Month: April 2006

Meyer Werft in Germany has delivered the 93,558 gt cruise ship ?Pride of Hawaii? to the operator NCL America (USA). The delivery was postponed, because the yard changed the bearings of the…

The Teheran-based National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC) aims to become a global player in energy transportation and could order at least 30 LNG carriers by the end of the year. NITC will…

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, ("K" Line), has placed orders for three new double-hulled VLCCs with Japanese shipyards. Kawasaki Shipbuilding will build one unit for delivery 2nd quarter 2009 while IHI Marine United will…

MAN B&W Diesel has received a contract to supply slow speed diesel engines for the six 265,000 m3 Q-max LNG carriers ordered by Qatargas II from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in…

ABG Shipyard in Mumbai, India, plans to raise up to $100 million to expand its ship-building capacity to match rising demand. The company is already building its second shipyard at Dahej with…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has completed the construction of a 3,600 tonne lifting capacity floating crane for its own use. This facility will enable the Korean shipbuilder to erect very large sized blocks of…

The UK based shipbuilder and support service firm VT has been selected as the preferred bidder to enter the next round of discussions for the supply of ocean patrol vessels for the…

Singapore's Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering has secured a newbuilding order from the French cement company LaFarge worth 34.5 for the construction of a 30,000 DWT self discharging cement carrier scheduled to be…

Though the deals are yet to be signed, Daewoo, Samsung and Hyundai are about to win orders for three, four and four LNG carriers respectively from the Qatar Gas II project next…