General News

Intertanko is shocked and appalled by the report of the Chief Officer who lost his life during a pirate attack on the tanker Cancale Star off Cotonou on 24 November. The association…

China, the world's second- biggest shipbuilding nation, will face a capacity glut from 2011 after yards work through existing orders and shipping lines slow new orders, according to a government official. Insufficient…

This Saturday, the fourth Havyard 832 CD PSV designed by Havyard Design AS will be ready for her naming ceremony in Bergen, Norway. The vessel is Havyard Leirvik AS? Yard No. 104…

Advanced offshore equipment deliveries will start to flow from Cargotec?s recently-refurbished manufacturing, assembly and testing plant in Singapore for offshore load handling solutions. January 2010 will see Cargotec?s recently modernised manufacturing, assembly…

The UK-based International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and its member national shipowners? associations have issued a strong statement in support of global measures being adopted to reduce shipping?s carbon dioxide emissions. The…

Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) and DNV have signed a strategic partnership agreement to establish the "SMU-DNV International Cooperation Centre. The objective is to further expand and deepen the existing relationship between the…

Lloyd?s Register has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with leading Chinese design house to research and develop the green ships of the future. Lloyd?s Register Classification Society (China) [LRCS] and Shenzhen-listed Shanghai…

Rolls-Royce has enhanced its global customer support capability with the opening of a new marine service centre in Genoa, Italy. The global marine services network is dedicated to helping customers maximise the…

The recent Alphaliner newsletter reports that carriers continue to apply extra slow steaming to their long haul loops as the FO prices stay above the $400 mark. Five more services are in…