Author: Importer

As of the end of December 2007, Chinese shipbuilders? orders-in-hand had totaled 158.89 million dwt, rising by 131% year-on-year, according to statistics released by the Shipping Industry Administrative Office of the Commission…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has won a deal valued at 794 billion won ($843 million) to build six container ships. The deal with a European shipping company calls on HHI to deliver…

Italian shipping company Rizzo-Bottiglieri-De Carlini Armatori SpA (RBD) signed a $180 million contract with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard for two 177,000 dwt Capesize bulk carriers. "These will be the largest ships in our…

The Netherlands-based maritime services company Smit has awarded Australian shipbuilder Strategic Marine a contract to build three aluminium hulled crew/pilot boats for use in its Middle East operations.Strategic Marine chairman, Mark Newbold,…

General Dynamics NASSCO, a unit of defense contractor General Dynamics Corp, said it was awarded a $460 million contract to build a tenth T-AKE dry cargo ammunition ship and buy materials for…

The world's first commercial ship powered in part by a giant kite is recording fuel savings of between 10 and 15 % midway into its maiden voyage across the Atlantic, according to…

MGC Chartering Limited has placed an order with Australian high-speed catamaran builder Incat in Tasmania for Incat?s third state-of-the-art 112 metre wave piercing catamaran due for delivery in February 2009.Incat hull 066,…

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics? (WWL), represented by their marine fuels partner Wilhelmsen Premier Marine Fuels, has signed its largest ever deal for low sulphur fuel with Shell Marine Products A/S. The deal is…

The Chinese Navy is using Australian technology to upgrade its warships, a move which experts warn may be detrimental to Australia's national security. Through a joint venture company based in China, an…