General News

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) says that moves to further tighten air emission controls on shipping through changes to IMO?s Marpol Annex VI must be based on a multiple solution approach.Speaking…

Northrop Grumman Corporation in the USA has been selected to supply simplified voyage data recorders (S-VDR) for 59 Teekay Shipping vessels. Northrop Grumman?s Sperry Marine business unit is supplying the S-VDR hardware,…

The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has signed a $500 million contract with Iranian shipbuilders for 16 cargo vessels and plans to enter the LNG market. IRISL is waiting for…

Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding (QHS) has won an additional newbuilding contract for seven 5,500 DWT product carriers with the Greek shipping company Agean Bunkering Services Inc. Agean has already ordered 9 similar product…

Aker Yards has entered into a contract with Farstad Shipping ASA to build four AHTS vessels with a value of approx $321 million. The multifunctional deep water anchor handling tug supply service…

The first two platform supply vessels with the ULSTEIN X-bow design will be named at Ulstein Verft. The two ULSTEIN PX105 vessels were ordered by Bourbon Offshore Norway and are on long-term…

Sembawang Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SembCorp Marine in Singapore and one of the largest integrated ship repair and conversion facilities in Southeast Asia, has secured a $19 million contract from Neptune…

Samsung Heavy Industries has clinched a $637 million drillship from a European-based owner for delivery June 2009.

Polar Tankers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ConocoPhillips, has christened the 142,000 DWT ?Polar Enterprise?, the company?s newest double-hulled crude oil tanker. Classed by ABS, Polar Enterprise is the fifth and…

Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, has, in cooperation with its associated company Myklebust Verft, signed contracts with Siem Offshore Inc in Kristiansand, Norway, for the building and delivery of six large and…

Be safe and save time! These are the fundamental goals of the PROTOS database by Germanischer Lloyd. Now online, PROTOS ("Provisions for Transportation of Solid Bulk Cargoes") allows shipping companies, chartering companies…

The US Coast Guard (USCG) wants to build a total of 58 FRCs (fast response cutters) which are urgently needed to replace worn-out 34 metre cutters now in service. A previous plan…

Hong Kong based Orient Overseas (International), owner of the eighth- largest Asian container shipping line, placed a $477 million order for four vessels with Samsung Heavy Industries to expand its fleet. The…

Projects implemented by the Turkish Ministry of Transport in the last four years to increase shipyard capacity and efficiency has started to bear fruit. The ministry took the shipyards? demands for growth…

The European Commission said it has extended its state aid rules for shipbuilding until the end of 2008. Current measures expire at the end of this year and the EU Competition Commissioner,…

Bj?rn K. Haugland has no doubts about his objectives for DNV in China. "My mission is to give our customers first-class support and through that expand DNV?s business in this growing market.…

The Indiana-based engine manufacturer, Cummins Inc., has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Beiqi Foton Motor Co. in China to set up the Beijing Foton Cummins Engine Co. Ltd. (BFCEC). The…

Engineering services such as hydrodynamics, strength and fatigue, vibration, acoustics and experimental investigation will be presented by Germanischer Lloyd Academy at the Shiport China trade show in Dalian this week. In addition,…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has added a second giant goliath crane, with a maximum capacity of 900 tonnes, a hoisting height of 72m and a rail span of 148m. With this newly-erected crane the…

The world?s largest newbuilding car carrier measured in car capacity is at present being built in Croatia to DNV class. The vessel will have a capacity of 7,000 vehicles and will be…

Italian shipper, Pietro Barbaro, intends to construct a fleet of 12 crude tankers and carry nearly 1 million tons of crude and petroleum by river from 2009. The market analysts say Pietro…

R&R Marine Fabrication and Drydock ("R&R Marine") in Port Arthur, Texas, has signed an agreement with Pelican Offshore Services Company, Inc. ("Pelican Offshore") of Galveston, Texas to build four lightering support vessels…