Month: June 2005

Merwede Shipyard, a subsidiary of IHC Holland Merwede BV, has received the contract for the design and construction of a new Reeled Rigid Pipe laying / Offshore construction vessel for Subsea 7.…

During next week the Motor Ship editorial team will be at NorShipping and there will be no daily news updates. However, if any readers are attending NorShipping, we will be pleased to…

Italian classification society RINA and the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) have joined forces to deliver expertise to navies for warship construction and maintenance. The two class societies will jointly promote, develop…

The first ocean going ship built in mainland China for a Taiwan company will sail on its maiden voyage from Shanghai to South Africa on 10 June. The 289 metre 175,000DWT Cape…

The European Commission has decided to open formal inquiries into public support for three Polish shipyards in Gdynia, Gdansk and Szczecin. The restructuring aid granted to these yards will be scrutinized in…

The European Commission has conditionally approved, under the terms of the EC Treaty's rules allowing member states to take measures to protect essential security interests linked to defence industries (Article 296 of…

Two further bidding rounds could put Tenix, the Williamstown dockyard operators, back in the business of building Australia's air warfare destroyers. Tenix confirmed that it would bid for contracts to build 70%…

The DD(X) national team, led by Northrop Grumman and in partnership with Raytheon, General Dynamics, United Defense and Lockheed Martin, has successfully completed the underwater explosion (UNDEX) testing on the DD(X) quarter…

The Australian Federal Government has chosen ASC Shipbuilding as the preferred shipbuilder for the Australian Navy's air warfare destroyers (AWDs) worth up to A$6 billion ($4.5 billion). The government made the decision…