Month: February 2006

STX Shipbuilding in South Korea announces on February 24 that it clinched two plus three 51,000DWT product carriers from Primorsk International Shipping Limited at a cost of $53 million each. Ship particulars…

Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Company (NASICO), part of the Vinashin shipbuilders group, began work on a vessel that will be Viet Nam?s biggest container ship. The 700 TEU ship is 133.60 metres long,…

The Davie shipyard near Quebec City is expected to be sold to the Quebec-based ship repair company, Navamar. The trustee for the bankrupt shipyard announced it has accepted Navamar's purchase offer, considered…

Singapore company Labroy Marine Ltd is preparing a site on Indonesia's Batam Island for a new rigs and FPSO conversion yard, which would be partially managed by Labroy Offshore Ltd. The 40-ha…

Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, has cut the first steel plate for the lead-ship in a four-ship series of LEG/LPG tankers ordered by Norwegian shipowner Solvang AS. The 17,000 cubic metre gas…

A large container vessel insured with Gard has recently experienced a serious loss of containers. Whilst investigating the incident they learned of similar events with several other new, large vessels covered by…

Siem Offshore in Norway has awarded a shipbuilding contract to Kleven Maritime AS for a multi-functional field & ROV support vessel for delivery June 2007, at a cost of approximately $50 million.…