Month: February 2005

Bureau Veritas (BV) has launched new rules for FPSOs which embody extensive recent experience with large floating structures and enhanced spectral fatigue analysis. BV's Rules for the Hull Structure of Production, Storage,…

Italian ferry operator Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) has been granted the Fleet ComfortClass award by RINA, to certify the high level of comfort on board its whole fleet of cruise ferries. It…

From 1 July 2006 some 35,000 commercial vessels, which normally carry just three immersion suits, will need to have at least one for each person on board according to the ship?s manning…

The European Commission has approved a ?27 million scheme in Germany to provide innovation aid to shipbuilding. The scheme is the first of its kind to be approved after the entry into…

Scania, the Swedish engine builder, was awarded the Swedish Technology Award for its innovative approach to lowering both nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulate (PM) emissions from its diesel engines. The technology involves…

Japanese shipbuilders received 58% fewer orders in January compared with the previous month as freight rates fell from last year's record highs. Orders for 21 vessels, totaling 1.1 million gt were placed,…

Work on the building of a 53,000DWT bulk carrier started at the Nam Trieu Shipyard in the northern port city of Hai Phong. This is the first of 15 similar bulkers that…

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…

Hyundai Merchant Marine in South Korea will order four 8,600TEU and five 4,700TEU container ships. All nine vessels will be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hyundai Samho Shipyard with the smaller…