Author: Importer

Bharati Shipyard, Mumbai, one of leading private owned shipyards in India, received a repeat order for two 80 tonne bollard pull anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS) from the Great Eastern Shipping…

Pont-Aven, Brittany Ferries? $180 million flagship, returned to service today, nearly a fortnight after a fault left it stranded in a UK port. The problem arose from a cracked cooling valve resulting…

China Shipping Group is considering buying six to eight VLCCs within the next two years. The state-run company expects to take delivery of the first of its 300,000dwt tankers in November, the…

Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) has awarded a $30 million contract for vessel repairs to be done at the Port Weller Dry Docks in Canada?s Niagara region. The project involves the forebody replacement…

Just over a year after Hudong Heavy Machinery Company (HHM) in Shanghaipresented the first Chinese-built 80 cm bore MC engine, they can now claim the distinction of having the first ME orders…

James Fisher & Sons plc, one of the UK?s leading marine services providers, has launched a new tanker, the Cumbrian Fisher, at the Samho Shipbuilding Company in Korea. The vessel, a clean…

China's largest shipbuilding company, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), opened an office in Hong Kong and is registered as China Shipbuilding and Offshore International (HK) Co. The Hong Kong operation is wholly-owned…

The Kuwaiti Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) finalized a contract with the Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries at a cost of $182 million to build three tankers for delivery in 2006, 2007 and…

NCL Corporation will be the first cruise line to bring passengers on North American cruises the ability to use their cell phones even when communications towers are oceans away. The company is…