General News

In a major effort to reverse the recent negative trend in port state detentions, DNV has developed a Port State Control Toolkit that is especially designed to raise awareness and focus attention…

The German shipowner Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land (SAL) has placed an order for two heavylift vessels with Sietas Werft. This welcome boost to the Hamburg-based shipbuilder's order book adds to an earlier order…

Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding is to secure a long awaited $200m order for its sixth 145,000m3 LNG carrier in the next few months. Negotiations are on-going between the shipyard and China National Offshore…

Canada's shipbuilders have agreed to a radical change in the way contracts will be doled out by the federal government. The federal government plans to spend $40 billion over the next 30…

The Harris Pye Group and Future Pipe Industries B.V. (FPI), of The Netherlands, have signed a collaboration to work together supplying glass fibre reinforced epoxy pipe systems (GRE) to the marine, cruise,…

Shell Gas & Power Developments BV (Shell) has signed a master agreement with a consortium comprising Technip and Samsung for the design, construction and installation of multiple floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG)…

The Korean shipbuilder Daehan has recently signed a letter of intent with a shipowner of Marshall Islands on to build two 180,000 DWT bulk carriers at a cost of $70 million each.…

India's Petronet LNG is planning to invest $520m for a pair of LNG carriers as part of a $3 billion investment for the Indian LNG terminal owner's Kochi-area regasification facility.Petronet has forged…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the USA has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the construction of a new fisheries survey vessel, the fifth Oscar Dyson-class vessel designed…

The Green Ship of the Future, the Danish maritime initiative, has received the International Environmental Award from the Sustainable Shipping organisation for being the most environmentally friendly shipping initiative. Sustainable Shipping is…