General News

Scandlines is talking to receivers at Germany’s bankrupt Volkswerft and has made an offer for the two ferry newbuildings parked there since it cancelled them in 2012, writes Tom Todd.

Romania’s Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) ended 2013 on a high after winning three new shipbuilding projects.

Dutch law firm AKD says recent guidance handed down by the European Court of Justice which rules that off-spec fuel oil does not have to be handled as waste is a triumph…

Croatia’s Uljanik shipyard has signed a contract with local shipping company Jadroplov to cooperate on a project to build four bulk carriers, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

US shipbuilder Aker Philadelphia Shipyard (APSI) has started construction on the first of four product tankers it is building as part of its joint venture with Crowley.

Niche and specialist newbuildings again dominated German ship deliveries in 2013, writes Tom Todd.

Research from Harvard University, reported by IChem E, suggests that a tropical carnivorous plant could provide new technology for fouling-free and low resistance coatings for ships’ hulls.

A new ice-classed multi-purpose vessel named MV Reggeborg has been successfully launched at the Ferus Smit yard in Leer, Germany.