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Bourbon Offshore Norway AS has, through the company Bourbon Ships AS, exercised an option to build an ULSTEIN P105 supply vessel at Ulstein Verft AS. The new contract is worth around NOK…

Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine and Machinery Division (HHI EMD), withco-operation from Kongsberg Maritime, has completed the 'shop test' of its first Man B&W ME engine with the first ever installed AutoChief C20.…

Two Norwegian yards in the Aker Yards group have clinched orders for offshore vessels. The first contract involves Aker Promar which has been awarded a contract worth approximately $45 million by NorSkan…

ABS has become the first classification society accepted into membership to the Society of International Gas Tanker & Terminal Operators (SIGTTO). A not-for-profit international organization established in 1979, SIGTTO?s mission is to…

With the goal of strengthening its presence in the Gulf of Mexico, AMFELS was renamed on Monday to Keppel AmFELS, an action that officials hope will allow the company to participate more…

South Africa recently christened the first of four new environmental protection vessels, the Lilian Ngoyi, in Cape Town harbour. The ceremony took place on board the 47-metre patrol ship which was built…

Bonny Gas Transport Limited (BGT), a subsidiary of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), has taken delivery of its 10th vessel. Named LNG Akwa Ibom,,the newbuilding is the first of four vessels ordered…

With the threat of ECDIS becoming a mandatory fit on SOLAS vessels and probably the next major purchase for shipowners retrofitting equipment on the bridge, Lilley & Gillie, the UK-based manufacturer of…

Alfa Laval has introduced its new fully automated Viscochief MKII designed to provide the right viscosity at all times. That translates into optimal engine performance, reliable operation and the opportunity to avoid…

TT Club, the transport insurance mutual association, has expressed concern at an apparently widespread lack of awareness of changes in the legal status of the IMO?s International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG…

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has reported a 75.5% fall in operating profits to 27 billion won in the third quarter of the year. DSME marked 1.14 trillion won in turnover…

A newly established joint venture among MOL, ITOCHU Corporation, Algerian state oil company Sonatrach and its wholly owned shipping company Hyproc Shipping Company has exercised its option to order a second LNG…

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" LINE), and Primorsk Shipping Corporation (PRISCO) concluded a 20-year charter contract for a newly built LNG carrier with Sakhalin Energy Investment Company. Sakhalin Energy…

Africa Israel Investments is part of a bidding consortium that was selected to build and operate a shipyard in Namibia's Walvis Bay port. The $10 million project will be the holding company's…

Hyundai Heavy Industries and STX Shipbuilding reported third-quarter losses as surging steel prices increased production costs. Hyundai?s net loss was $30 million compared to a profit of $3.5 million a year earlier,…

An international research project, part funded by the EU's Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), has developed a computerised prediction system that can forewarn cruise ship pilots of the consequences of a particular manoeuvre…

The Spanish government has recently announced that Izar and Gas Natural had struck a deal to build an LNG carrier at La Naval shipyard in Sestao. If the project goes ahead, the…

After months of in-depth research, a team of independent consultants are allegedly to have concluded in a 46 page report that there is no future for commercial ship building at the Cammell…

Over 60 skilled staff at the Scotstoun and Govan yards could be axed before Christmas following a purge affecting engineering draughtsmen, combat systems engineers and programme planners. The move was condemned by…

SCHIFFKO GmbH, the Hamburg-based ship design and consultancy company, has been awarded the contract for comprehensive consultancy services to UASC, United Arab Shipping Company, for their procurement of 8 new jumbo-size container…

The Canadian government has awarded a $69.7 million contract to Victoria Shipyards Company, a West Coast shipbuilder, to build six vessels to be used for basic naval training and development of junior…

Turbomeca, part of snecma group, has developed the TM 1800, a gas turbine genset, which is designed for sea propulsion and electricity generation, railways applications, combined heat and power (CHP), emergency power…