General News

On 27 May the Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will be delivering the Sapphire Princess to Princess Cruises. Built at its Nagasaki facility, the Sapphire Princess follows the sister ship Diamond…

Steel and Shipbuilding (NASSCO), in San Diego, is putting the finishing touches on the first of four double-hull oil tankers for BP Oil Shipping. The newbuildings have a length of 290 metres,…

The introduction of the International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code on 1 July 2004 is more likely to increase rather than reduce the problems caused by stowaways to shipowners, warns North…

RINA, the Italy-based classification society, specialists in the passenger and cruise vessel sector, has been granted further unrestricted authorisation to issue certificates for Greek-flag passenger ships of any size and service. It…

Only five ships out of the 165 vessels under the Philippine registry have complied with the International Ships and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. The figures were based on an April survey…

The Turkish Government has recently received critical maritime security and counter-terrorism training from SeaSecure, a leading US maritime security company. The training was provided to the country?s port and ship security auditor…

Now that the damaged 150,000DWT Capesize bulker Cape Africa has been towed into False Bay and is presently at anchor two miles off Simon?s Town in South Africa, the second phase of…

ABS offers comparative structural arrangement studies for the design of each tanker ice class designation using procedures outlined in a just released ?Guide for Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for Side Structures…

The UK-based Buckleys (UVRAL), the original manufacturer of the Bathycorrometer and a leading manufacturer of specialist test equipment, has launched a ?marine survey kit? to enhance its existing underwater corrosion analysis range…

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, (K Line) has placed an order with Universal Shipbuilding Corporation for the building of another 300,000 DWT super large ore carrier to be completed in 2009. This newbuilding is…