Month: November 2006

Höegh Autoliners in Norway signed orders for two more large flexible Pure Car Truck Carriers (PCTC) from Daewoo Shipbuilding for delivery in 2009. The vessels? carrying capacity will be some 6.100 cars…

Rolls-Royce Marine India Private Ltd, a major player in designing, development, support of products and systems for commercial and naval customers, is in talks to provide equipment for 30 vessels of Oil…

Ships operating in the North Sea will have just one year to demonstratecompliance with stringent new exhaust emission standards following theentry into force of new air pollution regulations on 22 November 2006.The…

South Korea's STX Shipbuilding Co. climbed up a notch to become the world's sixth-largest shipyard by order backlog as of the end of October, a London-based market researcher said Thursday. STX Shipbuilding…

The launching and naming ceremony took place at Aker Yards shipyard in Helsinki of the fast passenger ferry ordered by Tallink last year. The new vessel was named "Star".This vessel is another…

Statoil and Aker Kv?rner have signed a contract worth approximately $1.26 billion for the semi submersible platform to be located at the Gj?a field offshore Norway. The scope of work to be…

Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft has delivered the first of two vessels for the Belgian customer Cobelfret NV. The newbuilding, named ?Pauline?, represents the largest and most flexible ConRo ferry of its type and also…

Malaysian shipbuilder NGV Tech Sdn Bhd has secured a $70 million contract to design, build supply seven vessels to Saudi Arabia-based Bakri Navigation. The orders are for two units of the 35.8…

South Korea has chosen Samsung Thales to develop weapons and radar systems for a new fleet of 2,300-ton frigates over the next five years, the country's defence procurement agency said. The country…