General News

Spain’s Astilleros Gondan Shipyard has won a tender to build a passenger ship that will operate on the tourist route at the Azután reservoir in Toledo, Spain.

Joint venture Hyundai and Shell Base Oil Co Ltd has opened a new base oil manufacturing plant in Daesan, South Korea, to meet the growing demand for API Group II base oils…

Maersk Line says it will be introducing a new low sulphur surcharge (LSS) to help offset additional costs incurred by switching to cleaner fuels in Emission Control Areas (ECAs), required by the…

Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) says the decision by Norwegian controlled Siem Industries to take over the German yard was “necessary” and will strengthen FSG’s position on the offshore market, reports Tom Todd.

Damen Shipyards Group has established three strategic partnership agreements with ballast water treatment (BWT) system suppliers Bio-UV, Evoqua Water Technologies and Trojan Marinex.

MacGregor has won a series of deck equipment orders for the Chinese shipbuilder, Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co Ltd which will be fitted to six newbuilds under construction

Stena Line says that the new Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA) coming into force in Northern Europe on 1 January 2015, will have a significant economic impact on its business.

The second vessel in a two-vessel contract with Grimaldi Group left Gibraltar’s Gibdock on-time recently after undergoing extensive repair works.

CM Technologies of Germany says it has developed an onboard test kit to help identify corrosive wear, abrasive wear and insolubles in cylinder oil at an early stage.