General News

During the past week, the management of Odense Staalskibsv?rft A/S in Lind?, Denmark, has had discussions with representatives of the yard's employees about the serious financial situation. Even though the employees have…

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipyard, has won a 852-billion-won ($837 million) deal to build nine oil tankers. The deal with a European shipping company calls on HHI to deliver…

Lloyd?s Register has developed a voluntary assessment programme, designed to support the practical implementation of the forthcoming ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006) on new and existing ships. Not yet mandatory, the…

Wärtsilä continues to expand its boiler services with the acquisition of the boiler services business of International Combustion Engineering's (I.C.E.) former subsidiary in Dubai. The acquired boiler service business, which currently employs…

The Sultanate of Oman?s record-breaking 65 metre vehicle-passenger catamaran ?Shinas? has arrived in Muscat, Oman, following its 15-day journey from Austal?s shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia. The vessel made the journey under…

Wärtsilä Corporation has re-named its Hamburg-based ship design company SCHIFFKO GmbH to Wärtsilä Ship Design Germany GmbH. The change is effective from 1 June 2008. The name SCHIFFKO is retained as a…

Using the expertise of its quality assurance business, LRQA, Lloyd?s Register has developed a shipping industry specific guide for the ISO 14001 environmental management standard to enable ship operators to establish and…

Swedish company BERG Propulsion, a leading manufacturer of controllable pitch propellers (CPP) for the marine industry, recently launched its new production facility in Tuas, Singapore. The new plant is the first of…

The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), the leading Iranian tanker company, has recently taken delivery of its latest newbuilding, the 320,000 dwt Marbat, from Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. The ship is…

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), has secured a $385 million repeat order to build a semisubmersible drilling rig for Brazilian oil and gas exploitation…