News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Following a two-year break, Maersk has commenced negotiations with Chinese and Korean shipyards for ten 16,000 TEU boxships, according to Asiasis Daily News.

16th August 2010

Maersk to resume ordering newbuildings

16th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

China’s Chengxi Shipyard has signed a $514 million contract with Montreal-based Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) to build 10 self-unloading bulk carriers.

16th August 2010

China building Canadian bulkers

16th August 2010

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Trudy Schoolenberg, PhD (Tech), 51, has been appointed Vice President, Global R&D in Wärtsilä Industrial Operations. Schoolenberg will be responsible for global Research and Development of Wärtsilä products.

16th August 2010

New R&D vice president at Wärtsilä

16th August 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kelvin Hughes says that customers who purchased its SharpEye, described as the first commercial solid-state marine radar, are finding several benefits to the system.

14th August 2010

High-specification radar offered at low cost

14th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norway’s Rem Offshore has ordered four large PSV vessels from local shipbuilders. Two of the contracts are with Kleven Verft for the VS 485 designed by Wärtsilä Ship Design Norway. These vessels…

13th August 2010

Rem Offshore orders PSV quartet

13th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The parent company of Copenhagen-based Swire Blue Ocean, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd. in Singapore, has placed an order for its first windfarm installation vessel with Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea.

13th August 2010

Samsung books windfarm installation vessel

13th August 2010

OPINION

OPINION

This issue (September 2010) sees us preparing for SMM. With the Hamburg-based show claimed to be bigger than ever before we have to admit that it is something of a daunting prospect…

13th August 2010

See you in Hamburg

13th August 2010

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

BMT Marine & Offshore Surveys, a member of the BMT Group, has appointed Simon Burnay as the new director of the company’s marine consultancy support services which are available to shipowners, charterers,…

12th August 2010

Expansion of marine technical consultancy services

12th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Carnival Corporation has ordered another 71,300gt cruise ship for its AIDA Cruises brand from German shipbuilder Meyer Werft.

12th August 2010

Meyer Werft secures another AIDA order

12th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Continuing its expansion into the clean markets, the Kuala Lumpur based tanker operator AET recently formally accepted two newbuild 6,600dwt product tankers into its fleet.

12th August 2010

AET adds two newbuild product tankers

12th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Fredericia Shipyard in Denmark has sold its Panama floating dock to a Turkish buyer and is currently being towed to Yalova in Turkey on a 30-day voyage with an average speed of…

12th August 2010

Fredericia sells floating dock to Turkey

12th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Solar Solve Marine’s worldwide distributor based in Norway secured an order for 66 of their Solarola anti-glare screens to be installed on the wheelhouse windows of two new sister ships.

11th August 2010

PSVs get anti-glare screens

11th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding is primed to build a second $550 million Huisman-designed Globetrotter class drillship after finalising a deal with rig contractor Noble Drilling.

10th August 2010

Noble goes for second Globetrotter

10th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

It is reported that shipbuilders in Dalian, Tianjin and Bohai Bay regions have substantially increased their production capacity with the aim of raising production from 9 million tonnes to 11 million tonnes.

10th August 2010

Chinese shipbuilders increasing output

10th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Indonesia’s state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina has placed orders for six tankers for worth about $102 million to support its fuel distribution across the archipelago.

10th August 2010

Pertamina places local order for six oil tankers

10th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

West Australian based shipbuilder, Austal, is closing its shipyards in southern Tasmania a month earlier than expected. Austal told its 116 workers at its Margate facility three months ago that it would…

10th August 2010

End of an era for Tasmanian shipyard

10th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Finnish companies STX Finland, Aker Arctic Technology, Southeast Trading (SET Group), and the Russian companies OAO Sovcomflot and FSUE Rosmorport have signed a cooperation agreement with the purpose of developing and…

9th August 2010

Innovative icebreaker for Sovcomflot

9th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Australian-based Incat Crowther has been contracted to design an innovative 28m wave piercing catamaran crew boat to support offshore oil and gas operations.

9th August 2010

New wave-piercing cat crew boat design

9th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Hamburg-based shipping company ER Schiffahrt recently received its tenth and final Capesize bulk carrier from Hyundai Heavy Industries.

9th August 2010

Hyundai delivers Caper

9th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has won orders to design and equip five offshore and special purpose vessels plus options worth in total around £80 million the last few weeks.

9th August 2010

RR wins more offshore orders

9th August 2010