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Kawasaki Shipbuilding in Japan delivered the 2,500 cu m LNG carrier to joint ship owners, Shinwa Chemical Tanker and Corporation for Advanced Transport & Technology (CATT) on July 30. Named Shinju Maru…

Shanghai Shipyard in China has netted orders for five ships of 123,600 dwt in the first half of 2003, over 60% of its annual new order target and nearly 30% more than…

Jiangnan Shipyard in China has recently secured orders for 15 ships, including an FPSO, totalling just under 1 million dwt. As at the end of June this year, the shipbuilder?s order book…

Daewoo Shipbuilding in South Korea delivered the first ice classed tanker for Sovcomflot on August 29. Sea trials of the 115,000DWT tanker Nevskiy Prospect were carried out from 21 to 26 July…

Nord Capital in Germany is believed to have placed an order for five 8,200TEU box ships with Hyundai Samho Shipyard in Korea. The total order is valued at W 431.9 billion ($367m)…

As predicted in the July issue of The Motor Ship by Klaus Marek, technical superintendent at Hapag Lloyd, the Hamburg shipowning community has started to follow his company?s lead in ordering electronically…

FPSO design and construction has evolved over time to respond to the industry?s demands for safe and efficient facilities to operate in an ever more challenging environment. However, there is always room…

The Norwegian offshore operator Farstad Shipping earlier this year entered into a contract for two newbuildings from the Ulstein stable of designs. This consisted of one unit each of the newly developed…

Pure Car & Truck Carrier (PCTC) operators are turning green. Not with envy, but through environmental management. As reported in last month?s issue of The Motor Ship, Mitsui OSK Lines is to…

St Petersburg bunker company ECO Phoenix Holding is boosting its ability to deliver marine fuel to customers throughout the year with the introduction into service in March of an ice class double-hull…

Better late than never. The first commercial dry cargo ship to be built in the USA for over a decade has entered service; almost a year to the day after its initial…

Few people appear to have embraced the International Ship and Port Facilities Security (ISPS) Code with a positive attitude, says UK-based Datatrac Ltd. It suggests that the levels of frustration felt by…

When The Motor Ship went out on the trials of Red Funnel?s new fast ferry Red Jet 4 it could not be anything but impressed. Fast ferries have come a long way…

There have been a number of high speed SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) designs in the past but now FBM Babcock Marine has unveiled what it describes as the FSPV ?…

A ship of firsts. The first ship from a new shipyard; the first example of a new environmental design; the first vessel of its size and type built in China; and the…

The market for medium speed diesel engines has been particular tough and, if forecasts are to be believed, things are going to get a lot more difficult. This is likely to force…

Sperry Marine has launched a new-generation electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS), designed to enhance situational awareness for bridge watch officers. Sperry says its new NAVI-ECDIS system includes an intuitive user…