Month: July 2005

Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard has been undergoing a quiet revolution bringing with it the promise of new prosperity. The latest contract the yard has landed is to fabricate and assemble components…

Terneuzen-based Multraship Towage & Salvage has purchased Bulgarian towage and salvage operator Bourgas Tug Services. BTS provides harbour towage, local salvage and line handling services in and around the Bulgarian port of…

Visakhapatnam-based National Ship Design and Research Centre (NSDRC) has asked Indian shipyards to set up green field shipyards in deep water ports because the country will be requiring an additional 1.78 million…

Kitanihon Shipbuilding in Japan is rumoured to have secured an order for two 550,000 cft reefer ships from a Japanese ship owner. They will be delivered in November 2007 and March 2008.…

Russian shipbuilding experts are willing to offer Libya assistance in creating greater capacities at existing shipbuilding and ship-repairing yards. The Central Research Institute of Shipbuilding Technology in Russia plans to set up…

Aker Yards has signed a contract worth approximately $31.2 million to build a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) of the Aker PSV 09 DE design. The 88 metre long 4,850 DWT newbuilding will…

Dutch shipping company Normed International has declared their options at Daehan, South Korea, for a further two 10,000 DWT, 687 TEU multi-purpose general cargo vessels, part of a potential series of ten,…

Aker Yards has signed a contract with Volstad Shipping AS, Ålesund, for the building of a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) worth $38.2 million. Delivery is scheduled for February 2007 from Brattvaag Skipsverft…

The Bach Dang Shipyard, a subsidiary of Vinashin (Viet Nam Shipping Industry Corporation), has recently delivered the largest domestically built cargo ship to the Vien Duong Transport Company. The 15,000 DWT ?Vinashin…

The Japanese shipping company K-Line has ordered a 177,000 DWT Capesize bulk carrier from Chinese shipbuilder China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC). This newbuilding, designed in China, is the largest ship of its…