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Zeppelin Power Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, a subsidiary of the Zeppelin Group, and the towing-kite manufacturer SkySails GmbH & Co. KG, also of Hamburg, are joining forces to market SkySails…

Wärtsilä's Senitec sludge and bilge water treatment system has received US Coast Guard (USCG) Type Approval. Tests have confirmed the system's ability to remove oil in water levels to well below required…

Sinopacific Shipbuilding, one of China?s biggest private shipbuilders, has convened an emergency meeting next week in Hamburg with its western customers to assure them that it can deliver ordered vessels.The Shanghai-based company,…

Singapore-based Ezra Holdings Limited (Ezra), an integrated offshore support and marine services provider, is proactively reviewing its orderbook of five multi-functional support vessels (MFSVs) in view of the uncertainty arising from the…

The French offshore operator Bourbon took delivery yesterday of the 10th vessel in the Bourbon Liberty series. 'Bourbon Liberty 110' is a platform supply vessel (PSV) intended for operations in the Gulf…

The provincial government in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao and the Phividec Industrial Authority have dismissed reports of an alleged decision by South Korea?s Hanjin Heavy Industries& Construction to pull out…

ASRY?s Chairman Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Al-Khalifa says that the Qatar shipyard is to invest $188m in new facilities. The new investment follows the recent opening of two new slipways built at…

For the first time, shipowners can use a fouling release system that guarantees to reduce a vessel?s fuel consumption by at least 4-8% within the first year, depending on the type of…

Local sources in China report that China is secretly pushing the construction of a nuclear-powered "supercarrier" of 93,000 tons. The source, presenting internal Chinese Communist Party documents, said China plans to build…

Delivery of the Twin Marine Lifter (TML) heavy lift vessels under construction for SeaMetric International at China Petroleum Liaohe Equipment Company (CPLEC) Offshore Engineering Company shipyard in Panjin, China, will be delayed…

C& Heavy Industries, the shipbuilding arm of the struggling C& Group in Korea, is expected to ask Woori Bank and other creditors to place it under a workout program this week in…

Plans for 12 VLCC newbuildings by Singaporean oil trader Hin Leong Trading Pte. Ltd. and its tanker unit Ocean Tankers (Pte) Ltd. are going ahead despite a global economic slowdown. Hin Leong…

Brazil's national development bank BNDES approved a $122 million loan for Companhia Brasileira de Offshore (CBO) to construct four multipurpose platform supply vessels (MPSV-3000) to provide support to oil rigs. The vessels,…

PC Maritime, a UK developer and supplier of software, has launched a new engine room simulator that can run on a standard PC. The Unitest MED3D engine room simulator is claimed to…

Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark named its latest newbuilding, a 7,000 TEU container ship, for the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. Named MARIT M?RSK, she is the fifth ship in a series…

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. has taken delivery of the 'Patmos', a 6,280 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker newbuild, from Qingdao Hyundai Shipyard in China. The Patmos will be deployed in the company's…

The two platform supply vessels under construction at the Cochin Shipyard for Greek company Hellespont Steamship Corporation were named recently. The first was named 'Hellespont Daring' and the other 'Hellespont Dawn'. The…

Around 20% of orders for building new dry bulk shipping vessels may be cancelled in 2009 as the financial crisis is hitting the shipping industry hard, a shipping industry executive told Dow…

Samsung Heavy Industries has received a contract worth $1.44 billion to build two deep-water oil exploration drill ships. The deal with a European client calls for delivery by March 2012 and the…

Shipbuilding cancellations hit plate market According to a recent report from World Steel Dynamics, perhaps 300 contracts to build capsize and Panamax vessels may be cancelled and some new shipyards may close.…