Month: October 2003

A new global system of competence standards to ensure that ships? crews from different nations, different cultures and different training institutes all have a common, acceptable level of knowledge, skills and attitudes…

Korean Register of Shipping (KR) is enhancing cooperation with other classification societies in Asia, particularly CCS (China Classification Society). This involves cooperation in technology, sharing of inspectors, future research projects and joint…

ABS President Robert Somerville said that in the rare event of a tanker casualty it is likely to be the class society, rather than the operator, that finds itself in court, and…

Following its acquisition by British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) in April 2003, Nigel Gee and Associates Ltd, the specialists in high-speed mono and multi-hull vessel design, will now trade as BMT Nigel…

Samsung Heavy Industries said it had won a massive order for LNG carriers from BG and RasGas. Three 145,000-cbm LNG carriers plus four more options from BG and two LNG carriers from…