Month: October 2005

Offshore supply vessels (OSV) service company Garware Shipping Corporation is planning to acquire three Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) at a cost of $62.3 million. These newbuildings will be deployed to support offshore…

The world largest oil tanker owner, Frontline Ltd of Norway, is planning to branch into ownership of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels according to Frontline Management's managing director Oscar Spieler."We…

Aker Yards and the German TT-Line have signed a contract for retrofitting of four passenger-car ferries. The retrofit means renewing the vessels fuel systems to be more flexible and conforming to today?s…

With an innovative design study for a 13,000 TEU container ship, Germanischer Lloyd and the Korean yard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) are showing just how big container carriers will be in the…

Scotland will get the lion?s share of the Royal Navy?s new £4 billion aircraft carrier contracts in a decision that will determine the future shape of the British shipbuilding industry and will…

NQEA in Queensland, Australia, has finalised the $7 million sale of its Queensland Marine and Industrial (QMI) to Brisbane-based Viking Industries. NQEA has now sold QMI, trading as Cairns Slipways, as well…

Carnival Corporation has assigned a previously ordered 112,000gt cruise ship to its Carnival Cruise Lines brand. The 3,006-passenger ship, to be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, is expected to enter service in…

Aker Drilling has awarded Aker Kvaerner a turn-key contract for the delivery of two sixth-generation deepwater drilling semi-submersibles with an option for another two rigs by 2010. The two drilling rigs are…

The Japanese government is interested in building a 4000-tonne slipway in Fiji next year, a project that is expected to save and generate millions of dollars for the Fijian government. The nation's…

Guangzhou Shipyard snaps up two 38,500DWT product carriers from Pancoast in Greece for delivery in March and July, 2008. They will be built as Boston beam size.Wuchang Shipyard has won three platform…