General News

OSX, part of the Brazilian EBX Group, has recently announced plans to build a shipyard at an industrial complex in the southeastern city of Sao Joao da Barra.

Singapore-based Ezra Holdings says that it will be adding four high-end multi-purpose platform supply vessels (PSVs) to its fleet representing an investment of about $130 million.

The recent rise of fuel prices (to almost $500/tonne) and the availability of surplus ships, freed up by winter capacity adjustments, have provided the impetus for carriers to bring additional loops to…

The wholly owned Hong Kong subsidiary of Shanghai-based China Shipping Development signed an agreement with Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry and China Shipbuilding Trading to build four 180,000 dwt bulk carriers for…

Amendments to the IMO’s convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to make mandatory the International Code for the Application of Fire Test Procedures (2010 FTP Code) and to improve…

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has circulated proposed draft regulations to make mandatory technical and operational measures - previously proposed on a volutary basis - to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs)…

South Korean shipbuilders are likely to be outpaced this year by Chinese competitors thanks to surging freight demand, government subsidies and cheap labour.

Western Marine Shipyard in Chittagong has delivered a pair of the largest vessels ever built in Bangladesh to a German shipowner.

In a move to cut costs and raise productivity, Hyundai Heavy Industries is expected to become the first shipbuilder in the world to adopt digital welding processes in shipbuilding.

DryShips Inc. based in Greece has entered into an agreement with a major South Korean shipyard for the option to construct up to four ultra deepwater drillships.

Shipbuilding and construction groups from Singapore and Brazil have recently bid for the tender issued by Brazil’s Petrobras to build 28 deepwater oil drill rigs, the state-led oil company said.

The University of New Orleans (UNO) has been awarded a three-year $4.8 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to advance the science and technology of titanium shipbuilding.

ABS and the China Classification Society (CCS) strengthened their collaborative efforts by entering into a new comprehensive cooperation agreement in which the offshore industry will be a priority area of focus.

Liberia has been confirmed as one of only eleven flag states which, to date, have met the criteria set by the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on port state control (PSC) to participate…

Aker Solutions has set up a new manufacturing facility outside Busan in South Korea for the production of Pusnes deck machinery.