General News

Seadrill took delivery of the deep water drilling rigs ?West Phoenix? and ?West Sirius? from the Samsung Shipyard in South Korea and Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, respectively. ?West Sirius? was delivered within…

Kongsberg Maritime in Norway has acquired the Draper, Utah based technology enterprise Global Sim for approximately NOK 100 million. Global Sim delivers products and services in the field of crane simulation for…

Seatruck Ferries, part of the Danish Clipper Group, has received delivery of the first of four newbuildings ordered from the Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros de Huelva. Named Clipper Point, she will be followed…

Hyundai Heavy Industries has developed a new groundbreaking technology that makes it possible to launch a completed ship while continuing shipbuilding work at the same dock. With traditional methods, a vessel that…

Shipping should not be a ?scapegoat? for damage to the world environment, says the head of the IMO, Efthimios Mitropoulos. The IMO Secretary-General speaking in London at the opening of the IMO?s…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)of Japan is making an important investment in Southeast Asia. It will build a ship repair yard as a joint venture with Mitsui OSK Lines, Japanese trading company Marubeni…

The French company Nexans, one of the leading players in the cable industry, has signed a three-year contract worth $13.4 million to supply 3,146 km of its special marine cables to be…

Reinforcing India?s growing stature as a shipbuilding nation, the country?s biggest engineering firm Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) has won a contract valued at about $240 million (Rs962.4 crore) to build four…

The Industrial Engine Business Unit of Cummins India Limited (CIL) has inaugurated its new integrated manufacturing facility at the Cummins India Limited Kothrud Campus, Pune. CIL has invested $20 million on this…

The ?working relationship? between the European Commission and the IMO was reinforced at the end of last week with a top-level meeting, but fast action will be required at the IMO to…