Author: Importer

Japanese shipping company NYK Line has pledged to invest millions of dollars in cutting its overall emissions even as it plans a substantial fleet expansion. According to the company's corporate social responsibility…

The maritime industry needs to be proactive, not reactive, to issues facing it and shouldsee new challenges as opportunities and not as threats, according to Dimitrios Theologitis, head of unit, Maritime Transport…

Jurong Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has secured a contract from the Norwegian drilling and production contractor Larsen Oil & Gas to build a deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig at a…

The European Commission has refused to extend the deadline for the privatisation and restructuring plan for three Polish shipyards. EC Spokesman Jonathan Todd confirmed that today marks the deadline for Poland to…

Enel SpA is in talks with Norway's Hoegh LNG to jointly develop a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship, a Hoegh spokesman said. "I can confirm Enel is one of the parties…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has clinched orders worth 302.3 billion won ($291.6 million) to build seven bulk carriers for a Middle Eastern shipping company. Delivery of the vessels is scheduled by May 2012.

Sealion Shipping Ltd in the UK has, on behalf of Toisa Ltd, placed an order with the ABG Shipyard in India for the construction of three new, large multi-purpose offshore support vessels.…

Thousands of ships plying the world?s oceans are effectively without nationality, enabling their owners to easily evade international laws and regulations says a new report from WWF, the conservation organisation and the…

Aker Yards and the Russian company FLC expects to complete the transaction in which FLC buys 70 % ownership in three yards in Ukraine and Germany in July 2008. The agreement was…

In a major diversification drive, Jindal Saw (JSL), part of the $10-billion OP Jindal Group in India plans to set up the country?s first shipbuilding and repair hub in Gujarat with an…