Author: Importer

Sadra Group of Iran has been contracted by the German shipowner Rickmers to build four multi-purpose vessels. The Iranian shipbuilder will construct the 24,000 DWT vessels with the first unit slated for…

Jurong Shipyard, a wholly owned subsidiary of SembCorp Marine in Singapore, is pleased to announce that the Bermuda-based SeaDrill Limited has exercised the option to build the second unit of the 6th…

Regional Container Lines in Bangkok, Thailand, has ordered two 1,108 TEU box ships from the Chinese shipbuilder, Jiangsu Eastern Shipyard, at a cost of $24.5 million each. They will have a service…

Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway has signed a new contract with Norwegian owner Rem Maritime for delivery of one offshore vessel. The newbuilding is a multi-purpose supply vessel (MPSV) of the MT…

Ferguson Marine, the Port Glasgow-based shipbuilder, which last week lost out to a Polish yard in a multi-million pound Scottish Executive shipbuilding deal, reported that the latest accounts for the parent company…

Two workers were killed and another 12 injured as a result of an incident at Damen's Okean Shipyard in Nikolaev, Ukraine. The incident occurred on one of the vessels under construction when…

Russia?s Federal Agency for Industry plans to unite all shipyards that build surface navy ships and submarines into two holdings thereby putting state interests above that of the shipyards? private shareholders, Izvestia…

India?s shipping ministry plans to extend the shipbuilding subsidy scheme by another five years to 2012. The ministry is preparing a cabinet note for this purpose saying that it is examining whether…

Dubai Drydocks (DD) has been awarded a $25 million contract to convert a VLCC into a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. Work on ?Knock Adoon?, a 240,000 DWT oil tanker…

Hyundai Heavy Industries has clinched four 9,700TEU container ships from C. P. Offen at the price of $ 530 million for delivery by 2008. Ship particulars are 350m in length, 42.8m in…