Month: October 2003

With the completion of a 300,000DWT dock two months earlier than scheduled, the shipbuilding capacity of the Dalian shipyard has been increased to between one and two million DWT per year The…

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…

Towage specialist Fairmount Marine has started a 9,700-mile tow of an offshore platform, Murphy Oil Front Runner SPAR, from Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, to Pascagoula, US. The 14,000 tonnes SPAR, with…

Cunard Line is pleased to confirm that Her Majesty The Queen will name the company?s new flagship, Queen Mary 2, at a ceremony to take place in Southampton on Thursday 8 January…

St Petersburg shipbuilders have abandoned any hope of being given state assistance. The hopes of winning multiple orders for large ships have not materialised either for commercial or naval ships. This is…

The South Korean shipbuilder Samsung has exchanged letters of intent (LOI) with Seaspan Shipping of Canada on the construction of eight 9,500 TEU boxships. The contract includes four on option.The two companies…