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The Environmental Defense Fund has released a new report on air pollution from large ocean-going ships. Entitled "Floating Smokestacks: A Call for Action to Clean Up Shipping Pollution," the report analyses the…

There is a new warning that the IMO must act quickly to find consensus of ways of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. "The EU (European Union) is putting pressure on the IMO.…

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has signed a definitive acquisition agreement to acquire the Manitowoc Marine Group (MMG), from its parent company, The Manitowoc Company, Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation has agreed to be a…

A newly-approved emissions control system, designed to fit onboard ocean-going ships, could prevent thousands of premature deaths by significantly reducing some of the most deadly pollutants affecting regions along North American coastlines.…

Aker American Shipping (AKASA) representative Michelle Pinto started a plasma cutter today to officially begin production of the company?s first shuttle tanker. When this vessel is completed, Aker American Shipping will become…

The IMO has tentatively agreed new sulphur limits for ship fuels that will slash air pollutants but cost the oil and ship industry dear, an industry source close to the talks said.…

The US-based Tricon Marine, a high-quality builder of FRP/composite luxury yachts up to 55 metres long, recently broke ground on China?s first and only North American-owned and operated shipyard. The new facility…

Oman's state shipping firm will spend up to $4 billion in the next three to four years to expand its fleet size, a senior company official said, as part of the sultanate's…

A 100% increase in the cost of stowaway incidents in the past ten years means that stowaways cost the international shipping industry more than $20 million per year. The trend has prompted…

The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works (BIW), a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $1.4 billion contract to build ZUMWALT (DDG 1000). The ship is scheduled to be delivered…

Seattle-based naval architect firm Guido Perla & Associates (GPA) has signed a contract with Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation to provide the design of a new 144 car ferry ordered by Washington State…

Austal has been awarded a Preliminary Design Contract for the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) programme for the US Navy and Army. The JHSV requirements and concept of operations are similar to…

British and other European negotiators will reportedly be pushing for shipping and aviation emissions to be included in a post-Kyoto deal on climate change at discussions beginning in Bali. Representatives from almost…

The Bank of Korea plans to urge domestic shipbuilders to settle contracts in won and to spread hedging activities over time to curb the currency's gains against the dollar.???For the currency market's…

Williamstown shipbuilder Tenix has assured 1,000 local workers that their jobs will be safe after the company is sold to the highest bidder. The owners of the company, the Salteri family, announced…

Russia's Gazprom may call a tender for up to 20 LNG tankers in early 2008 to help it ship LNG from the huge Shtokman field. Andrei Fomichyov, head of St. Petersburg's North…

Singapore-listed shipbuilding company, Cosco Corp Ltd's subsidiary Cosco Shipyard, has secured a $21.7 million deal to convert an oil tanker to a FPSO vessel. The conversion of the vessel is expected to…

ABS confirmed it will class the first common structural rules (CSR) tankers built in the United States. Three shallow-draft 49,000 dwt Jones Act product tankers built for Texas-based AHL Shipping Company are…

Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding, the newbuilding arm of the world's largest cruise ship group, has contracted with leading classification society RINA to train its newbuilding superintendents.The three year contract will provide Carnival's inspection…

"Alakai", the 107 meter high speed ferry classed by Germanischer Lloyd, has been delivered from its builder Austal USA to Hawaii Superferry. A second US flaggedvehicle-and-passenger carrying catamaran is currently under construction.Powered…