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Lloyd?s Register?s latest office in China, its 14th, was opened recently and will initially employ more than 20 with the number rising to 30 in the coming weeks.Nick Brown, Country and Marine…

Head of the Russian Federal Fishery Agency, Andrey Krainy, says cooperation with Norway over trawler fleet modernization is a necessity. The obsolete Russian fishing fleet now is in dire need of upgrades…

Officials from major Asian LNG carrier shipyards at Gastech 2009 have said that, while 2009 has been a quiet year so far, they are confident that 2010 will see an upturn in…

Lloyd's Register has published a new guidance document for the design of membrane-technology liquid natural gas containment systems. The document is aimed at improving design procedures with respect to sloshing forces, and…

What might feel like a global shipping meltdown will, in hindsight, be viewed as a worldwide shift to an Asian domination of the maritime industry. Such was the conclusion of a recent…

According to the Korea Shipbuilders' Association (Koshipa), South Korean shipbuilders have received new ship orders of 171,000 cgt in the first quarter of 2009, placing it 2nd in market share after Japan.…

The Turkish shipbuilder ?i?ek Shipyard has delivered the 3,087 DWT double-hull tanker Frecciamare to the Italian shipowner Ciane Anapo. Based in Augusta, on the east coast of Sicily, Ciane Anapo is part…

In a significant review of its safety operations, Exmar Shipmanagement has awarded a contract to Wilhelmsen Ships Service to handle all safety-related business throughout the fleet, including a liferaft rental programme and…

Lloyd's Register, claimed to be a leader in the classification of LNG carriers, has published a new guidance document for the design of membrane-technology liquid natural gas containment systems. The document is…