Month: December 2006

The Shipyard Association of Cebu (SAC) has entered into a technical agreement with the Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards, Gorinchem, to construct four double-hulled oil tankers for delivery by 2008.The partnership will allow…

Höegh Autoliners of Norway has entered a long term strategic co-operation with Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) including the construction of four large pure car truck carriers (PCTC) with options for four…

Daehan Shipbuilding Co, a South Korean shipbuilder, has won a $590 million order to build eight ships for a European company. Daehan, which is building a shipyard in the south-western part of…

U.N Ro-Ro, Istanbul, awarded contracts to Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft for two 3,735 lane metre RoRo vessels. The Turkish company has already ordered twelve vessels from Flensburger, of which ten have been delivered to…

The EU has chosen a research consortium coordinated by Wärtsilä to receive a EUR 1.0 million grant to develop the use of methanol-consuming fuel cells to provide electrical power to marine vessels.…