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…