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ICS (the International Chamber of Shipping) and INTERTANKO have welcomed the recent ratification of MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI, that it will enter into force on 19 May 2005, and the two organisations…

The first 12-cylinder Sulzer RT-flex96C low-speed marine engine developed by Wärtsilä has successfully completed its official shop test. With a maximum continuous power output of 68,640 kW at 102 rpm, it is…

Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC), a leading London-based maritime security consultancy, have been awarded the contract to conduct 31 Port Facility Security Assessments and Plans in the major Italian port of…

Salvors are awaiting confirmation on whether the holed bulk carrier Cape Africa can be towed to the port of Cape Town for repair work. The latest development follows a frustrating period for…

IMO?s Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from ships (Marpol) is set to come into force on 19 May next year. This follows ratification by Samoa, fulfilling the entry-into-force requirements that…

Rolls Royce has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide MT30 gas turbine engines and water jets for up to two ships of the Littoral Combat Ship programme (LCS), the next generation…

IHC Caland in Holland has received an order for two ropax ferries from Bornholmstrafikken, Denmark, for its wholly owned subsidiary Merwede Shipyard. The total contract value amounts to $91.5 million. The newbuildings…

Kvaerner Masa-Yards (KMY), has signed a conditional contract with FS Ocean Club, managed by Ocean Development Group, to design, construct and deliver an approximately 42,500GT luxury residential ship to be branded, managed…

Iridium Satellite LLC announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has expanded Iridium?s spectrum with access to an additional 3.1 MHz to meet the increasing demand for Iridium?s satellite voice and data…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has recently secured orders for 11 newbuildings worth $1.1 billion. The orders include four 148,300 cbm LNG carriers from Bergesen ASA and a 145,700 cbm LNG carrier from Marangas. The…

Sonatrach (Algerian state-owned hydrocarbon company), Hyproc (shipping company wholly owned by Sonatrach), ITOCHU and MOL have agreed to establish a joint venture company (shareholding ratio 25% each) to construct a 75,500 cub…

The Power Conversion Business of Alstom has just been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to supply electric power and propulsion equipment for the next Costa Crociere (Carnival…

A workshop concerning ship safety will be held on 15-16 June in Gothenburg, to discuss the DESSO project (Design for Survival Onboard) which was started in December 2003. This was established as…

Kongsberg Maritime is launching a sophisticated new water ingress detection system. specifically for bulk carriers. The system utilises the new patented GL-10 water detection sensors, which have been designed by Kongsberg to…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has just installed an extra-large CNC lathe at its machine fabrication shop to carry out final machining of 100-ton size shafts. The new lathe was designed to be controlled automatically…

Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) in the USA recently delivered the latest version of its aluminum-hulled fast ferry to owners in the San Francisco area. The $8 million, 300 passenger Solano left the…

Jurong Shipyard in Singapore has won a $1.066 billion contract to convert a crude carrier into one of the world's largest oil rigs for a unit of the Brazilian state oil company…

Chinese first SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin-Hull) offshore crew vessel New Central 1 recently left Tianjin Tanggu wharf for its maiden trip. The vessel was designed by Shanghai Merchant Ship Research &…

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair company in Mobile, USA, has created a wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico which Bender?s president, Tom Bender, is promising will become "a world-class ship repair and new construction…

Lloyd?s Register?s classed fleet has reached an all time high of 113.8 million GT, surpassing the previous record of 113.7 million GT held in 1979. Taking into account world order book share,…