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Hanjin Heavy Industries picked up an order for four 5,100TEU container ships from Cosco at the total price of $ 280 million. Ship particulars are 294.1m long, 32.2m wide with a depth…

Construction work has commenced on the Longxue shipbuilding facility, South China?s largest shipbuilding base. The new shipyard complex will aim to be among the top shipbuilders in the world as well as…

Aker Langsten, a company in the Aker Yards Group, and Siem Offshore Inc have entered into a contract to build two platform supply vessels (PSV's). The value of the newbuilding contract is…

The German cruise operator AIDA Cruises (Rostock/Neu-Isenburg) has placed contracts with Meyer Werft in Papenburg for the construction of two 68,500 gt cruise ships. Delivery of the two newbuildings is scheduled for…

Scandinavian Electric Systems (SES) has entered a frame agreement with Rolls-Royce Marine for supply of low-voltage electric motors, motor starters and frequency convertersAfter evaluating a number of potential suppliers, Rolls-Royce Marine has…

Aker Finnyards, a part of Aker Yards, has signed a Letter of Intent with the Swedish B & N Nordsjöfrakt for building three container carriers. The contract, worth in all approximately $188…

On October 7, Hyundai Heavy Industries launched a 105,000DWT tanker built on land. She was ordered from Novoship in Russia and will be delivered by January next year. She is the first…

Hundreds of sunken ships ranging from large freighters and tankers to small tugs and dhows are blocking access to Iraq's principal seaports and threatening the marine environment of the northern Gulf, shows…

The Victoria-class submarine HMCS Chicoutimi, nee HMS Upholder, suffered two separate fires while cruising northwest of Ireland, on its maiden voyage as a Canadian boat after a formal handover last weekend. The…

Emergency Towing Systems (ETS) are not yet mandatory on ships other than tankers greater than 20.000 t dwt as proposed in the IMO DE 47 document, however, the Italian owner of container…

Norwegian specialist Kongsberg has introduced a new bearing temperature monitoring system for two-stroke engines. The development of BearingMaster follows the April 2004 launch of GB-100 Sentry, a new wireless monitoring system for…

Regulatory responses to marine casualties, which have dictated age limits for ships, have provoked vigorous debate about the issues of age and ship maintenance. While it has been argued that a well…

A DOR (Design, Operation, and Regulation) for Safety ? or in short SAFEDOR ? is the name of an ambitious initiative towards an integrated project within the 6th Framework Program (FP6) of…

Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (II), (RasGas) has signed a time charter agreements with Teekay Nakilat Corporation for the long-term charter of three 151,700m3 LNG vessels to be built at…

As one of five strategic programmes in DNV Research, nanotechnology is a new area of high interest and relevance for the classification society. "We?ve been aware of this for at least two…

Wärtsilä has launched Wärtsilä Auxpac, a new range of medium- and high-speed standard marine generating sets. Thanks to their modular design they can be supplied fast and at a competitive price, are…

Best4 is a new quality, environment, safety and social accountability integrated certification scheme being offered by RINA. "It is a measure of the business excellence of a company and its capacity to…

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) is introducing a system of electronic data exchange with shipyards, engine manufacturers and other suppliers in order to accelerate the plan approval of ships and their equipment. The international…

While most participants in the single-hull versus double-hull debate accept that a second hull is not a panacea, it is acknowledged that it is an acceptable and cost effective way of preventing…

Austal has secured a contract for a 67 metre high speed vehicle-passenger catamaran for Virtu Ferries of Malta adding to an already healthy order book for the West Australian shipbuilder. The new…

By now, most are aware of what exactly the new generation of classification rules for oil tankers are. The new Common Rules for Tankers are aimed at establishing a global standard, increased…

Kongsberg Maritime of Norway is launching a new vapour monitoring system designed to meet and exceed the SOLAS standards for cargo tank venting, purging, gas freeing and ventilation. The SOLAS regulation specifies…