Author: Importer

Grindrod?s ship owning arm, Unicorn Shipping, has placed shipbuilding orders for two high-specification bunkering barges and secured options for more from a southern China shipyard.This had been done in response to the…

Wärtsilä has acquired the German service company INTEC Injectortechnic GmbH from the four persons owning and managing the company. The Hamburg-based company is specialized in fuel injection equipment, providing installation and services…

Wärtsilä Corporation has introduced a new compact, high-performance waterjet that is optimized for fast vessels. The new Wärtsilä LJX waterjet offers, in comparison with other waterjets available today, a 25% reduction in…

Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) shipyard, the biggest shipyard in Romania, last year recorded losses worth 18.5 million euros despite a 46% increase in its turnover. DMHI slipped into the red mainly…

South Korea's top three shipyards are likely to win higher-than-expected orders worth at least $30 billion this year on strong sales in the first half of the year, industry sources said. The…

China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC), one of the nation's two state-run shipbuilding groups, plans to triple its turnover by 2015 when it expands its building capacity to meet rising global demand. The…

Esnaad, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adnoc in Abu Dhabi, has become the first Middle East based ship owner to order a vessel of UT-Design from Rolls-Royce. The contract covers the supply…

Two German shipping companies, Aquarius Marine Consulting GmbH & Co. KG (AMC) and TB Marine-Hamburg GmbH have ordered a class of four chemical tankers from the Chinese shipbuilder Liaoning Hongguan Shipbuilding. With…

Concordia Maritime took delivery of 62,500 dwt Stena Performance, the fourth vessel in the P-MAX series of total eight vessels. The vessel is on charter for five years to the American oil…

Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) enter into force on 1 July 2006, including amendments…