Author: Importer

Alan Haig-Brown has recently put up a new web page for mariners who visit or work the Pacific Coast of America. It is really a blog spot based on some of the…

Taiwan will release 51% stake in the state-run CSBC Corporation (China Shipbuilding) by the end of this year, marking it the largest initial public offering for 2008 so far. Fubon Securities Co.…

The Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) is establishing an operation at the Port of Tampa, buying the Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair Co.'s lease and retaining its 500 employees with plans to…

Today sees the Cammell Laird name return to its historic Birkenhead shipyard home in a move the yard?s owners say could help them win new business from around the world. Cammell Laird,…

Seaspan takes delivery of another feederSeaspan Corporation has accepted delivery of the 'CSCL Santiago', a 2,500 TEU newbuilding. The new containership, which was built by Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China, expands Seaspan's…

Last Friday Korea Development Bank (KDB) signed a preliminary deal with Hanwha Group on the sale of a controlling stake in Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME). Starting next week, Hanwha…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has signed a $408 million order that revised up a 2007 contract to reflect changes to ship types. The South Korean shipbuilder had initially won a $373 million order…

Bangladesh claims it is set to be swamped with orders for small ocean-going ships in the coming years as major Asian shipbuilders are now fully booked and are either turning down orders…

Cargotec?s MacGregor business area has strengthened its position and sales activity-potential in Greece by signing a co-operation agreement with Piraeus-based company Oceanking Technical & Trading Ltd. Oceanking will be the sole representative…