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At least 60% of ports in the Philippines currently handling various international vessels have properly complied with the international ship and port facility security (ISPS) code which was enforced beginning last July…

The holed bulk carrier Cape Africa was towed into Cape Town harbour yesterday to be berthed at the repair quay. This follows the completion of the bulk carrier?s cargo lightening operation with…

First American Scientific Corp. (FASC) has signed an agreement with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (MES). The Japanese shipbuilder will conduct a feasibility study into the marketability of the KDS Micronex System in…

Mike Turner, chief executive of BAE Systems, said recently his company was still considering selling its shipbuilding operations because they remained unprofitable and had a negative impact on the company's share price.BAE…

In the most recent multi-year port state control (PSC) ship inspection statistics, which have just been published, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) achieved the best results of all the classification societies.In the new results,…

China State Ship-building Corp (CSSC) is planning to spend $1.2 billion on the first phase to build the world?s largest shipyard on the island of Changxing in the Yangtze River off Shanghai.…

During the first half of this year tanker owners placed orders for oil tankers totalling 5.3 million DWT with China Shipbuilding Industry (CSIC) on the strength of an increase in global oil…

INP Heavy Industries in South Korea has secured a contract for two plus two 10,000DWT stainless steel chemical tankers from a UK ship owner. First ship will be delivered in March 2006…

July the first has arrived and gone without the mass ship detentions predicted. However, a number of people that The Motor Ship has spoken to are surprised. "Where have all the ships…

China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) has invested $243 million in building a major ship repair facility at Zhoushan in China's Zhejiang province. The repair base was established earlier this year when the…

MOL has signed contracts for joint ownership of four additional new LNG carriers with Oman Shipping Company (OSC) and all four newbuildings will be chartered by OSC. As a result, MOL will…

Lloyd?s Register (LR) has been authorised by the US Coast Guard (USCG) to extend its Alternate Compliance Program (ACP) capabilities to offshore supply vessels (OSVs), in addition to cargo and tank vessels.…

Castrol Marine has launched its new Castrol TLX Plus, a range of oils specifically formulated to meet the lubrication challenges of today's demanding medium-speed engines. Castrol Marine launched the new oil to…

C-MAP is the first company to have an electronic chart database tested and approved in accordance with the ISO 19379 standard. This is an important step towards offering high quality and certified…

Enpaco Corp in South Korea, an affiliate of STX, signed a technical cooperation agreement with Kosaka in Japan for cargo oil pump system for ship. With this latest agreement, Enpaco, which produces…

BAE?s Barrow shipyard will officially hand over HMS Bulwark to the Royal Navy in a ceremony later today. The ship has taken six years to build at a cost of around £350m…

New software that provides revolutionary advances in shiplift control and operation technology by providing the safest and most cost-effective means of dry-docking ships was launched today by Syncrolift, a Rolls-Royce company. ATLAS…

UMC received a boost recently when it secured an order for 22 ship sets of hull aperture blanks from Hyundai Mipo shipyard in Korea. Each set comprises 8 blanks plus ancillary fitting…

Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the Venezuelan state oil company last week closed on a deal for new tankers with Argentina?s Rio Santiago shipyard in Ensenada, 60 kilometers southeast of Buenos Aires. Venezuelan…

Daesun Shipbuilding cancelled an order for two 1,043TEU container ships which it had received from two German KG ship owners at a total cost of $34 million. The order was placed with…

China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL), one of the largest shipping companies in China, owns a fleet of 103 container vessels with a total capacity of over 120,000 TEUs, and is operating dozens…

MOL (America) Inc confirma that all of the company's containerships calling at North American ports and all of MOL's own terminals are in compliance with IMO?s International Ship and Port Facility Security…