Norway

The shipping industry associations of Australia, Belgium, Norway, Sweden and the UK have launched a discussion paper detailing a practical solution for reducing CO2 through emissions trading. "It is important that legislators…

Fosen Namsos has awarded the first newbuild contract in Norway since November 2008 to Fiskerstrand BLRT. The shipbuilder, which is a subsidiary of the BLRT Grupp, is a joint venture with Fiskerstrand…

A Norwegian firm will invest $4.3 million in the construction of a shipyard in Subic Bay Freeport in the Philippines, further boosting the capability of this former naval base for maritime logistics…

Norway's KS North Sea Rescue AS has chosen an IMT 955-N design for a series of six Field Support Vessels (FSV) to be built at the Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant, Russia. The vessels…

Indian shipbuilder Bharati Shipyard has received repeat orders worth $43.40 million from Norway-based Sea Cargo Skips AS for the design, construction and supply of two ro-ro/pallet/container vessels. The company said the 5,800…

Norway is committed to supporting a project aimed at boosting technology and improving management and product quality control at the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin). An agreement on the project was…

COSCO Corp Singapore said its 51%-owned unit, COSCO Shipyard Group, has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Belgium and conversion contracts for five semi-submersible heavy lift vessels from Norway…

Norway recently passed national legislation which will ensure that the IMO?s International Convention for the Control and Management for Ships? Ballast Water will be implemented for ships entering Norwegian waters by the…

SCHAT-Harding, the world's leading supplier of lifeboats and davits, has purchased the hull cleaning company CleanHull Norway AS from a group of Norwegian venture investors. CleanHull Norway AS offers cost-effective and environmentally-friendly…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won orders from Norway and Greece worth $530 million. The shipbuilder secured an order from Norway's Odfjell Invest I Ltd to build a semi-submersible drilling rig…

"Norway will increase cooperation with Viet Nam in shipbuilding", said Marianne Lie, Director General of the Norwegian Ship-owners Association, who is among 130 business executives accompanying the Norwegian Royalty on a five-day…

A new service workshop has been opened at the Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine site in Ulsteinvik on the west of Norway. This will be the centre of excellence in the North Sea area…

Image Marine, the Fremantle-based shipbuilder and part of the Austal Ships Group, has built its first vessels for the European market. This is particularly notable since Norway ? the destination of the…

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigations into a boiler explosion on the Norwegian Cruise Line vessel Norway, which killed seven crewmembers and injured about twice that number, have found a water wall…

Norway has issued a demarche against Spain for what it sees as an invasion of its sovereignty following the recent exclusion by Spanish authorities of two Norwegian flag ships from Spain?s 200…

Norwegian authorities are better prepared than most to reach a "quick and rational" decision on whether a vessel in distress should be sent further out to sea or allowed to enter a…

Norway: The World comes to Fosen Fosen Mekaniske Verksteder shipyard in Norway has confirmed that it has been awarded the much anticipated contract to build The World of ResidenSea, the 40,000g residential…

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Having failed to reach an agreement with Nuovi Cantieri Apuania shipyard in Italy, Bahamas-based ResidenSea is believed to be close to concluding a deal with Fosen Mekaniske Verksted shipyard in Norway to…