Month: March 2006

?Clipper Target?, a bulk carrier for the Clipper Group of Bahamas, was recently launched at the Cochin Shipyard (CSL) in India together with a fire-fighting tug for the Jeddah Port Authority, Saudi…

Hanjin Heavy Industries has signed a land lease agreement with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority to construct and operate a $1 billion shipyard at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales. The…

Samsung Heavy Industries clinched a 155,000 cbm LNG carrier from Petronet and an oil platform from ONGC in India at a total price of $500 million. The 285m long, 44m wide LNG…

Bergesen Worldwide Tankers signed contracts to build two 320,000 DWT VLCCs at Bohai Shipyard. These will be the largest ships of their type ever built in China and delivery is slated in…

Seaspan Corporation has signed a contract to build four 2,500 TEU vessels from Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China. These new orders are incremental to Seaspan's original contracted fleet and will increase the…

The Norwegian automation company AKPAS, acquired by Wärtsilä last month, has been renamed Wärtsilä Automation Norway AS. The company becomes part of Wärtsilä from 1 March 2006 and supplements Wärtsilä's product offering…