Month: September 2006

Poland?s Gdynia Shipyard placed two orders with Swedish cargo equipment manufacturer TTS Ship Equipment AB, to supply almost 14,000 tonnes of roro equipment. The orders cover the supply of equipment for a…

AP Moller-Maersk AS will order 25 vessels from Chinese shipbuilders including Qingdao Qianjin Shipbuilding within the next 12 months, the China Business News reported. Citing an unnamed source from Maersk's China office,…

The largest container ship built to date, the 11,000 TEU ?Emma Maersk?, is propelled by a Wartsila developed 14-cylinder RT-flex96C engine, the worlds most powerful engine in service with an output of…

Italian shipyard group Rodriquez Cantieri Navali and Genoa-based classification society RINA have jointly developed an innovative and environmentally friendly high-speed ferry. A full scale prototype of the ALISWATH, presently under construction, will…

Honduras-based operator Safeway Maritime Transportation Co., has just taken delivery of its first Incat Crowther catamaran ferry for operation on the north coast of Honduras between La Ceiba and the Isla de…

Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Company Ltd has recently built a 3,500 TEU container vessel in only 54 days, breaking China's record of 60 days for a mid-sized container vessel. The shipyard's…

MALAYSIA has called for the burden of maintaining the Straits of Malacca to be shared by all users, not just the littoral states. The Straits, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes,…

Cascade Technologies has secured a technology licensing deal with BP, valued at in excess of £4million to the company over the next three years. The partnership will see Cascade Technologies, a major…

Schat-Harding, the world?s leading supplier of lifeboats and davits, has purchased the independent lifeboat servicing business of Singapore-based Lyttelton Marine.David Bradley, Schat-Harding group after sales and service manager says, "Singapore is a…