Month: December 1999

No room for complacency During a three-month campaign member states of the Paris MOU detained eight out of 79 bulk carriers, above 30,000gt and over 15 years old, for structural deficiencies. While…

The Netherlands : More dredger orders for IHC IHC Holland in the Netherlands has announced details of some of the latest orders it has received for dredgers and says that, overall, in…

China : Another first for Chinese yards Hard on the heels of recent first-time orders for ropax ferries and VLCCs at Chinese yards, Dalian New Shipyard in China has won its first…

Italy : Minoan orders again Fincantieri`s wholly owned subsidiary Sestri Cantiere Navali has won an order to build a pair of new passenger ferries for Minoan Lines of Greece.The two ships were…

Japan : TESS design proves popular Tsuneishi Shipyard in Japan has won a further order - this time from Taiwanese interests - for its innovative TESS 52 handymax bulk carrier. The Japanese…

Software : Costing part manufacture Boothroyd Dewhurst has launched DFM Concurrent Costing 1.1. The software is designed to isolate the major costs associated with part manufacture and finishing. Used as an analysis…