Month: November 2006

Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has placed orders for 2 cellular container vessels of 4,400 TEU capacity at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, Korea. The public sector shipping major is also planning to…

Shipyards of South Korea are set to make all-out efforts to develop offshore facilities in a bid to stay ahead of the field despite hot pursuit from rivals in Japan and China,…

Bureau Veritas (BV) has announced it intends to combine its strengths with those of Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and has made an offer to all GL?s shareholders to acquire their shares. Once completed,…

Soaring repair bills and more frequent service interruptions can be expected with Marine Atlantic?s ageing fleet of ferries, the union representing navigators, engineers, electricians and radar technicians aboard the vessels warned. Owned…

Scientists at the University of California-Santa Barbara have developed a new technology for cleaning oil spills on oceans, lakes and other waterways. They have constructed and successfully field tested an improved version…

The naming ceremony was held for the first product tanker in American Shipping Corporation?s 10 ship series. Aker Philadelphia Shipyard achieved another significant milestone in the build program with keel laying for…

Austal has issued a press release in response to a study commissioned by the UK's Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) in early 2003 which has subsequently been selectively quoted without full consideration of…

INP Heavy Industries in South Korea will construct an outfitting plant in Samjeock city, Gangwondo, South Korea, to meet the huge increase in its newbuilding order book. The shipbuilder said that it…

Germany-based Peter Dohle group, one of the world's largest privately held shipowners, is the latest business group to be attracted to India's booming economy and its potential. The group owns about 100…

JFE Holdings Inc. is considering taking over Hitachi Zosen?s stake in Universal Shipbuilding Corp., a joint venture between the two firms. The deal would mark Osaka-based Hitachi Zosen's effective departure from shipbuilding…