Month: August 1999

Over the next few years shipowners could find themselves having to contend with a patchwork of environmental legislation. Shipowners are accustomed to their existing fleet escaping the vast majority of new legislation…

A multi-purpose, state-of-the-art diesel electric cable layer has started work for the first time, in the Baltic, playing a key role in the SwePol power cable project. Van der Stoel Cable, a…

US shipyards hope that a major initiative launched this summer will help them improve efficiency and productivity. While shipyards in Japan, Korea and, to a lesser extent, Europe, continue to invest heavily…

Cable ship conversions to Tyne

Cable ship conversions to Tyne

Kvaerner has sold another of its yards, and been ordered by the EU to repay Euro41.5 million ($42.5 million) of state aid. Marconi Electronic Systems has agreed to pay £2.25 million ($3.55…

With most sectors of the shipping industry in crisis, Drewry Shipping Consultants argue that secondhand vessels bought now could prove to be bargains. Its analysis of market potential through to 2003 shows…

After finding that incorrect use by the shipowner was usually the reason for claims of damage to tank coating, German shipbuilder Aker MTW Werft is issuing checklists to purchasers of its chemical…

A study covering 4,500 ships leaving Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia has found that many had incompetent crews. The study, undertaken by the Seafarers International Research Centre at Cardiff University, is further…

The International Commission on the Regulation of Shipping, a new body that will seek to reform the rules governing the shipping industry, has been launched by the ITF. The three-man commission is…