Month: March 1999

At Alang, 35,000 people dismantle 200 ships along a 10km beach and the report highlights predictions of increased scrapping of 25 year-old tankers. The class society says waste with no commercial value…

The aim of the meeting is to avoid a subsidy war, says the OECD, but the EUÕs Industry Council is unwilling to sign an agreement which excludes the USA. Norway has already…

Capable of transiting the Atlantic in four days, and of providing what transportation and logistics companies call a seven-day, door-to-door ?time definiteÕ delivery service between the US Mid-West and central Europe, FastShip…

The medium-speed market has long been influenced by five major marques Š Wartsila, MAN B&W, MaK, Sulzer and Pielstick. Of these arguably MaK is the odd one out, since MAN B&W has…

Japanese shipowners have had some tough decisions to make in the wake of financial crisis in the area.JapanÕs merchant fleet stands at 2,021 vessels (around 67 million dwt) with 70 per cent…

Co-ordinating the training requirements of P&O CruisesÕ and Princess CruisesÕ entire fleet services personnel is no easy task. William Salmon, training co-ordinator for both, has a budget of £1 million ($1.64 million)…

A well researched and rounded programme, with contributions from all sides of the industry, guarantees a valuable meeting for delegates from the ship-owning community, shipbuilders and designers, and equipment and service suppliers.…

Constructed by French shipyard Alstom Leroux Naval at a cost of some FF230 million ($39.82 million), the 112m Corsaire 11500 ferry Gotland was handed over to its owner, Rederi AB Gotland, in…

The tanker Exxon Valdez will long be remembered for its grounding in Alaska, and the consequences continue to flow from that incident. In the case of Atlantic Richfield it meant moving not…

Chevron has taken delivery of the first of a new class of four VLCCs with a number of interesting features. The four VLCCs, which were contracted at Samsung Heavy Industries in South…