Author: Importer

The recent launch of Australian Incat yard?s 112-metre wave piercing catamaran set new milestones for high speed light craft (HSLC) shipping. The vessel, named the Natchan Rera, is the world?s largest diesel-powered…

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Ltd. has announced plans to lengthen and upgrade another of its cruise ships during 2008. The Braemar will undergo the work during its dry dock period scheduled for…

Lyngs? Marine of H?rsholm, Denmark, a subsidiary of SAM Electronics, has been awarded a major contract for supply of integrated automation packages for installation aboard a series of 14 54,000 dwt bulk…

President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree merging the country's top energy shipping companies in a move to create a $5 billion national shipping giant and help develop the country's huge offshore…

The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) recently delivered a 53,000 dwt bulk carrier, the largest ever built in Vietnam, to its UK owner in northern Quang Ninh province. Named ?Florence?, the newbuilding…

Adelaide in South Australia will become the home of Australian naval ship building following the latest defence contract. The Royal Australia Navy is to get three new air warfare destroyers and two…

Hanjin Heavy Industry has secured a $224 million shipbuilding order from a new European client on the back of increased shipping volumes and fees. Delphis of Belgium placed an order for Hanjin…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has obtained a combined $800 million worth of orders from two international customers. The South Korean shipbuilder said an unidentified US shipowner ordered an oil drill ship…

Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. (Odense Staalskibsv?rft A/S) has announced that EPIC Shipping, UK, has contracted to purchase six RO-RO vessels from the Danish shipyard. Main particulars are length 193 m, breadth 26…

COSCO Group, China's shipping conglomerate, has signed a deal with Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. to build a shipyard in northeast China, their second such venture in the country.COSCO will control 70%…

Hyundai Heavy Industries has won an 857 billion won ($923 million) order to build eight container vessels. The deal from a European company calls for HHI to deliver the ships by December…

Colombo Dockyards Limited?s (CDL) launch of the Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel, built for Great Ship (India), is scheduled to take place next week. "This occasion will mark the first launching of…

Dubai Drydocks (DD), a market leader in ship repair and conversions, has concluded an agreement with Singapore-based Navig8 Shipmanagement Pte Ltd to build four medium range (MR) product tankers, with an option…

Samsung Heavy Industries has secured a sizable order from an Asian customer to build an FPSO in a contract worth $470 million. The vessel will be delivered by September 2010.

BMT Group Ltd, the UK-based maritime consultancy, launched its India operations last week in an attempt to tap into the ship-building boom in the country. Several Indian companies have been looking to…

China's Cosco (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd. has received newbuilding orders worth nearly $1.2 billion. Of this, $669 million is accounted for by contracts from Cosco International Ship Trading for twelve 57,000 dwt…

In addition to the six newbuildings announced in the press release dated 2 May 2007, the Norwegian ship owner Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA signed agreements for long term time charter with…

Nam Cheong Dockyard Sdn Bhd in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, is planning to expand its business overseas and increase its shipbuilding capacity on the back of higher demand for oil and gas support…