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Izar Ferrol Repairs Eight Vessels At Once

The shiprepair yard of IZAR Ferrol surpassed previous occupancy records recently, as it simultaneously worked on eight vessels. The yard facilities were fully busy and there was no room to accommodate any other vessels at the yard's two dry docks of 1,083 x 164 ft. (330 x 50 m) and 673 x 82 ft. (205 x 25 m) and 5,577 ft. (1,700 m) long quays.

One of the vessels, a tanker owned by

Spain's CLH, is the first example of the cooperation capacity between the repair yards of Ferrol and Fene (the former

Astano), now part of IZAR since the company took over the facilities of

Bazan and AESA.

The repair order for the crude oil car- rier was awarded to Ferrol, but the ves- sel had to be docked at Fene due to the high occupancy of Ferrol facilities. It was repaired there by Ferrol workers

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The Guardian, a 801 ft. (244 m), 95,920 dwt tanker owned by Conoco

Shipping, was also visiting Ferrol for a full review of its refrigeration pipe sys- tem and general hull repair works.

The Carenas Ferrol yard received this same week two additional tankers: the

Golar Freeze 945 ft. (288 m) and 66,200 dwt of British owner Osprey

Maritime, for steel works in her tanks, and the Genmar Ajaz 797 ft. (243 m) and 96,183 dwt, which is owned by U.S. company Universe Tankships and is currently under progress at the yard's dock No. 3.

The yard is also working in the Larbi

Ben M'Hidi, a 856 ft. (261 m) and 70,328-dwt LNG carrier owned by the

Algerian company Hyproc. This is a very significant project as the tanker's five cargo tank seats are being strength- ened, as well as the propulsion boilers' pipes renewed. A full review of every gas cargo tanks is also being carried in a smaller LNG carrier 656 ft. (200 m) owned by this same company, the A1

Hassi R'Mel. These are repeat orders from the same customer, which in 2000 had the 66,746 dwt LNG carrier Bachir

Chinani at the shipyard for nearly four months, for strengthening of the five cargo tank seats, blasting and coating in ballast tanks and hull, and engine room equipment maintenance. A special order has been the pre-delivery review and works on the Navion Odin, a 764 ft. (233 m) and 96,900-dwt FPSO. The yard is also carrying out maintenance work to the refrigerated compartments of the Semeli, a fishing vessel from the

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Japan Ship Exports Up 69%

Ship export contracts concluded by

Japanese shipyards in June rose 68.8 percent from a year earlier to about 1.36 million git, or 27 vessels, the Japan Ship

Exporters Association said. Of the 27, three were freighters, 10 were bulk car- riers and 14 were oil tankers, the associ- ation said. The monthly data cover orders received by association members for steel vessels of at least 500 grt.

Orders at South Korean Yards

Down 36.9%

South Korean shipyards won ship- building orders of 4.2 million cgt during the first half of this year, down 36.9 per- cent from a year ago. The orders in dol- lar terms amounted to $6.8 billion in the period, down 25.4 percent from the pre- vious year. Ship-related exports in the first half of 2001 rose a record 44.1 per- cent to $5.7 billion, helped by exports of steel structures for oil drilling in the sea.

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