General News

Miko Marine of Oslo has announced an order from the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) for the supply of magnetic patch kits, which will be carried on board all five of the NCA’s…

Ulstein Verft has delivered the first of two medium-sized platform supply vessels for Blue Ship Invest. The 83.4m long ‘Blue Fighter’ is to Ulstein’s new PX121 design, and features Ulstein’s X-bow hull…

Insolvent private German shipyard J.J.Sietas has announced that 250 of its remaining 700 employees will lose their jobs up to May as the facility cuts its cloth to match its order load,…

Approval in principle has been granted by DNV to Kawasaki Heavy Industries newly-completed design for a 9,000TEU container ship fuelled by LNG, using a new type of LNG tank that provides more…

Bureau Veritas says that it has developed, in conjunction with Korean shipbuilder DSME and operator CMA-CGM, a design for a 14,000TEU container ship to be fuelled by LNG. The design has been…

Rescue operations on the stricken Carnival cruise liner Costa Concordia have been suspended in Italy today after the vessel has apparently shifted position.

Hamburg-based SAM Electronics, an L-3 company, has launched a new series of bridge navigational watch alarm systems (BNWAS) designed for simple installation aboard both new and existing vessels of any type or…

Undaunted by the unexpected loss of a major contract just this month, Kiel’s Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel has reported good current repair business and predicted that more will come, writes Tom Todd.

French offshore group Bourbon has set up a new organisation, Bourbon Docking, located in Dubai, to manage class dockings of vessels operated by all Bourbon affiliates.

ABS Group of Companies has enhanced its presence in the offshore market, having concluded its acquisition of Safetec Nordic, which provides integrated safety, risk and asset lifecycle management services.

MAN Diesel & Turbo says that the Weihai Haida Ferry Company, operating in NE China, has placed an order for a 2,200-passenger/1,100 lane-metre ro-pax ferry featuring a twin-screw medium speed propulsion package.

Transas Marine has released a new so-called ‘4-level’ ECDIS concept, which it says is designed to provide an IMO compliant solution for all types and sizes of shipping companies.

Florida, USA, shipyard St Johns Ship Building of Palatka has launched the ‘Sea Strength’, a 157ft (47.8m) offshore service vessel, which will be the largest in the fleet of Trinidad-based owner A.…

UK company PC Maritime has announced that its Navmaster ECDIS type-specific training CD Rom is now available. The company believes it is the first manufacturer to provide a stand-alone type-specific training CD…

According to liner shipping information provider Alphaliner, net growth of the cellular containership fleet is expected to reach 1.28 million TEU in 2012, an increase of 8.3%; with another 1.47 million TEU…

MJP Waterjets of Sweden reports that the first delivery of the French EDA-R landing craft equipped with new MJP 650 CSUI jets was successfully completed and the vessel was recently handed over…

Two Chinese special purpose ship newbuildings will each feature a complete twin-screw MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion package of two 6L32/40 four-stroke engines, gear boxes, propellers and propulsion control system.