Month: July 2005

The US Coast Guard has canceled a $488 million contract with Bollinger Shipyard after the hulls on some of the vessels the Lockport company upgraded cracked and buckled. Of the eight vessels…

China's is currently constructing its first indigenous LNG carrier newbuilding at Hudong Zhonghua shipyard at a cost of about $170 million. According to the shipbuilder, Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua shipbuilding (Group) Co Ltd, a…

The UAE Armed Forces confirmed its option under the ?BAYNUNAH? program for two additional 72m naval corvettes to be built by Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB). This brings the total number of…

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the IMO is set to adopt amendments to the regulations on air pollution to establish a new special emissions control area for the North Sea…

The South Korean shipbuilder Daehan Shipbuilding has won government approval for new shipbuilding facility in Haenam, nearby Mokpo where Hyundai Samho Shipyard is located. Korean government has approved the use of 29.97…

Merseyside shipyard group Northwestern Ship repairers and Shipbuilders has had its lease at the former Cammell Laird shipyard cancelled. The move throws into doubt plans by Northwestern to expand its ship repair…

Greek ferry passengers this summer are now even more likely to travel on an Austal built ferry following the soon to be introduced ?Highspeed 5? for Hellenic Seaways (formerly Hellas Flying Dolphins)…

Lloyd's Register Asia has recently completed the first full safety case of a gas turbine propulsion system for LNG carriers of 250,000 cubic metres and above for Rolls-Royce?s MT30 system. Carried out…

Ship repairs at Birkenhead's Cammell Laird site look doomed from next month.Property developer Reddington Finance has ordered the ship repair operation to quit the historic site by the end of August.Reddington, headed…

Ben Kien Shipyard Company, part of the Vinashin group, has started building two 8,700-tonne freighters for Japan's Kanematsu Group. The two 111.8 metre long and 18.6 metre wide freighters, built under the…