General News

Export ship orders in Japan dropped for the 10th consecutive month in July on a year-on-year basis, tumbling 63.2% to 950,820 gross tons, according to figures released by the Japan Ship Exporters'…

Brazil's Transpetro, the shipping arm of Petrobras, is inviting 19 shipbuilders, including nine foreign companies, to bid on a contract for eight LPG carrier newbuildings. The vessels include four 7,300-cbm gas ships…

The Greek shipping company Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire two 180,000 dwt Capesize vessels, currently under construction at the same South Korean Shipyard, to…

The first Iranian-built ocean vessel named 'Iran-Arak' is ready to be launched according to local press reports. The 2,200 TEU container carrier is 185 m long, 30 m wide and has a…

Drydocks World ? Southeast Asia Pte. Limited (DDW-SEA), the Southeast Asian subsidiary of Drydocks World, has delivered five vessels. These are Endeavor, Greatship Ahalya, Mermaid Vision and Ark Dartmoor from their Drydocks…

South Korea's Doosan Engine, which specializes in building vessel diesel engines, achieved 60 million bhp in aggregate production recently. This milestone was reached in world record time, just 25 years after completing…

A ray of hope emerged Tuesday for two struggling Polish shipyards as the government said Qatar's national investment fund could step in after the failure of their sale to Qatari investors. "I…

The Liberian Registry has taken a lead in the fight against piracy by producing an innovative computer-based program specifically designed to train seafarers and company security officers in the practices necessary to…

The cruise ship 'Marco Polo', whose round-Britain cruise had to be cancelled because hundreds of passengers became ill with the vomiting bug Norovirus, has been totally disinfected by SitexOrbis' revolutionary infection control…