Author: Importer

New fixed price safety agreements from safety equipment manufacturer Viking Life-Saving Equipment are hoped to appeal to shipowners looking to control servicing expenses, streamline management and predict future costs.The company says that…

Severnaya Verf shipyard, a part of United Industrial Corporation (OPK), has launched a new platform supply vessel, known as project VS485PSV.The ship is equipped with an open deck for transport of hazardous…

Rolls-Royce has announced that it has won two significant contracts from the French and Korean navies.The French Navy has ordered podded propulsion equipment and stabiising fins worth £7.5 million. The equipment is…

Australian shipbuilder Strategic Marine has signed a contract with a local West Australian marine operations company, Bhagwan Marine, to build a 48.5m landing craft for use in the Australian offshore oil and…

The latest report from research analyst Clarksons says that China has now overtaken Japan to become second in the world shipbuilding market.In the first six months of 2009 China?s market share rose…

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has announced the publication of a new publication entitled Guidelines on Brittle Crack Arrest Design. The new guidelines have been released as a technical reference to help prevent…

Petromedia, a provider of international information services for the marine industry, has announced the launch of its BWI (Bunkerworld Index). Representing bunker fuel market movements on an international basis, the BWI is…

UK company PC Maritime says that it has formed a partnership with specialist training company ECDIS Ltd in order to provide its customers with approved generic ECDIS training at a location of…

Shin Kurushima Dockyard (SKDY), recognized as one of the most productive shipyards worldwide, has standardized on Intergraph SmartMarine 3D design and engineering software after an intensive two-year benchmark study. Based on the…

The port of Primorsk near St. Petersburg, Russia, has been selected as the location for a brand new state-controlled super shipyard. The government has allocated over $855 million towards this ambitious project…

The Zhoushan facility of China's Cosco Shipyard Group has completed its first newbuilding, a 57,000 dwt Handymax bulker named Yuan Shun Hai, ordered by Cosco Qingdao. According to UK-based Clarkson Research Services,…

Hyundai Heavy Industries has decided to discontinue the expansion work at its ship block manufacturing plant in Pohang city, North Gyungsang province, South Korea. The world's largest shipbuilder cited newbuilding market slump…

The Marine Propulsion Systems business unit of ZF Friedrichshafen AG in Germany is further expanding its position as a leading worldwide supplier of complete marine propulsion systems for all types of vessels.…

ABS made presentations at ISSDC ABS made three presentations focused on environmental issues to the International Symposium on Ship Design and Construction 2009 (ISSDC 2009) held in Tokyo, Japan, on 1-2 September…

A proposed rule unveiled by the US Coast Guard would ensure that ballast water thresholds required by US law adhere to standards set out in the IMO's yet to be ratified treaty,…