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Radisson Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC) added to its fleet of five-star cruise ships with the delivery from the Italian shipbuilder T. Mariotti of the Seven Seas Voyager. This 754 passenger ship is…

To accommodate the forecasted growth in LNG trade approximately 250 LNG carriers will be needed by 2010, according to UK based Drewry Shipping Consultants. What is more, at least 40-50 of those…

Many of the first double-hulled tankers built in the early 1990s are reaching the mid-point in their predicted service lifetimes. Consequently, the large coated areas in the ballast tanks will start to…

Few can have failed to observe how much more difficult it is to prevent rust problems from recurring once they have appeared on a steel surface. No matter how hard one tries…

At next year?s ITS Conference in Miami, bollard pull will be the subject of a paper to be presented by John Noble, deputy chairman of The Salvage Association. Here, he provides a…

Austal Ships and its partner Defence Maritime Services were this week confirmed as the designer and builder and through-life support provider (DMS) of the Royal Australian Navy?s new fleet of Armidale Class…

Japanese shipping company NYK has decided to build a 300,000 DWT double-hull VLCC at IHI Marine United. This crude oil carrier will be 333m long and 60m wide with a delivery scheduled…

Mr. Mototsugu Ito, chairman of the Shipbuilder's Association of Japan (SAJ), held his regular press conference and said that newbuilding price will be further increased.After reaching their lowest point, newbuilding prices have…

Nanjing Tankers, part of the Changjiang Shipping, placed an order for three 46,000DWT product carriers with Bohai Shipbuilding. Ship particulars are 185 metre long, 32.2 metre wide and 18.2 metre deep with…

The MAN B&W Diesel Group made a decisive strategic step by intensifying their commitments in China and opening a new turbocharger works in Shanghai. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Schulte, President of the MAN B&W…

OOCL signed an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries for two additional 8,063-TEUs SX class vessels for delivery in 2007. This brings the total numbers of SX class boxships ordered from the Korean…

Sulzer RT-flex96C low-speed diesel engines have been ordered by Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark, for installation in four 3700 TEU L-class container ships being built for the Danish group A.P. M?ller -M?rsk,…

Bohai Shipbuilding in China has recently delivered its largest newbuilding in the shape of a 159,000 DWT Suezmax crude oil carrier. This was the first unit in a three-ship series ordered by…

The first Korea shipping fund, which was set up under the Ship Investment Company act in Korea, will make its debut early next year. Named Korea Marine Fund Corporation (KMFC), it was…

Daewoo Shipbuilding in Korea announced that next year it aims to earn W 4.3 trillion in revenue, W 300 billion in operating profit and W 250 billion in net profit. These figures…

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines in Japan revealed its plan to order three more double-hull VLCCs. In May this year MOL ordered six 300,000DWT double hull VLCCs from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Kawasaki Shipbuilding…