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Germanischer Lloyd has taken first place in the current evaluation of all statutory inspections of ships during the past year within the scope of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (Port State Control).…

Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard has been undergoing a quiet revolution bringing with it the promise of new prosperity. The latest contract the yard has landed is to fabricate and assemble components…

Visakhapatnam-based National Ship Design and Research Centre (NSDRC) has asked Indian shipyards to set up green field shipyards in deep water ports because the country will be requiring an additional 1.78 million…

Japan has announced it will abandon plans to put into service the world's fastest passenger ship, which cost $103 million to build, due to predicted operating deficits.The Techno Superliner (TSL), which has…

Terneuzen-based Multraship Towage & Salvage has purchased Bulgarian towage and salvage operator Bourgas Tug Services. BTS provides harbour towage, local salvage and line handling services in and around the Bulgarian port of…

Kitanihon Shipbuilding in Japan is rumoured to have secured an order for two 550,000 cft reefer ships from a Japanese ship owner. They will be delivered in November 2007 and March 2008.…

Russian shipbuilding experts are willing to offer Libya assistance in creating greater capacities at existing shipbuilding and ship-repairing yards. The Central Research Institute of Shipbuilding Technology in Russia plans to set up…

Aker Yards has signed a contract worth approximately $31.2 million to build a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) of the Aker PSV 09 DE design. The 88 metre long 4,850 DWT newbuilding will…

Dutch shipping company Normed International has declared their options at Daehan, South Korea, for a further two 10,000 DWT, 687 TEU multi-purpose general cargo vessels, part of a potential series of ten,…

North of England P&I club has published a graphic new safety poster to remind its members of the age-old danger to crewmembers caused by the continuing need to work at height on…

The Kwazulu-Natal-based heavy engineering firm Duys Engineering has received accreditation for a shipbuilding initiative under the outgoing Strategic Industrial Project (SIP) tax-incentive scheme. CEO Henk Duys believes that there are immense possibilities…

China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC) has delivered 2.87 million tonnes of new ships in the first half of 2005, up 61% on last year. Nearly 80% of the newbuildings were for export.…

With four years of service supporting the operations of the US Marine Corps, the 101 metre aluminium catamaran ?WestPac Express?, built by the Australian shipyard Austal, has been re-chartered by the US…

NorseMerchant Ferries has introduced its latest Ro-Pax ferry, Lagan Viking on its Irish Sea route between Birkenhead and Belfast. The first of two 26,500 GT sisterships being built by the Italian shipbuilder…

The Japanese shipping company K-Line has ordered a 177,000 DWT Capesize bulk carrier from Chinese shipbuilder China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC). This newbuilding, designed in China, is the largest ship of its…

The Dutch company Rotor B.V. has a contract with Chinese OEM?s for the delivery of Rotor NL electric motors. These electric motors will be installed in nine new ships under construction at…

Leith-based company BUE Marine has been snapped up by Topaz Energy and Marine of Dubai in a deal worth some £86 million. BUE, which was formed in 1991 after a management buy-out…

China State Shipbuilding Corporation announced its first half results reporting that its industrial amounted to $1.9 billion, 24% higher than last year?s figure. Orders for newbuildings were up by 33% to $2.37…

Aker Yards has been awarded contracts to build two 1,700 TEU container vessels for an unspecified German ship owner. The vessels are of the newly developed type Aker CS 1700 and the…

The US Coast Guard has canceled a $488 million contract with Bollinger Shipyard after the hulls on some of the vessels the Lockport company upgraded cracked and buckled. Of the eight vessels…