Author: Importer

Electronic Sensor Technology, Inc., has developed a new technique for screening cargo containers. To date, the most reliable way to search for illicit materials in cargo containers is by manual inspection and,…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is bidding to buy Westinghouse Electric of the USA and has begun negotiations with the UK-based BNFL which owns Westinghouse. The two sides could reach a deal, estimated…

The largest container ship to date, the 9,200TEU MSC Pamela, was recently delivered by Samsung to Offen. Measuring 337 metres long, 46 metres wide and 24.6 metres draught, the newbuilding is powered…

Doosan Engine, a South Korean manufacturer of marine diesel engines, will establish an engine parts complex in China by 2008. The company plans to construct the complex on a 330,000 square metre…

The Hudong Heavy Machinery Company has launched a marine diesel engine joint venture in Shanghai with China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC) and Mitsui Shipbuilding Co., (MSC) of Japan. The joint venture has…

Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has ordered two product tankers from a shipyard in Argentina at a cost of $120 million according to Norwegian shipbroker Fearnleys AS. The 75,000DWT tankers will be…

The first orders have been placed for platform supply vessels (PSVs) with Ulstein?s X-Bow design which was launched in April. Bourbon Offshore Norway has contracted for the construction of two Ulstein PX105s;…

Exmar, a leading operator of gas tankers, has confirmed an order for a 4th liquefied natural gas regasification vessel (LNGRV). The 150,900m3 vessel, to be delivered in the 1st quarter of 2008,…

Kongsberg Maritime has won orders, valued at approximately MNOK 100 (US$15.25 million), for automation and control systems for eight LNG carriers. The orders are for vessels to be built in South Korea…