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Germanischer Lloyd's new Guidelines for the Analysis of Alternative Ship Design and Arrangements (V-2-1) come into force in mid-July. Alternative ship design and arrangements are solutions which deviate from the prescriptive requirements…

The Bailey Group, based in Cardiff, has taken control of the A&P Group, which employs 600 staff at four sites. They include: Hebburn on Tyneside, Middlesbrough in Teesside, Chatham in Kent and…

Yan Yanovsky, Managing Director and Member of the Boards of Directors of United Industrial Corporation (OPK) in Russia and B.T. Ahn, Executive vice-president of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), signed a cooperation agreement…

Modern Commercial Navy (MCN) PLC and United Industrial Corporation JSC (OPK) have signed a cooperation agreement for the potential development and construction of a multifunctional supply icebreaker and a 75, 000 m³…

Ulstein Verft has won the contract with GIEK and Sparebank 1 SR-bank to complete the construction of a large anchor handling vessel for Solstad. The newbuilding comes from the bankrupt Karmsund Maritime…

Kawasaki Heavy Industries' shipbuilding venture in China will delay operations of a second dock in Dalian by three years in the light of the current economic climate. The second dock, originally slated…

Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is said to have pushed back deliveries for some of its mega boxships on order. MSC chairman Gianluigi Aponte told Italian media that deliveries of the largest containerships…

Ethiopian Shipping Lines (ESL) is in talks with a Chinese shipyard to buy cancelled newbuildings. The national carrier has been wooed by an unnamed Chinese yard looking to find a home for…

Israel?s Zim Integrated Shipping Services has received the first consignment of its twelve-vessel order with the arrival of ?Zim Los Angeles?. The 8,400 TEU vessel is the first mega container vessel owned…