Month: January 2005

Wärtsilä will extend its range of marine reduction gears and begin manufacturing these products in Khopoli, India. Production will start on the same site as Wärtsilä?s existing factory. The value of the…

A development kit unlocking the modeling expertise that has placed British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) at the forefront of manoeuvring simulation software for nearly three decades was unveiled today by BMT SeaTech…

South Korean shipbuilders enjoyed another bumper year in 2004 by winning the largest amount of orders in the world totalling 17.3 million compensated gross tonnes (CGT) last year. This was well ahead…

The British government has been accused of trying to keep secret an £84m cash lifeline to the troubled shipyard of Swan Hunter in the north-east of England and which is located near…

Leading fuel testing company Lintec Testing Services says it has had a massive response to its revolutionary new service to screen bunkers for chemical contamination. Over 300 vessels have signed up for…

Ferguson Shipbuilders, the last independent yard on the Clyde, is facing a ?life or death? battle over government contracts for two new fisheries vessels. Alan Dunnet, Ferguson's chief executive, who rescued the…

P&O?s cruise liner Aurora, which recently suffered serious propulsion problems causing the abandonment of its world cruise last week, is heading for the German shiprepair yard of Lloydwerft in Bremerhaven to have…

Farstad Supply AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Farstad Shipping ASA, has reached an agreement with Simek AS, Flekkefjord, for the building of an anchor handling tug supply vessel for delivery in April…