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An international convention banning the use of organotins and other harmful substances in anti-fouling paints applied on ships' hulls enters into force on 17 September 2008. The International Convention on the Control…

An international agreement covering liability for bunker spills comes into force in November when ship owners will be liable for pollution damage. The IMO's Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution…

Alfa Laval, a leading company in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has received an order for plate heat exchangers from a company in the Russian power industry. The order value…

Zhang Guangqin, chairman of the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI), has emphasized that the domestic shipping sector in China faces many formidable challenges. Chinese shipbuilders have to face escalating…

The Brazilian state owned oil company Petrobras has revealed plans to purchase ten newbuild FPSOs. Eight of the vessels would be built domestically at the Rio Grande Shipyard in Southern Brazil. All…

KUALA LUMPUR: Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Bhd (BHIC) has proposed entering into a joint venture in Malaysia with Turkey?s Yonca-Onuk Savunma Sanyii AS shipyard to build vessels for the government and private…

The French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has opened a Yacht Technical Office in Genoa, Italy. It provides a centre of expertise for all issues relating to the construction, classification and statutory…

Last Friday Poland submitted restructuring plans aimed at saving its Baltic shipyards in Gdynia, Gdansk and Szczecin to the European Commission in compliance with an EU-imposed deadline. "The Commission will now analyse…

EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said that the strategy adopted by the Maltese government to privatise loss-making Malta Shipyards was not acceptable under EU law. This decision leaves the government with no…

The "Monte Azul", the second unit of a second series of ten vessels of the successful "Monte" class container ships, was christened at the Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) yard in Romania. It…

Simon M?kster Shipping in Norway has signed contract with Simek AS for building of one more Havyard 832 CD RS Rescue and Stand by vessel for delivery in March 2010. This will…

A comprehensive programme of tests carried out by MarinTek in Trondheim, Norway, confirms that the Torpedo lifeboat has properties that no other free-fall lifeboat can match. The new Torpedo free-fall lifeboat, which…

The Dublin-based research company Research and Markets has recently produced a report on the Chinese shipbuilding industry entitled "In-depth Analysis of China's Shipbuilding Industry 2008". In this report Research and Markets states…

Chinese shipbuilder China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) has gained approval from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planner, to issue CNY 3.5 billion ($ 512.5 million) in corporate…

Northrop Grumman's Newport News shipyard has received a $5.1 billion contract to build the next generation aircraft carrier 'Gerald R. Ford', marking a major milestone for both the yard and the U.S.…

Vessels could be forced to reduce speeds to 12 knots within 24 to 40 nautical miles (nm) off the California coastline if the latest proposals by the California Air Resources Board (ARB)…

German ship manager NSB Niederelbe has denied rumours of financial woes, insisting that the decision to cancel a $610m containership order with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering was taken based on high…

China Shipping Development (CSD), the nation's biggest oil and coal carrier, announced its wholly-owned unit China Shipping Development (Hong Kong) Marine Co has signed an agreement to buy four oil tankers of…

The Rotterdam-based dredging company Van Oord has placed an order for a large self-propelled cutter suction dredger which will be built at IHC Merwede's Kinderdijk shipyard. The new vessel will be one…

Dubai is studying plans to build a $200 billion mega-canal that would allow oil tankers to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. The Gulf emirate is understood to be considering the idea as…