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The 2nd German Society for Maritime Technology (STG) International Conference on "Ship Efficiency" in Hamburg left more than 200 participants wondering whether the current proposal to implement an Energy Efficiency Design Index…

Operators of offshore support vessels are facing another difficult year in 2010, although there should be some recovery over this year's market. This claim was made by Christian Loken, senior vice-president of…

The Swiss naval architect firm of Fintry Marine Design has placed its first order for a CarboCAT MPV23, an offshore wind farm service catamaran, with Kockums? Karlskrona Yard in Sweden. The Fintry…

An Automated Voyage Risk Assessment tool (AVRA), which provides users with a ship and voyage specific preview of security threats that may be encountered throughout a proposed voyage has been made available…

ABS and Lloyd?s Register have agreed to use common software for the assessment of scantlings of bulk carriers and oil tankers designed to comply with the new IACS Common Structural Rules (CSR).…

Parlevliet & Van der Plas B.V., one of the largest European fishing companies, is taking a pioneering step with the purchase of the first ever towing kite wind propulsion system for operation…

There were only three bids at the international tender for the six state-owned shipyards that closed on Wednesday at the Croatian Privatization Fund (HFP).The government is selling two of the shipyards at…

The Chief Deputy of the Shipbuilding and Repair Yard of Rosmorport, Vladimir Shtrambrant, has said that the Russian Government plans to open a tender to build a series of 25MW icebreaker which…

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems recently gave the go-ahead for the partial sale of the civil shipbuilding operations of Nordseewerke to steel construction company SIAG Schaaf Industrie AG. The deal foresees the creation of…

The IACS Unified Regulation L5 (IACS UR L5) clearly stipulates that stability software installed onboard shall cover all stability requirements applicable to the ship, thus including also damage stability. The requirements of…

Athens-based shipowner Danaos Corporation recently took delivery of one more containership, the CMA CGM Moliere, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 42 containerships aggregating 172,433 TEU. The new vessel has…

South Korea's Orient Shipyard recently delivered its first-ever newbuilding to compatriot Sunwoo ST. The ship, named ?Ocean World', is the first in a 33,300 dwt bulk carrier series ordered by the shipowner…

Korea Gas Corporation and the country's big three shipbuilders, namely Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, have jointly developed a LNG storage tank system.South Korean shipbuilders,…

Bangladesh's Western Marine Shipyard is planning to construct its second domestic yard next year. The company is in talks with South Korean, Japanese and Danish interests over a $100m facility at Anwara.…

Strategic Marine Mexico?s Joint venture Partner, Mexican ship building company Servicios Navales E Industriales (SENI), has been awarded a contract to build two 35 metre buoy tender vessels for the Mexico Ministry…

Vice President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation in Russia, Sergey Forafonov, said that Gazprom?s plans for offshore developments would require over 300 vessels to be built. This would bring plenty of opportunity…

The 52 metre crew boat "Aramara", ordered by Arrendadora Ocean Mexicana (Blue Marine), is the first vessel to be built at Strategic Marine?s Mexican shipyard in Mazatlan. It is also the first…

Chinese and South Korean support for shipbuilders may hurt the industry in the long term by keeping unprofitable yards afloat amid plunging demand, according to Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd. "There?s absolutely no…

The Dutch shipbuilder, IHC Merwede, the market leader in the construction of specialised dredging equipment, is fast increasing its footprints in India. Last year the company delivered seven dredgers to various Indian…

The US Coast Guard and international shipping lines are becoming seriously alarmed at the number of ships suffering loss of power after switching to low sulphur fuel. This is particularly the case…

The Non-Operating Owner (NOO) fleet of idle containerships has risen to 654,000 teu, the highest level ever recorded, according to the latest Alphaliner fleet survey. The carrier-controlled idle fleet stood at 643,000…

Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Shipbuilding is reducing newbuilding capacity at its Sakaide Shipyard by returning to a one-dock system from the current two-dock one in the autumn next year.As newbuilding demand shrinks, it…