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Aker Yards ASA to build two large car-passenger ferries for P&O Ferries

tmcnet.com
Aug 8, 2008
        
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Norwegian shipbuilder Aker Yards ASA (OSE: AKY) announced on Friday (8 August) that its shipyard in Rauma, Finland, has been awarded the contract to build the two largest ferries to operate in the English Channel. The EUR360m order, placed by P&O Ferries, covers two 49,000 GT (gross tonnage) car-passenger ferries with space for 180 freight vehicles and additionally for up to 195 tourist vehicles. The 210-metre vessels will also be able to carry 2,000 passengers. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2010 and 2011 respectively. The contract includes options for two additional vessels of the same design. Aker Yards, headquartered in Oslo, Norway, is an international shipbuilding group with 21,000 employees at 18 yards in Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Romania, Ukraine and Vietnam. The group reported revenue of... [read full story]                    

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Aker Yards Signed Contract For The Biggest Ferries In The English Channel

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Aker Yards wins ferry contracts worth $557 mln

 finanznachrichten.de Aug 8, 2008
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Aker Yards Signed Contract For The Biggest Ferries In The English Channel

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Aug 8, 2008
        

Aker Yards and P&O Ferries have signed a contract for building two large car-passenger ferries for the Dover-Calais service. The total contract price for both vessels is approximately EUR 360 million.... [WebWire - Friday,...

Norway's Aker Yards Q2 earnings up, board backs offer from Korea

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Aug 8, 2008
        

Oslo - Turnover and profits increased in second-quarter 2008, shipbuilding group Aker Yards said Friday attributing the development to increased activity at its yards. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and...

Aker Yards wins ferry contracts worth $557 mln

finanznachrichten.de
Aug 8, 2008
        

OSLO , Aug 8 (Reuters) - Aker Yards said: * Has signed with P&O Ferries a contract worth 360 million euros ($556.7 million) to build two of the biggest car-passenger ferries in the English Channel for the Dover-Calais...