General News

International transporter, Cargill, manufacturer Huntsman Corporation and oil trader, UNIPEC UK Company Ltd, say they have set a new industry standard on fuel efficiency by deciding to charter only the more efficient…

ABB has announced an order worth $35 million from Baltic Shipyard to supply propulsion and electrical systems for a new icebreaker vessel under construction for Russia’s state shipping company Rosmorport FSUE.

The suction dredger ‘Eke Möbius’, built by Sietas shipyard, has been handed over to hydraulic engineering company, Josef Möbius Bau-GmbH, and was christened last week.

Gibdock has completed a containership crane refurbishment for a German owner. The deck crane work called for certification of strict welding procedures by Lloyd’s Register (LR), which approved all materials used.

Specialist repair, overhaul and conversion jobs have reportedly been won by three German shipyards while a fourth has completed a repair job worth far more then originally expected, writes Tom Todd.

The winners of the 2012 Solutions Exchange awards, Nonox Ltd and Protei, have been awarded the Orcelle grants by the Savannah Ocean Exchange (SOE) global review panel.

The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meets for its 64th session from 1 to 5 October 2012, at IMO Headquarters in London. The meeting’s agenda has now been announced.

27 September is the International Maritime Organization’s World Maritime Day. This year’s theme, ‘IMO: One hundred years after the “Titanic”’, was chosen to reflect on passenger ship safety today, and into the…

Lloyd’s Register has set up a Group Technology Centre (GTC) in Singapore to provide solution to the maritime industry and has reached an agreement with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research…

Danish marine fuel and lubricant supplier, OW Bunker, recently launched a new global quality control standard to ensure the quality of its products supplied by its physical sector.