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Leading fuel testing agency Lintec Testing Services has urged shipowners to act, but not panic, should their fuel tests marginally exceed the 1.5% sulphur limit imposed within the MARPOL Annex VI Sulphur…

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) taken delivery of the 140,000 cbm Moss type LNG carrier "Arctic Voyager", constructed at Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation?s Sakaide Shipyard in Japan. This second vessel for Sn?hvit…

The Italian LPG tanker company, FVH SpA in Brindisi, would like to acquire the Stocznia Gdanska shipyard in Poland and plans to carry out due diligence and submit its offer."Italian FVH has…

Matson Navigation took delivery of the ?Maunalei?, the fourth and last of its Independence Class CV2500 containerships from Aker Philadelphia shipyard. Oakland-based Matson is owned by Honolulu-based Alexander & Baldwin Inc. and…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea has clinched six LPG carriers from two European ship owners. Total contract price is about $340 million for the 20,600 cbm LPG carriers which will be…

Rami Ungar, the owner of Ray Car Carriers in Israel, has submitted an offer to buy Stocznia Gdanska shipyard which is looking for a private investor. The yard is trying to become…

NYK Line placed an order for four 145,000 cbm moss type LNG carriers with two Japanese shipbuilders. Kawasaki Shipbuilding and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries each will build two ships with delivery from 2009…

Samsung Heavy Industries recently delivered the world?s largest container ship, breaking its own world record of 9,200 teu which it set less than 12 months ago. The ?Xin Los Angeles? is now…

Samsung Heavy Industries clinched two more 4,300TEU container ships from Itochu in Japan. The new order is option declaration and will be delivered during 2009. Hyundai Heavy Industries secured two contract for…

The tender for the privatization of the Santierul Naval Mangalia Shipyard in Romania could resume this autumn as new evaluation procedures are under way, said the shipyard's General Director Eugen Tudor. This…