General News

Lloyds Register has issued new guidance notes to help ship-owners and operators who are preparing to install ballast-water treatment systems on their ships.

Shipbuilding company Ananda Group in Bangladesh signed an agreement with Greendock BV, a Dutch company specialising in ship recycling, for establishing multipurpose yards for repairing and recycling ships.

New Orleans-based Tidewater entered into a contract with Drydocks World for the construction of four 80.77m deepwater platform supply vessels at its shipyard in Batam, Indonesia.

ABS has announced a major organizational change with the creation of a fifth operating division that will be responsible for the society’s activities in The People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR…

The number of idle containerships is expected to rise by the end of the year as the carriers’ winter deployment programmes kicks in.