General News

Jessop & Co, part of the Ruia Group in India, is planning to acquire about 1,500 acres in Haldia, West Bengal, to set up a dry dock for a ship-building and repairing…

Work on the Zhoushan Changbaidao project in China has been given the go-ahead. The project is to build a drydock of 400m in length and 106m in breadth in order to build…

Samsung Heavy industries and Atlantico in Brazil signed a $14 million contract of technology support including construction and operation of shipbuilding facility and ship design.Atlantico will build a 360 metre drydock at…

SembCorp Marine in Singapore has clinched a contract to build a gas production platform to be installed offshore in Brazil. The deal is worth $550m and the platform will be built by…

Baoshan Iron & Steel Co, China's largest steel mill, started construction of a $750 million project to make special alloy plates and coils in Shanghai. "This is to meet the growing demand…

China will need 40 to 50 additional VLCCs over the next five years due to the increase in the country's crude oil imports and exports, an industrial insider said on Thursday. Henrik…

Norwegian Coastal Voyage's ?MS Fram?, currently being built by Italian shipbuilder, Fincantieri, is on schedule for its maiden voyage in April, 2007. The 12,700-ton, 328-berth, eight-deck ship, the first cruise ship built…

Lehman's New York-based firm, J.F. Lehman & Co., is expected to complete the purchase of the US shipbuilder Atlantic Marine Holding within a few weeks, according to a spokesman for Atlantic Marine.…

USS Product Carriers LLC, a newly created wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Shipping Partners LP, has entered into a contract with the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a subsidiary of General Dynamics…

Dutch shipowner Anthony Veder has ordered its first LNG tanker. Using a relatively small ship, the Rotterdam-based shipping company wants to provide a regional LNG feeder service from the large import terminals.…