General News

MOL in Japan, together with Tokyo Gas Co, has ordered a 145,000 m3 Moss type LNG carrier from Kawasaki Shipbuilding for delivery in March 2008. Including those under construction, MOL operates a…

Shipbuilding enterprises in east China's Shandong province are presently holding orders for 120 new ships with a contract value totalling $566 million. About $430 million of the shipbuilding orders are for export…

Bharati Shipyard in Mumbai, India, has bagged contracts from Sea Cargo Skips AS and Nor Lines AS, both from Norway, to supply two multi-purpose container vessels each, with an option for eight…

Basic principles and goals for goal-based standards (GBS) for new ship construction were agreed in principle by IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) when it met at the Organization's London Headquarters for its…

With the push of a button a $40 million vessel building programme was launched at the Dubai Drydocks recently. As the plate-cutting machine started up, the first steel plate was cut for…

Aker ASA and Kvaerner ASA have started to collaborate on setting up Aker American Shipping ASA, a company that will own Kvaerner's shipyard in Philadelphia and 10 - yet to be built…

Dongkuk Steel Mill Company will sign a memorandum of understanding with Brazilian partners including iron ore mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), to participate in a $750 million steel plant…

Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (Asry) is to embark on a $15 million expansion, adding three more dry berths to its facilities in Hidd., Bahrain. The new berths, each 140 metres long,…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has clinched four 4,000TEU class container ships from Hamburg Sud at a total contract price of $384 million. In April this year, the German shipowner placed an order for six…

Tasmanian fast ferry specialist Incat has laid the keel of the first 112 metre Wave Piercing Catamaran at its new undercover construction facilities. Prefabrication work on the 112 metre catamaran has been…