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Six may not sound like a lot. But there are six cabins on Royal Caribbean?s latest ship Brilliance of the Seas from which the revenue goes straight to the operator?s financial bottom…

Our industry is sometimes known to be slow to accept change and cautious in the implementation of new concepts and practices. There is nothing wrong with this approach in a mature industry,…

Much coverage has been given of the potential for Vietnam to follow China?s recent advance and mount a competitive challenge to the established Asian shipbuilding nations. However Nguyen Quoc Anh, director of…

Lua Cheng Eng, former chairman of Singapore-based shipping company Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), has pretty much seen it all. Over his nearly 33 years in NOL and shipping, he has witnessed the…

The Straits of Malacca is one of the world?s busiest waterways. Not surprisingly, therefore, the issue of navigational safety through the Straits remains a hot topic. A major subject of discussion today…

The Philippine Maritime Industry Cluster has outlined an action plan aimed at maintaining the global competitiveness of the country?s seafarers as well as it shipping and marine businesses.The Cluster comprises the Philippine…

Having undergone a major refit in mid 2001, the cable ship Agile now has the accumulated miles to enable an accurate assessment of its improved operational performance. The principal objectives of the…

RINA believes that outstanding performance from the point of safety and environmental protection are today, and will be for several years to come, the two main goals of the innovation in ship…

Germany has the biggest and most modern container vessel fleet in the world. The latest additions to this fleet include both the world?s largest container vessels, starting with Hapag Lloyd?s 7,500 TEU…

Earlier this year the Waterhuizen shipyard in Groningen, the Netherlands, delivered a gas tanker with a collision resistant hull to which the hull designer attaches the bold adjective unsinkable. The ship, for…

There are numerous national and international codes that recommend and, in some cases, demand that noise levels are kept below certain limits. This applies not just to noise levels outside a ship…

A top five position is sought. The break has been made into the top ten. But Marseilles-based CMA CGM must still increase fleet capacity by more than 50%, without overstretching itself financially,…

Bureau Veritas is involved in a number of Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) studies that include the EC projects Nereus and Safety First for stability safety and fire safety of passenger roros respectively,…

Delmas, the Le Havre based shipping line, will this month take delivery of the third in a three ship series of 1,641 TEU container ships. The ships, Elisa Delmas, Flora Delmas and…

French owner GIE Dragages Ports has taken delivery of a hopper dredger with electric propulsion. The 5,000m3 trailing suction hopper dredger was built at Spanish shipbuilding group Izar?s yard in Gijon, northern…

Spanish shipbuilder Izar has secured another valuable ferry order in the shape of a ropax to be operated by Strandfaraskip Landsins (SSL), the state-owned shipping company of the Faroe Islands. This ferry…

Pioneering spirit transcends through generations. If The Motor Ship owes its existence to any one company, Italian shipping line Mediterranea di Navigazione is a definite contender.In 1910, Giorgio Cagnoni, the great grandfather…

Great American Lines Inc (GALI), pioneer of the two-way traffic concept on its transpacific service between the US and Japan based on cars and citrus fruit, has, earlier this year, received delivery…

South Korea, like Japan, is continuing to invest in research and development to guarantee its long-term future. All the major shipbuilders on the South Korean peninsula have R&D projects underway recognising that…

The idea of shipping passengers, trailers and containers together in one hull is, on the face of it, an attractive idea for ferry operators as they seek to expand the flexibility of…

When it comes to high-speed commercial vessels, shipowners are spoilt for choice with a range of catamarans, air cushion craft, pentamarans and semi-displacement hulls either already in service or under consideration. Another…