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Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), the Hong Kong based group that owns one of the world?s largest international container transport business which trades under the name OOCL, has placed an order with…

MAN B&W Diesel Group will, at SMM 2004, present a new software tool to support reliable engine room planning: The "3D Engine Viewer" provides CAD models of four-stroke engines in individual configuration.The…

A.P. Moller-Maersk placed an order for 10 container ships plus two more options with Hanjin Heavy Industries at a total cost of about $ 970 million.The contratc comprises of six 6,200TEU vessels…

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has placed an order with Hyundai Heavy Industries, the worlds? largest shipbuilder, for two VLCC tankers in response to increases in oil production which…

The panel block shop at Daewoo has been modernized with new machinery including automatic welding machines which has increased output by 25%, i.e. from 4.5 to 5.7 blocks daily. The modernization plan…

Bureaucrats in the EU are preparing to threaten a $16 billion-a-year business in the British defence industry under controversial plans to force national governments to open up their lucrative contracts to foreign…

The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) took delivery of the 2,188 TEU container vessel, Iran Bushehr, from domestic shipbuilder Iran Shipbuilding and Offshore Industries Complex Co. (ISOICO). The $188.5 million…

BC Ferries confirmed its controversial decision to award a contract to build three new Super C-class ferries to a German shipyard rather than elect to have the ships built in Canada. "These…

Korea Metal Worker?s Federation has decided to expel the workers union of Hyundai Heavy Industries. A statement from KMWF said that HHI?s labour union has not supported KMWF?s guideline and the Federation…

Italian shipping company MSC Crociere has confirmed that it is going ahead with an order for two 1,275 cabin cruise ships for delivery in June 2006 and spring 2007. Both vessels will…

Malaysian Merchant Marine (MMM) has entered into negotiations to form a joint venture (JV) with Iraqi Oil Tankers (IOTC) to operate as a bunker trading supplier in Umm Qasr in Basrah and…

The NMRI (National Maritime Research Institute) in Japan has developed a radical new sail propulsion system for commercial ships. In recent tests based on route calculations for a bulker carriers equipped with…

Korean shipbuilding industries will maintain its dominance until at least 2015 with a world market share of 40% according to Korea Institute For Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET) at the seminar held…

Hyundai Heavy Industries delivered a crank-shaft for a Wartsila 12RT-flex96C engine to Diesel United in Japan. The crankshaft will be installed in an 8,100TEU container ship to be built by IHI Marine…

The world?s three leading shipbuilders are reportedly about to secure multimillion-dollar orders to build 16 of the world's largest LNG carriers for Qatar. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and a consortium formed…

"It is incumbent on responsible flag states to lead the way in sharing information about ship inspections, vessel standards, conditions onboard, casualties and the implementation of their own safety regimes," said Clay…

Bill Thomson, chief executive of Scottish tanker owner Forth Tankers plc and chairman of the 50 million GT North of England P&I club, challenged the world's merchant shipping industry last week to…

BMT Fleet Technology Ltd, a subsidiary of British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT), has acquired Vancouver-based Peter S. Hatfield Ltd, a naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy. This follows the opening of a…

A summit of UK shipbuilders has been convened by the UK?s Defence Procurement Agency which has asked representatives of shipbuilding companies to attend a meeting to discuss proposals for Britain?s naval programmes…