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Port Salalah in Oman has selected Norcontrol IT as its supplier of choice for a new Vessel Traffic Management and Information System (VTMIS).Norcontrol IT will supply an advanced suite of products, based…

With new security regulations looming, ship operators now have access to a new online tool that provides important information about security threats, such as piracy and terrorism. The ?SeeThreat? risk assessment service,…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has secured four 37,000DWT product carriers from Latvian Shipping Company in Latvia. Total contract price is about $ 120 million and the tankers will be delivered from the first…

A new international convention to prevent the potentially devastating effects of the spread of harmful aquatic organisms carried by ships' ballast water has been adopted by the IMO. The instrument was adopted…

Northrop Grumman Corporation?s Sperry Marine business unit has obtained certification from UK?s MCA for its navigation training centre in New Malden, UK. The certification signifies that Sperry Marine?s programme meets international requirements…

Singapore-based feeder operator Regional Container Lines (RCL) has ordered two 1,850 TEU feeder boxships from Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Yangzijiang valued at $51 million. These high spec newbuildings will be the first RCL…

Hyundai Heavy Industries won an order for an FPSO from BP worth about $ 340 million. The 360,000 DWT vessel will be installed at Plutonio off the Angolan coast and will measure…