General News

The former shipbuilding yard at Krimpen a/d Ijssel near Rotterdam, Holland, which was closed three years ago when Van der Giessen-De Noord went into receivership, could be reactivated to provide much needed…

Having arrived at the Grand Bahama shipyard in Freeport for temporary repairs to its 150 fire damaged cabins, the ?Star Princess? will set sail later this week for the Lloyd Werft shipyard…

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) announced a restructuring of the company?s ship management system to enhance the company?s safety program in the light of its plan to expand its fleet from about 700…

The Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has secured a contract to build five 42 metre catamaran passenger ferries from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, on behalf of operator Istanbul Deniz Otobusu (IDO). The…

Hanjin Shipping will, this Friday, sign a $256.4 million contract with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to build four additional 4,275TEU containerships. They will be of the same capacity and type as the…

Myklebust Verft in Gursken, Norway has entered into a contract with Rem?y Management, Norway, for the delivery of a coastguard vessel, with an option for one additional unit. The vessel is a…

Hyundai Heavy Industries has started to use its new shipbuilding block factory in Ulsan, which will supply 86,000 tonnes of blocks for ships this year. The 347,500 m2 plant is equipped to…

The British Columbia government in Canada has approved funding for three replacement ferries on its north coast routes. This announcement was made on the same day Premier Gordon Campbell flew up to…

The Mumbai based Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE) recently took delivery of a newly built OSV named Malaviya Twenty Five from the Indian shipbuilder Bharati Shipyard Ltd.Bharati Shipyard has also won an…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has delivered the first three vessels built at its Romanian shipyard Daewoo Mangalia. These 69,180 dwt crude oil tankers are the largest-ever built in the Black…