Month: August 2004

The US based aeronautics defence contractor Lockheed Martin signed up state-owned Polish shipbuilder Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa (SSN) to build four ships by 2008 as part of an offset deal concerning Poland?s purchase…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSMA) will be reporting that its second-quarter profit will fall by 21% because of rising steel prices. DSME?s announcement will be followed by others from Korean shipbuilders…

Singapore's Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, says that the ISPS Code, which applies to cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and upwards, must extend to smaller vessels which, potentially, pose a serious…

The future of Britain?s beleaguered shipbuilding industry is to be decided by a Ministry of Defence study that will determine the placement of billions of pounds worth of naval orders. The investigation…

QinetiQ, Europe's largest science and technology organisation, has announced its acquisition of UK-based consulting organisation HVR Consulting Services Limited (HVR). HVR, which, since 1983, has provided technical and management consultancy to the…

The Japanese shipping company, MOL, has received the main contract from Chiyotec Limited to handle all Asia-based transport of equipment for the LNG/OET(Oil Export Terminal) part of the Sakhalin II Project. This…

The Rolls-Royce ?zebra? battery has won its first order to power the submarine rescue vehicle (SRV) which forms a vital part of he NATO Submarine Rescue System. Eight ?zebra? batteries each with…

Following the recent announcement by B.C. Ferries in Canada that two European ferry builders, Flensburger Schiffbau of Germany and Aker Finnyards of Finland, are bidding for the $380million contract to build two…

Wynstruments, now merged with B. Hepworth & Co, will launch an updatedversions of its best-selling ?straight line? window wiper and a brand newdigital control system at the SMM 2004 exhibition.The Type D…

Dozens of foreign and Taiwanese companies, including Lockheed Martin and Detyens Shipyards of the US, and BAE of the UK, are looking to buy a stake in China Shipbuilding Corp (CSC) which…