Month: June 2004

A French parliamentary report has urged a consolidation in the European shipbuilding sector in order to meet the strong competition from Asian shipbuilders. The report claims that the shipbuilding industry in Europe…

The European Union recently agreed to require owners of sea-going ships to make deep cuts in sulphur dioxide emissions starting in 2006. The requirements, to begin in 2007, will apply to international…

Bergesen d.y. ASA has awarded Advanced Production and Loading AS (APL) an EPC contract for the Single Point Mooring (SPM) system to the Chinguetti oil field development located off the coast of…

The Singapore shipyard Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering has secured a shipbuilding contract worth $23.6 million to build a 20,200 DWT single screw cement carrier for delivery in April 2006. The yard did…

Universal Shipbuilding in Japan secured an order for two Capesize bulk carriers from domestic ship owner Shinwa Kaiun Kaisha. One of the bulkers is a 297,000DWT vessel measuring 327 metres long, 55…

Traditionally, naval ships were designed by individual navies to their own rules, through their autonomous engineering houses. Today they are progressively being designed to commercial standards.In an address to the Australian Maritime…

Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has signed three new major contracts with the UAE Armed Forces worth Dh180 million ($49 million). These new contracts add to the growing backlog of naval work…

STX Shipbuilding in South Korea has delivered its 100th newbuilding from its Jinhae yard which was opened in 1996. The ship, named Antigmar, is a 45,800DWT product carrier ordered by Stelmar Shipping…