Month: June 2006

Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) enter into force on 1 July 2006, including amendments…

Concordia Maritime took delivery of 62,500 dwt Stena Performance, the fourth vessel in the P-MAX series of total eight vessels. The vessel is on charter for five years to the American oil…

China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC), one of the nation's two state-run shipbuilding groups, plans to triple its turnover by 2015 when it expands its building capacity to meet rising global demand. The…

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems ? a company of ThyssenKrupp Technologies ? has got an order to build two 3,400 TEU container ships. These compact vessels will be built at the company?s yard Nordseewerke…

Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) shipyard, the biggest shipyard in Romania, last year recorded losses worth 18.5 million euros despite a 46% increase in its turnover. DMHI slipped into the red mainly…

Two German shipping companies, Aquarius Marine Consulting GmbH & Co. KG (AMC) and TB Marine-Hamburg GmbH have ordered a class of four chemical tankers from the Chinese shipbuilder Liaoning Hongguan Shipbuilding. With…

STX Shipbuilding in South Korea has secured an order for two 2,700TEU class container ships from an Asian ship owner for delivery during 2009.

South Korea's top three shipyards are likely to win higher-than-expected orders worth at least $30 billion this year on strong sales in the first half of the year, industry sources said. The…