Author: Importer

The salvage problems surrounding ultra-large vessels will provide the focus for the International Salvage Union?s (ISU) fourth Associate Members? Day meeting in London on 7 March. The meeting will be attended by…

The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) became the world's third largest shipbuilding conglomerate last year, behind Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries and Japan's Imabari Shipbuilding Company. CCSC, which ranked fifth in the world…

The first Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel, Sea Cheetah, from Jaya Shipyard in Singapore is expected to be delivered on 8 February which was the original delivery date. Deep Sea Supply…

The amount of overseas investment by Korean businesses last year more than doubled over that of previous year but at the expense of domestic investment. To make the matter worse, foreign investment…

BAE Systems, the UK?s biggest defence contractor, is poised to win control of the Devonport dockyard, home to Britain's nuclear submarine fleet, after Babcock International appeared to draw back from making an…

Gardline Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Gardline Group in Great Yarmouth, UK, has signed a one-year contract for ?Triton? to augment the customs patrol boat fleet as the Australian Government strengthens…

Wärtsilä has won a contract from Vinashin Shipbuilding Industry Corporation in Vietnam to supply fixed pitch propellers (FPP) for a series of five bulk carriers under construction for UK-based shipowner Graig Group.…

Australia?s Industry and Enterprise Minister Francis Logan called for tenders for the construction of a floating dock at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson. Logan said the floating dock was part of…

Ukrainian industrialists continue to snap up production assets in neighbouring Central Europe, quietly establishing a sizable foothold in the EU. A Polish shipyard is the latest target of a leading Donetsk-based financial-industrial…

Australian Pacific Touring (APT) has announced the building of a third European River Cruise Ship. The new 150 passenger ?Amacello?, expected to be ready for 2008, will be a sister ship to…