General News

Sealion Shipping in England has, on behalf of Toisa Ltd, placed an order with the Kleven Verft Yard in Ulsteinvik, Norway, for the construction of a new, large IRM class, saturation diving…

Barwil Unitor Ships Service has introduced a new concept at Seatrade Cruise Shipping 2006, the 3G air filter and tobacco smoke eraser. It is intended for public, indoor spaces and removes practically…

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has certified Northrop Grumman Corporation as an authorized annual service provider for shipboard voyage data recorders (VDRs). The certification was awarded to Northrop Grumman?s Sperry Marine business…

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) has introduced a newly-revised interim management plan to be known as "K" LINE Vision 2008+, which starts from fiscal year 2006, and involves embarking on an…

MSC Cruises has confirmed an order to Chantiers de l?Atlantique for the construction of a 1,275 cabin cruise ship similar to the two ?MSC Musica? class. The Panamax sized newbuilding will be…

Specialist shipbuilder FBMA Marine Inc (FBMA) and naval architects BMT Nigel Gee and Associates Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Ltd, have announced the signing of a licence agreement allowing FBMA to market…

Hyundai Samho Shipyard clinched an order for six 318,000 DWT VLCCs from the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) worth $720 million. Two of six are options. Ship particulars are 333m…

Denmark?s Clipper Group has signed a contract with Vietnam Industry Shipbuilding Corporation (VINASHIN) to build ten 4.600 DWT multi-purpose vessels at Ben Kien Shipyard in Northern Vietnam. The first ship is expected…

DNV has been contracted to class two new VLCCs for Bergesen World-Wide Shipping. The newbuildings will be built at Bohai Shipyard and will the largest tankers ever built in China as well…

Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea has secured a deal with Stena Drilling to build a drill ship worth in the region of $550 million. The vessel is slated for delivery in June…

Bourbon has signed a contract with Zhejiang Shipbuilding in China concerning the construction of four ULSTEIN P105 platform supply vessels. Ulstein Design AS will deliver the design and major equipment for the…

DML in Devonport, UK, has given advance warning of 90 potential job losses at Appledore shipyard, which it took over from receivership in 2003. Jobs are likely to go progressively from early…

Kjell Inge R?kke of Aker Yards is reportedly interested in buying the former Lenin shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, where the Solidarity movement started back in 1980. Although the yard is for sale,…

Hyundai Mipo has clinched an order for four product carriers from a Cypriot ship owner at a cost of about $170 million for delivery in November, 2009

Venezuela has reached a deal to build 36 large oil tankers in Brazil at a cost exceeding $3 billion. According to the local press, the governments of both countries reached a deal…

The Monaco-based ship management company V.Ships has acquired UMC International PLC. Formed in 1972 as the Under Water Maintenance Company Ltd, UMC International has grown into an international specialist in innovative underwater…

Ocean Mainport Offshore Limited (OSL) in Ireland has placed an order for a multipurpose vessel. OSL said the vessel, to be named Ocean Europe, is being built at the Solstrand shipyard in…

Bluesky LNG Corporation, the Asia-based LNG owner, has ordered a second giant tanker from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). Bluesky?s first tanker, the 145,700 cbm ?Bluesky?, is nearing completion at DSME?s…

The Indian gas importer, Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL), plans to float a shipping subsidiary overseas to haul gas to its greenfield re-gassification terminal of 2.5 million tonnes per annum capacity proposed at…

FBMA Marine based shipyard in western Cebu, Philippines, has just launched the first of the two ?Sea Slice? 149 passenger offshore crew boats ordered by the Mexican company Hoteleria y Servicios Petroleros…

Keppel Shipyard has been awarded two contracts valued at approximately $80 million for the conversion of two new FPSO facilities for Prosafe Production (Prosafe). The first contract is for the conversion of…

MacGREGOR is initiating the replacement of fully automatic twistlocks with proven semi-automatic twistlocks for its customers. This move follows the recent spate of container losses involving between 400 and 500 units that…