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The Havyard Group is doing good business in India – it has just signed a contract for a PSV vessel with Indian shipping company Global Offshore with an option for a further…

Despite its concentration on specialised vessels, German shipbuilding is still in crisis and struggling against widening Asian competition, lack of finance and low newbuilding prices.

Classification society, ClassNK, has announced that its register has hit the 200 million gross tonne mark after steadily accelerating over the years.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has expressed genuine concerns identified among its members about the availability and expense of ballast water treatment systems, and the robustness of the approval process.

Arnout Damen, chief operations officer of Damen Shipyards Group, accepted Seawork’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at the Innovation Awards Dinner recently, on behalf of Kommer Damen.

Dutch shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards has recently acquired the shares of Swedish ship repair and maintenance yard Oskarshamnsvarvet; Damen intends to continue the current operations at the yard.

The second day of The Motorship’s 34th Propulsion & Emissions conference in Hamburg began with a session on exhaust gas cleaning, following an introduction from the day’s chairman, Dr Fabian Kock from…

Fathom, a global market intelligence company for the marine, energy and environmental industries, has launched an online analysis tool to compare all eco-efficient technologies available for the shipping industry.