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The Air Resources Board (ARB) in California has a proposed regulation under review that, if approved as expected, will require ocean going vessels to use low sulphur marine distillates in main engines,…

Vietnam has granted an investment licence to a consortium of foreign firms led by China Steel, Sumitomo Metal and Sumitomo Corp to invest $1.15 billion in a steel mill in the country's…

Lloyd?s Register?s latest office in China, its 14th, was opened recently and will initially employ more than 20 with the number rising to 30 in the coming weeks.Nick Brown, Country and Marine…

Head of the Russian Federal Fishery Agency, Andrey Krainy, says cooperation with Norway over trawler fleet modernization is a necessity. The obsolete Russian fishing fleet now is in dire need of upgrades…

Officials from major Asian LNG carrier shipyards at Gastech 2009 have said that, while 2009 has been a quiet year so far, they are confident that 2010 will see an upturn in…

Lloyd's Register has published a new guidance document for the design of membrane-technology liquid natural gas containment systems. The document is aimed at improving design procedures with respect to sloshing forces, and…

What might feel like a global shipping meltdown will, in hindsight, be viewed as a worldwide shift to an Asian domination of the maritime industry. Such was the conclusion of a recent…

According to the Korea Shipbuilders' Association (Koshipa), South Korean shipbuilders have received new ship orders of 171,000 cgt in the first quarter of 2009, placing it 2nd in market share after Japan.…

The Turkish shipbuilder ?i?ek Shipyard has delivered the 3,087 DWT double-hull tanker Frecciamare to the Italian shipowner Ciane Anapo. Based in Augusta, on the east coast of Sicily, Ciane Anapo is part…

In a significant review of its safety operations, Exmar Shipmanagement has awarded a contract to Wilhelmsen Ships Service to handle all safety-related business throughout the fleet, including a liferaft rental programme and…

Lloyd's Register, claimed to be a leader in the classification of LNG carriers, has published a new guidance document for the design of membrane-technology liquid natural gas containment systems. The document is…

The second phase of the Emission Minimisation (EMI MINI) research project, a joint effort to reduce marine engine emissions, is nearing completion.Funded by the German government and involving leading diesel engine design…

Global manufacturer of maritime and offshore safety solutions VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has signed a distribution agreement with UK based Donut Safety Systems Ltd.- VIKING?s products are often the last means of rescue…

Rolls-Royce has secured a £38 million contract to supply a newly-developed anchor handling system that will enable floating oil platforms to be secured to the seabed in the extreme depths off the…

The 2009 Motorship Propulsion & Emissions conference, to be held in Copenhagen on 26/27 May, is set to be the best ever in the event's 31-year history. The venue, at the Radisson…

Hempasil X3, a new fouling release coating from Hempel, has won a Seatrade Award for its contribution to Protection of the Marine and Atmospheric Environment within the shipping industry. The award recognises…

Omega Navigation Enterprises, Inc., a provider of global marine transportation services focusing on product tankers, has taken delivery of the first of its seven 47,000 dwt newbuildings, the 'Omega Duke'. In May…

Western Marine Shipyard in Bangladesh, has recently signed a contract with Finland?s Lamor Corporation to build a floating reception vessel and pontoon barge and gangway foundation. The vessel will eventually be handed…

The EU-funded CAS project (Condition Assessment System), led by Bureau Veritas (BV) and where SENER was a major player, had the purpose of cutting the time and costs to process thickness studies…