Month: October 2006

Two shipyards of international standards are being planned in India and, when completed, they will have the capability to build vessels in excess of 300,000 dwt. At a cost of $656 million…

Taiwan Maritime Transport (TMT) has placed an order for a third LNG carrier with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) as part of a package of contracts worth $430m. The yard did…

Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) plans to build four new crude oil tankers with a total capacity of 1.2 million tonnes. According to the report, each tanker will cost between $120 million…

The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) secured two large contracts worth $800 million with their partners in the United Kingdom. The Vietnamese shipbuilding giant will build 25 ships worth $680 million for…

National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) has ordered six oil tankers for carrying oil from Caspian Sea littoral states to the northern port of Neka, announced head of the company. Three of the…

Keppel Kazakhstan LLP (Keppel Kazakhstan), a unit of Keppel Corporation Limited through Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has launched the transportation barge AKKU1, built for Agip Kazakhstan North Caspian Operating…

Intertanko, the association of independent tanker owners and operators ofoil and chemical tankers, is planning to propose that the world's shippingindustry switch from residual fuel to distillate fuel to further reduceseaborne air…

The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) reported an output value of over VND9 trillion ($567 million) and revenues of over VND5.6 trillion ($351 million) in the first nine months of 2006. The…

Japanese multimodal shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has planned major investment in Vietnam?s port and shipping industry with the focus on major services such as port logistics, shipping, marine human resource training…

Amendments to MARPOL Annex II and the International Bulk Chemicals (IBC) Code1 come into force on 1 January 2007. The requirements are applicable, to varying extents, to all new and existing ships…