General News

The US-based tanker operator, OMI Corporation, has reached an agreement to purchase four newly built Suezmax tankers and eight product carriers under construction at Hyundai Mipo Shipyard from Athenian Sea Carriers. OMI…

B. Hepworth and Company Limited has announced the merger of Hepworth MarineInternational and Wynstruments Limited, parent company of Wynn Marine. The merger became official on 21st June 2004.This news marks a move…

Singapore ship owner, Ezra Marine, has placed an order with compatriot shipbuilder, Pan United Shipyard, for two anchor handling tugs (AHTS) each powered by a 8,993kW diesel main engine. The vessels reportedly…

The Chinese containership Xin Yang Zhou has become the first vessel to ?plug? into the world's first Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) container terminal at the port of Los Angeles. The China Shipping…

Eleven countries bordering the Baltic Sea have reportedly agreed to impose a ban within a year on the carriage of heavy fuel oil in single-hull tankers in the region. In a statement…

GE Marine reported that its LM2500 aero derivative gas turbine will power the Royal Australian Navy?s (RAN) eighth ANZAC-class frigate, Nuship Ballarat. The frigate was recently delivered to the RAN during a…

Aker Yards, via its wholly owned subsidiary Aker Brevik, has entered into a contract with Island Offshore VIII KS in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to deliver a UT 755L platform supply vessel. The approximately…

HITT, a provider of traffic management and navigation systems and Lloyd's Register- Fairplay (LRF), a publisher and provider of maritime information solutions, announced the formation of a joint venture company ?AIS Live…

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, China's newest shipyard, will lose money on newbuildings because the price of steel used has doubled. The price of steel plates used to build tankers and bulk carriers rose…

The Kolkata-based manufacturing company, Jessop, has decided to enter the shipbuilding and ship repairing business by collaborating with the Ukraine-based Tekhkom. Under the agreement, Tekhkom will supply the technical expertise for shipbuilding…

BMT Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of British Maritime Technology (BMT), DHI Water & Environment (S) Pte Ltd (DHI) and the Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) signed an agreement to develop…

At the recent Posidonia shipping exhibition in Greece members of the Det Norske Veritas (DNV) led Pod Quality Forum, which comprises ABB (Azipod), Rolls-Royce AB (Mermaid) and Siemens/Schottel (SSP), signed the first…

Presently standing at 113.8 million gross tons (gt), Lloyd?s Register?s classed fleet has reached an all time high having surpassed the previous record of 113.7 million gt held in 1979. Taking into…

Today, International Registries, Inc. (IRI), the Maritime Administrator of the Marshall Islands announced that 98 percent of the Marshall Islands flag ships to which the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS)…

A major step forward in tanker operation safety was taken today as ABS, the leading class society for tankers, announced technical guidance for inert gas systems for ballast tanks. Compliance to the…

The first 12-cylinder Sulzer RT-flex96C low-speed marine engine developed by Wärtsilä has successfully completed its official shop test. With a maximum continuous power output of 68,640 kW at 102 rpm, it is…

Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC), a leading London-based maritime security consultancy, have been awarded the contract to conduct 31 Port Facility Security Assessments and Plans in the major Italian port of…

Salvors are awaiting confirmation on whether the holed bulk carrier Cape Africa can be towed to the port of Cape Town for repair work. The latest development follows a frustrating period for…

ICS (the International Chamber of Shipping) and INTERTANKO have welcomed the recent ratification of MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI, that it will enter into force on 19 May 2005, and the two organisations…

IMO?s Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from ships (Marpol) is set to come into force on 19 May next year. This follows ratification by Samoa, fulfilling the entry-into-force requirements that…

Rolls Royce has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide MT30 gas turbine engines and water jets for up to two ships of the Littoral Combat Ship programme (LCS), the next generation…

IHC Caland in Holland has received an order for two ropax ferries from Bornholmstrafikken, Denmark, for its wholly owned subsidiary Merwede Shipyard. The total contract value amounts to $91.5 million. The newbuildings…