Month: January 2000

Holland America Line (HAL), part of Carnival Corporation, has signed an agreement with Italian shipyard Fincantieri for the construction of two new 84,000g cruise vessels which are expected to enter service in…

Following the S$167 million ($99 million) cash purchase of Keppel Marine Industries? marine-related businesses by Keppel Hitachi Zosen, the group has made 132 if its 3,314 workers redundant. The redundancies are spread…

Establishing agreed performance standards may prevent manufacturers from making misleading claims. Proving that one machine is better than another has often been fraught with difficulties. Yet it has always been important in…

The largest capacity all-reefer container ships in the world have been delivered to Dole Fresh Fruit from HDW, Germany. Two examples of a new class of open top all-reefer container ship with…

Passenger ferry operators in the EU are counting the cost in lost revenue following the demise of duty free sales in the middle of last year. Across the European Union, ferry companies…

The IMO may have handed engine manufacturers a virtual monopoly on spare parts and reconditioning. Shipowners with engines complying to the IMO?s NOx code may find their sources of spare parts and…

Developments on the medium-speed side have concentrated on further emission reductions. The need to modify products to meet the IMO?s NOx limit and the pre-certification process has kept the medium-speed engine manufacturers…

As the year ends, Kvaerner has failed to meet its deadline for disposing of its 13 yards and has only sold three (Leirvik, Kleven and Govan). A spokesman for the company says…

An independent Norwegian Cruise Line will order one ship per year says Geir Aune, president and ceo of NCL Holdings ASA. Speaking in a press conference he said that the company?s bid…

Liberia, Algeria and Poland have been voted off the 32-state IMO Council for 2000 - 2001 to be replaced by the Bahamas, Malta and Morocco. As Liberia?s register is the second largest…