Month: April 2006

The Motor Ship Propulsion Conference 200626th ? 27th April, Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel, CopenhagenLimited places available as conference gathers strengthDelegate places at The Motor Ship Propulsion Conference in association with BIMCO are…

The Motor Ship Propulsion Conference 200626th ? 27th April, Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel, CopenhagenDelegate places limited at The Motor Ship?s 28th annual eventWith only a couple of weeks to go until The…

Ulstein Verft in Norway has been commissioned to build a large construction vessel with ULSTEIN X-BOW for Island Offshore. The ULSTEIN SX121 design is the first of the S-series to be built…

The European Commission asked the Polish anti-monopoly authorities UOKiK who the potential investors of Gdanska Shipyard (GS). Although up to seven organisations are claimed to be interested, only two companies submitted preliminary…

In a seemingly never-ending ordering frenzy for offshore support vessels, Aker Yards has picked up two more contracts for a total of five UT 755 LN platform supply vessels (PSVs). An order…

Ras Laffan LNG Company Limited (II), (RasGas (II)), has recently named another of its long term charter ships at a naming ceremony held at Samsung Heavy Industries, Korea. Named ?Maersk Qatar?, the…

Volstad Shipping AS in Ålesund, Norway, has confirmed an agreement with Aker Yards, for the building of a platform supply vessel (PSV) of ST-216L CD type. This contract is the third of…

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in Korea recently delivered the 1,300-ton displacement submarine ?Cakra? to the Indonesian Navy. This is the first time that a Korean shipyard has exported a submarine to…

Hong Kong-listed China Shipping Development Co. (CSD) has placed two contracts to build eight oil tankers for HK$4.32 billion from two Chinese shipbuilders.CSD, a unit of state-owned China Shipping (Group), signed a…

Kjell Inge Rokke-controlled Aker Yards has decided that the group will not make a bid for the former Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, but will continue its cooperation with the Polish yard.The Polish…