General News

Russian shipowner Femco Group has contracted with Chinese builder Sinopacific Shipbuilding for four AHTS vessels to Sinopacific’s own SPA150 design, for 2015 delivery.

Global classification society, Bureau Veritas (BV), has classed its first Bangladeshi built ferry for Danish owners.

Japanese ocean transport company, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), has announced that the 297,076 tonne iron ore carrier, ‘Ore Salvador’, has been completed.

Bourbon has taken delivery of its new Bourbon Evolution 803 vessel - the third in its large Inspection, Maintenance, Repair (IMR) 800 series for the offshore industry. It will soon go into…

Portugese shiprepair company, Lisnave, has received its 100th tanker project, the Eagle Turin, owned by Malaysian tanker operator, AET.

US based naval architecture company, Guido Perla & Associates (GPA), has won a contract to deliver the design, regulatory design and production engineering for two GPA 675J PSVs for Jackson Offshore Operators.

International experts are meeting at International Maritime Organisation (IMO) headquarters this week to begin work on updating the inventory of greenhouse gases (GHG) from international shipping.

Wärtsilä has announced a contract awarded the Korean yard STX Offshore & Shipbuilding to supply exhaust gas cleaning systems for four new container ro-ro (con-ro) vessels being built for Italian shipowner Ignazio…

Brussels based European Ships and Maritime Equipment Association (SEA Europe) has welcomed the launch of LeaderSHIP 2020, a strategy set up to increase the competitiveness of the European maritime technology industry and…