Month: February 2005

Rolls-Royce opened the doors today to a new machining center at its Propeller Center of Excellence in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The new facility, adjacent to the foundry, will improve manufacturing capabilities and production…

UK-based BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT), is establishing a new subsidiary based in Melbourne, Australia. The new company is named BMT Defence Services (Australia) Pty…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, a unit of Hyundai Heavy Industries, has been awarded contracts worth a total $630 million to build 11 container ships. HMD will build five vessels for Germany's NY, one…

Aker Yards is to build a multifunctional, anchor handling tug supply service vessel, of the type UT-712 L for Farstad Supply AS in Ålesund, Norway. The value of the contract is approximately…

Hanjin Heavy Industries won an order for four 5,100TEU container ships from a German ship owner for delivery by June 2008. Total contract price is $320 million.

Sembawang Shipyard, a subsidiary of SembCorp Marine, has signed a Letter of Intent with ConocoPhillips China to fabricate and integrate topsides for a new build FPSO vessel for a major oil development…

Greenpeace and the Basel Action Network (BAN) condemned the special joint United Nations meeting on ship breaking as an utter failure today. The meeting was hijacked by the shipping industry interests throughout,…

Fast attack naval craft T-84 was commissioned into the Indian Navy for operations in the coastal areas. The induction of the ship was in keeping with the Navy's policy to acquire high-speed…

TOTAL Lubmarine has developed a new cylinder lubricant specially designed for use with low-sulphur fuels. The lubricant, TALUSIA LS 40, has successfully completed in-service tests and is now approved by MAN B&W…

Italian ship builder Fincantieri is proposing to invest up to $52 million in a joint venture with Varna Shipyard, Bulgaria's main shipyard on the Black Sea. Fincantieri claims it could help the…