General News

Bibby Offshore Ltd, the Aberdeen based Subsea Contractor, part of Bibby Line Limited of Liverpool, has placed an order for a second new-build diving support vessel (DSV) to the market, following on…

Rem Maritime in Norway has ordered another UT712L anchor handling tug (AHTS) from Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway. The vessel will be identical to two more vessels already under construction at Kleven…

Indian industrialist Pawan Ruia has stepped into the shipping sector with a proposal to set up a shipyard in a 2000-acre area at Jelingham in Haldia at a total cost of Rs…

Hamworthy has acquired Serck Como, which specialises in cruise ship desalination systems. "The acquisition complements our existing wastewater business and has excellent growth prospects both in the marine sector and ashore," said…

SK Shipping in South Korea has decided to order an 82,000 cbm LPG carrier at a contract price of $88.4 million. Shipbuilder is not decided yet.

CMA CGM has placed a new order for four 6,500TEU container ships at the price of $420 million with Hanjin Heavy Industries. Ship particulars are 300m in length, 40m in breadth and…

Eidesvik Offshore ASA has exercised its right with Westcon shipbuilder in ?lensvåg, Norway, to build its third platform supply vessel (PSV) type VS 493 LNG-AVANT. The value of the contract is approximately…

Hanjin Shipping has placed an order for five 10,000TEU containerships with Samsung Heavy Industries. The five 117,000 DWT newbuildings are scheduled for successive deployment from February of 2010 on Hanjin's trans-Pacific route.…

Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, has signed a contract with Siem Offshore Inc for the building of a new, sophisticated multifunctional platform supply vessel. The newbuilding is based on the new MT…

Jinling Shipyard in China seals six MR product carriers from Changjiang Shipping Group Nanjing Oil Shipping. Pacific International Line in Singapore placed an order for two 600TEU container ships with Penglai Bohai…

MSET Shipbuilding Corporation Sdn Bhd, a leading shipbuilding and repair company in Kuala Terengganu on the East coast of Peninsular Malaysia, is aiming to build larger ships measuring up to 120 metres…

South Korea's Daeju Construction Engineering, which specialises in dockyard and city developments, will invest $500 million in a shipyard project in Karimun Island, one of the islands in the Riau Islands province…

The AKER Lorient shipyard (previously Alstom Leroux Naval), in cooperation with Saint-Nazaire Marine, have finalised the installation of a FOR (fast oil recovery) passive safety system on a 310 DWT 40 metre…

The Chinese steel manufacturer, Shanghai Baosteel Group, has increased the price of its thick plate steel from $594 to $606 per tonne while galvanized sheet steel will increase 10.6% to $727. The…

The Cyprus-based Louis group has signed a franchise agreement with easyCruise for exclusive use of the brand in the eastern Mediterranean.Under the deal, Louis plc, which operates 12 cruise ships, will get…

Shipyard workers at the Canadian shipbuilder Davie shipyard are increasingly worried a deal to sell the shipbuilding facility to a Norwegian company is in trouble. Richard Gauvin, said the sale of the…

The London P&I Club has warned of the potential dangers faced by seafarers on entering enclosed onboard spaces, in the event that proper safety procedures are not followed.IMO recommends that a competent…

The Norwegian National Centre for Gas Power Technology has awarded financial support to DNV?s development of a guideline that shall ensure the quality of CO2 capture technologies for natural gas power generation.…

In the near future, fuel cell technology will transform the economics and environmental impact of commercial shipping, according to the joint industry project 'FellowSHIP'. The project recently concluded the first stage of…

Australia has the skills and industrial bases to maintain an efficient naval shipbuilding industry despite questions about its viability, defence officials said today. A federal parliamentary inquiry has heard repeated evidence that…

The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) in the USA is soliciting bids for the construction of a 47.40 metre long replacement ferry vessel for the Maine State Ferry Service, Rockland, Maine. Details…

Aker Yards is to build two large construction vessels for DOFCON ASA, a subsidiary of District Offshore (DOF) in Norway, at a cost of $188 million. Both vessels are options attached to…

Farstad Shipping ASA in Norway has, through its subsidiary Farstad Supply AS, signed a contract with Aker Yards to build a 4,000 DWT platform supply vessels (PSV) of the type UT 751CD.…