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Austal has officially unveiled its new 102m trimaran vehicle-passenger ferry platform, which is currently under construction at its Western Australian shipyard and available for purchase.The new 102m long, 26.8m wide trimaran is…

The ?Monte Aconcagua?, the last of a series of ten of Hamburg Sud's 5,552TEU Monte-class containerships was recently christened in Hong Kong. Following the naming ceremony, the newbuilding was phased into the…

Brazil is pressing cash-strapped Korean shipbuilders to hand over their core technologies in return for orders. With work hard to come by, they are willing to oblige and Samsung Heavy Industries has…

Bergen Group BMV, a subsidiary of Norway's Bergen Group has signed a NOK 2.7 billion ($435.3 million) contract to deliver two advanced pelagic trawlers and research vessels to Aqueda Shipping Limited and…

The ?Costa Pacifica?, the fourteenth ship in the fleet of Costa Cruises was delivered on May 29 at the Genova-Sestri Ponente shipyard by Fincantieri. The sister ship of the ?Costa Concordia? and…

The Indonesian government-operated ferry firm PT Indonesia Ferry has signed a tentative agreement with South Korean shipbuilders Samsung Heavy Industries and 21st Century Shipbuilding on a shipbuilding project which could be worth…

The European Marine Equipment Council (EMEC) has welcomed the new regulation (EC) 391/2009, published on 28 May. Amongst others, the Regulation will, if effectively implemented, in the coming years, lead to the…

New Zealand-based waterjet manufacturer HamiltonJet has opened a new regional sales and support office in Singapore. The company already has regional offices in the UK and US, and the new office will…

George Economou and broking house Banchero and Costa Spa have both invested in the Green Recycling Initiative launched in May. The $300m GRI aims to integrate the needs of steel producers to…

The passenger and vehicle ferry Canna has become the first ship in Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd's fleet to be issued with a Lloyd?s Register 'Green Passport'. This follows a training workshop for…

Despite the collapse in the newbuilding market, state-owned Chinese shipbuilder China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is planning to invest up to Yuan10bn ($1.5bn) to build a shipyard in Zhongshan , Guangdong province.…

Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering is set to begin talks with owners who have requested lower contract prices for bulk carriers already on order. The privately-owned Chinese shipyard said that it had received…

Three non-life insurance companies which are creditors of Jinse Shipbuilding of South Korea are requesting another creditor banks to delay collecting debts but the banks are refusing to do so. Meritz Fire…

Gulf capital is behind the consortium which bought two of Poland's three historic shipyards this week, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk indicated Saturday. "There is a specific fund which represents the interests…

The Maltese government has asked bidders who submitted offers for the four business units comprising the Malta Shipyards to reconsider the financial portions of their bids and they have until 20 June…

John Fredriksen's Frontline has cancelled orders for six newbuilding very large crude carriers and Suezmaxes at Chinese shipyards worth more than $550m and representing 33% of its order-book. However, Jens Martin Jensen,…

The Air Resources Board (ARB) in California has a proposed regulation under review that, if approved as expected, will require ocean going vessels to use low sulphur marine distillates in main engines,…

Vietnam has granted an investment licence to a consortium of foreign firms led by China Steel, Sumitomo Metal and Sumitomo Corp to invest $1.15 billion in a steel mill in the country's…

Lloyd?s Register?s latest office in China, its 14th, was opened recently and will initially employ more than 20 with the number rising to 30 in the coming weeks.Nick Brown, Country and Marine…

Head of the Russian Federal Fishery Agency, Andrey Krainy, says cooperation with Norway over trawler fleet modernization is a necessity. The obsolete Russian fishing fleet now is in dire need of upgrades…

Officials from major Asian LNG carrier shipyards at Gastech 2009 have said that, while 2009 has been a quiet year so far, they are confident that 2010 will see an upturn in…

Lloyd's Register has published a new guidance document for the design of membrane-technology liquid natural gas containment systems. The document is aimed at improving design procedures with respect to sloshing forces, and…