General News

Seabourn Cruise Line has placed an order to build two new, ultra luxury ships, for delivery in spring 2009 and 2010. Seabourn, a division of Miami-based Carnival Corporation, has signed a letter…

Italian shipper, Pietro Barbaro, intends to construct a fleet of 12 crude tankers and carry nearly 1 million tons of crude and petroleum by river from 2009. The market analysts say Pietro…

R&R Marine Fabrication and Drydock ("R&R Marine") in Port Arthur, Texas, has signed an agreement with Pelican Offshore Services Company, Inc. ("Pelican Offshore") of Galveston, Texas to build four lightering support vessels…

Fincantieri has gained an order from Hartmann Logistik GmbH to build two multipurpose Anchor Handling, Tug & Supply Vessels (AHTS) with delivery scheduled for December 2008 and February 2009. The contract includes…

Wightlink has placed a contract for two new Yarmouth to Lymington ferries with a Croatian shipyard. The ferries, set to cost about $19 million, are due on the route before the summer…

Faced with fierce competition from shipbuilders in Korea, Japan and China, Europe has responded by focusing on technological supremacy and is third in terms of tonnage built and first in terms of…

Having completed extensive tests and engine trials, the 93,500 gt cruise ship Norwegian Pearl was floated out of the covered building dock of Meyer Werft and berthed at the yard?s outfitting pier…

GulfMark Offshore, Inc. in Houston, Texas, has received delivery of the newbuilding Sea Sovereign built by Jaya Shipbuilding and Engineering PTE LTD at their Batam, Indonesia yard near Singapore. The newbuilding is…

STX Shipbuilding in South Korea delivered a new product tanker to Sovcomflot JS?. Named ?SKF Neva?, this is the first product tanker of the series and the 46,520 tonne vessel is 183…

International shipbroker and consultant Galbraith's Ltd says that demand for Suezmax tankers is expected to grow strongly in the next five years in line with large-scale expansion of crude oil exports in…