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A workshop concerning ship safety will be held on 15-16 June in Gothenburg, to discuss the DESSO project (Design for Survival Onboard) which was started in December 2003. This was established as…

Jurong Shipyard in Singapore has won a $1.066 billion contract to convert a crude carrier into one of the world's largest oil rigs for a unit of the Brazilian state oil company…

Kongsberg Maritime is launching a sophisticated new water ingress detection system. specifically for bulk carriers. The system utilises the new patented GL-10 water detection sensors, which have been designed by Kongsberg to…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has just installed an extra-large CNC lathe at its machine fabrication shop to carry out final machining of 100-ton size shafts. The new lathe was designed to be controlled automatically…

Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) in the USA recently delivered the latest version of its aluminum-hulled fast ferry to owners in the San Francisco area. The $8 million, 300 passenger Solano left the…

Chinese first SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin-Hull) offshore crew vessel New Central 1 recently left Tianjin Tanggu wharf for its maiden trip. The vessel was designed by Shanghai Merchant Ship Research &…

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair company in Mobile, USA, has created a wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico which Bender?s president, Tom Bender, is promising will become "a world-class ship repair and new construction…

Lloyd?s Register?s classed fleet has reached an all time high of 113.8 million GT, surpassing the previous record of 113.7 million GT held in 1979. Taking into account world order book share,…

Wynn Marine's type 1762 wiper system and Series 3000 control system are keeping the way ahead clear onboard the Sapphire Princess, the new luxurious 116 000 GT, 2670-passenger vessel recently delivered to…