Editorial:Prepare for the down-turn. The EU and the European shipyard industry didn’t get much sympathy or support from the WTO. The South Koreans got a small rap over the knuckles when WTO ordered them to abolish some creative financial support to the shipbuilders within 90 days, but that didn’t upset the Koreans.

Pulling successfully together
Back in 1983 a group of Norwegian maritime equipment producers established the 17-group of Norway to develop business with the Chinese yard industry and try to break the Japanese stranglehold on the market. It was a grand idea then and has stood the test of time.

No peace and quiet in Riga this winter
Riga Shipyard has had a stable workload during the past year and its docks are reserved months in advance. As freight costs have gone up, the shipowners attempt to keep the downtime to the minimum.

Tosmare more compact

Five new ships from Baltija
Baltija Shipbuilding Yard, an affiliate of Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd., has completed five azimuth stern drive fire-fighting tugs for Svitzer-Wijsmuller.

Western Shipyard’s order – largest in the BLRT Grupp

Laivite: metal from third-party countries

Burdened by high steel price and weak dollar
Measured in compensated gross tons (cgt), the Polish shipyard industry was the second largest in Europe at the end of 2004. The combined order book reached 2.2 million cgt, compared to Germany’s 2.7 million cgt.

Russia’s North-West in the global shipbuilding market

No newbuildings but expanding ship repairers
Not so long ago, a report on Swedish shipbuilding and ship repair would
be the most extensive country report. Times have changed and today there are no orders or deliveries of commercial ships or fishing vessels
to report.
A busy day at Götaverken Cityvarvet. PHOTO: LASSE VUORIO/FLIGHT FOTO

Norway: The year of recovery
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Scandlines: New engines for two oldies
“Kronprins Frederik” is one of the two ferries, which got a new life with a new engineplant.

Danish yards: More optimistic as jobs keep coming in
The Danish scene for ship repairs is much more optimistic today than in the previous years. The market is good and the owners earn money and, for the first time in years, have the funding to spend on repairing their ships!

First cargo vessel built after the war
BLRT Grupp, an Estonian-based affiliated Group active in shipbuilding and repairs, launched the first freighter built in Estonia since World War II at the end of the November.

The second vessel in the series on the slipway at BLRT Shipbuilding.
FOTO: MADLI VITISMANN

LTH-Baas frequents warmer climate
Ship repair company LTH-Baas has relocated one third of its activities
to the Mediterranean coast, repairing cruise ships on location in the ports
of France, Italy and Spain.

SRC sets course for shipbuilding

More competition welcome

Finnish shipyards merged
Last year an extensive restructuring of the largest Finnish shipyards was launched. Following a merger, Kvaerner Masa-Yards and Aker Finnyards today work under the common name of Aker Finnyards.

Conversions keeps UKI Workboat busy

Newbuilding does well, but how long can it last?
The situation in German shipbuilding at present has something unreal about it as yards generally continue to do well, courtesy of full Asian facilities.

Accident jobs highlight upbeat repair sector

DFDS Seaways – old ships with new style
DFDS Seaways has enjoyed a great success with the two rebuilt cruise ferries operating between Copenhagen and Oslo via Helsingborg. This is called the “Nordic capital route” and it signals a return to the core values in shipping with classic materials. And it seems that the customers love it.

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