Month: October 2006

STX Shipbuilding has won six LR1 product carriers from the Shipping Corporation of India at a total price of $373 million. They will be delivered by July 2010.

China's major ocean shipping business, China Shipping Group Company (CSGC), signed a contract to build four VLCCs. The four 308,000 DWT vessels will be built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). CSGC…

Russia's state arms exporter and a French defense company signed a cooperation document during an international arms show in France. Rosoboronexport and DCN signed a letter of intent aimed at establishing and…

A shipyard which came back from the brink of death is celebrating fresh contract success. McNulty Offshore has clinched another lucrative order to help safeguard some of the 850-strong workforce at its…

The first two platform supply vessels with the ULSTEIN X-bow design will be named at Ulstein Verft. The two ULSTEIN PX105 vessels were ordered by Bourbon Offshore Norway and are on long-term…

The new pilot boat, to be named ?Greatham?, is one of two ordered by PD Ports in the UK for Teesport and Falmouth Harbour Commissioners. The vessel?s design is based on Teesport?s…

Northrop Grumman Corporation in the USA has been selected to supply simplified voyage data recorders (S-VDR) for 59 Teekay Shipping vessels. Northrop Grumman?s Sperry Marine business unit is supplying the S-VDR hardware,…

Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding (QHS) has won an additional newbuilding contract for seven 5,500 DWT product carriers with the Greek shipping company Agean Bunkering Services Inc. Agean has already ordered 9 similar product…

Aker Yards has entered into a contract with Farstad Shipping ASA to build four AHTS vessels with a value of approx $321 million. The multifunctional deep water anchor handling tug supply service…

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) says that moves to further tighten air emission controls on shipping through changes to IMO?s Marpol Annex VI must be based on a multiple solution approach.Speaking…