft and is scheduled for delivery in Q1 2020, with an option... ---
**Author:** ![Tellarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Tellarian](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tellarian)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/5 "2017-11-07T14:20:29Z")
Not forgetting the Lindblad Explorer, a ship with a colourful history till it’s luck ran out… [https://wikiswire.com/wiki/Lindblad\_Explorer](https://wikiswire.com/wiki/Lindblad_Explorer) > **[MV Explorer (1969)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Explorer_(1969))** > > MS Explorer was a Liberian-registered cruise ship designed for Arctic and Antarctic service, originally commissioned and operated by the Swedish explorer Lars-Eric Lindblad. Observers point to Explorer's 1969 expeditionary cruise to Antarctica as the forerunner for today's sea-based tourism in that region. The vessel was originally named MS Lindblad Explorer (until 1985), and MS Society Explorer until 1992. Ownership of the vessel changed several times, the last owner being the Toronto-based trav... ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/6 "2017-11-07T20:45:24Z")
Yes indeed, the “Lindblad Explorer”. She was one of the early Expedition cruise ship and went to places few other cruise ships would go. There is a “new” Explorer, the “National Geographic Explorer”, in the Lindblad fleet. She is not all that new though, built in 1982 as the “Midnatsol” for Hurtigruten. Totally rebuilt in 2008 as a replacement for the old Explorer. Come for a tour on board, guided by Sven Lindblad himself: ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/7 "2017-11-14T22:58:07Z")
Kleven will build another super yacht: > **[Kleven skal bygge ny luksusyacht](http://www.smp.no/nyheter/2017/11/14/Kleven-skal-bygge-ny-luksusyacht-15601847.ece?cx_front_click=baseline_test&cx_front_click_place=9&cx_front_click_articles=3)** > > Kontrakten er inngått i samarbeid med det tyske selskapet Lürssen. The final touches on interior decoration will be done by Lurssen in Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Tellarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Tellarian](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tellarian)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/8 "2017-11-15T15:21:50Z")
Contra cyclical buy back > **[Fincantieri to Delist Vard](https://www.marinelink.com/news/fincantieri-delist-vard431249)** > > Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has proposed to seek the privatization of Vard Holdings via a voluntary delisting from the Singapore… ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/9 "2017-11-16T11:57:50Z")
Ship designers and yards diversify to survive the present downturn in the industry. OSD-IMT is joining up with Gibbs & Cox in the US to increase their market, while the Norwegians are looking at opportunities outside the Offshore market: [http://www.osjonline.com/news/view,offshore-architects-diversify-and-look-to-new-roles-for-existing-designs\_49862.htm](http://www.osjonline.com/news/view,offshore-architects-diversify-and-look-to-new-roles-for-existing-designs_49862.htm) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/10 "2017-11-16T21:05:29Z")
The hull of the next SOV type SX-195 with X-Bow and X-Stern has arrived at Ulstein Verft for outfitting: [https://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/acta-marines-csv-hull-arrives-in-norway/](https://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/acta-marines-csv-hull-arrives-in-norway/) This is what she will look like when completed, sometime in early 2018: ![Acta-Auriga-Ulstein-Verft](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/e/eefd0596dbb31071569638523d4c21e701541703.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/11 "2017-11-16T21:42:20Z")
Looks like US yards are learning to build hulls abroad and do the outfitting in the US: [https://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/shells-appomattox-hull-arrives-in-usa/](https://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/shells-appomattox-hull-arrives-in-usa/) It is cheaper to build the hull in Korea and hire a HLV to do the transport to GoM than to build it in a US yard. Ohh, I know, it is nothing new. All the SPARs in the GoM have had their hulls built in Finland and the TLP hulls in Korea, or China. Why are they not banned from doing so, when even a few “bent plates” are enough to (almost) stop a modern fishing vessel from being US flagged?? ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/12 "2017-11-17T02:49:15Z")
> [@ombugge](#): > > Why are they not banned from doing so Why would it be? > [@ombugge](#): > > even a few “bent plates” are enough to (almost) stop a modern fishing vessel from being US flagged?? A) False B) Platforms, drill ships, semi subs, etc are very rarely US flag. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/13 "2017-11-19T13:26:23Z")
Why would they be? For the same reason as vessels in domestic trade and OSVs working in US waters has to be built at US yards; to protect US yards from foreign competition, thus allowing them to over charge their customers, pay high salaries to their Executives and dividend on investment, while avoiding high cost of modernizing to stay competitive. Surprised to see that you think it is OK for large contract in the Offshore industry, worth Billions of Dollars go to foreign companies though. (???) A) OK it was bent frames not plates as first reported. B) Correct. Very few if any of the Drill ships, Semi-subs or even newer Jackup rigs operating in the GoM are US built and flagged. The few that are, are built at Keppel Amfels and with mostly foreign equipment, just like the newer vessels working in the GoM. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/14 "2017-11-19T13:31:55Z")
Singapore yards are fighting back against Korean dominance in the Offshore plant market: > **[Singaporean Shipbuilders Making Korea's Big 3 Shipbuilders Tense](http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=19810)** > > A red flag was raised for Korean shipyards such as Hyundai Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and Samsung Heavy Industries which had dominated the offshore plant market. This is because they are losing orders to... Even the few newbuilding contracts there are for Drillships, Semi-subs and large SSCVs has gone to Singapore. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/15 "2017-11-19T13:36:53Z")
> [@ombugge](#): > > Why would they be? My point was that you either don’t know the applicable (simple) US laws despite us explaining them you repeatedly or you are being intentionally obtuse, which is trolling. > [@ombugge](#): > > A) OK it was bent frames not plates as first reported. It’s still not stopping it from being US flagged. You can build a US flag ship in China if you wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/16 "2017-11-19T13:54:50Z")
Selective quoting from my posts again. But please explain to me again why you think it is a good idea “\_to protect US yards from foreign competition, thus allowing them to over charge their customers, pay high salaries to their Executives and (high) dividend on investment, while avoiding high cost of modernizing to stay competitive”??? A) As you well know I was referring to a specific Fishing vessel, which has been discussed here earlier. PS\> One proposal was to build to US design, thus avoiding any complex “bent members” that followed from using a foreign design. (Built like a barge, or a Liberty ship maybe?) ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/17 "2017-11-19T14:45:07Z")
> [@ombugge](#): > > Selective quoting from my posts again. In what way did I do that? > [@ombugge](#): > > But please explain to me again why you think it is a good idea “\_to protect US yards from… That isn’t germane to this discussion. > [@ombugge](#): > > A) As you well know I was referring to a specific Fishing vessel, which has been discussed here earlier. I’m perfectly aware of what you’re referencing, and you’re wrong. ---
**Author:** ![DamnYankee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/damnyankee/32/514_2.png) [@DamnYankee](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DamnYankee)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/18 "2017-11-19T16:09:05Z")
> [@Capt\_Phoenix](#): > > or you are being intentionally obtuse, which is trolling. ding ding ding. Sensing a pattern here? ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/19 "2017-11-19T16:31:56Z")
> [@DamnYankee](#): > > Sensing a pattern here? Anyone with half a brain sees what he’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283/20 "2017-11-19T21:48:13Z")
So, with half a brain each, you got me figured out then???😆 [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipyard-news/46283.md?page=2)