Author: Importer

This week Malta?s House of Representatives approved the second reading of the Dockyard and Shipbuilding Yard (Restructuring) Act after much debate on who stays in employment and who goes. Social Policy Minister…

The EC has given European governments permission to double research grants for shipbuilders. The move is designed to defend the industry against South Korea?s shipbuilders who undercut competitors with heavily subsidised vessels.…

Greenpeace has avoided expulsion from the International Maritime Organisation. In June this year, it lost the consultative status that it has held since 1991 after complaints by several member states that it…

The MAN B&W Diesel Group has won orders for engines from the successful 48/60B and 58/64 medium-speed series for eleven new container vessels at three Chinese shipyards. The recently ordered diesel engines…

The European Commission has allowed Spain to subsidise its shipbuilding industry " to offset the effects of unfair competition" from South Korea. Spain can pay subsidies of up to 6 % of…

French prosecutors investigating the collapse of a gangway on the Queen Mary 2 found that it was a last-minute replacement. Fifteen people died in the accident when the liner was in dry…