Month: February 2007

Peter Brotherhood Ltd, the Peterborough, UK-based steam turbine and gas compressor manufacturer, is celebrating a remarkable 2006. The company has grown significantly over the past few years and in 2006 recorded an…

Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) is on course to deliver the FPSO facility, Umuroa, to Prosafe Production (Prosafe) in March. Umuroa?s will follow the delivery of Prosafe?s other vessel, FPSO Polvo, which…

Daewoo Shipbuilding completed the extension work of its launching barge which has been underway since last November. The launching barge was lengthened by 55 metres and widened by 7.6 metres and now…

Eighteen States have signed, subject to ratification, the 2005 Protocols to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA), 1988, and the related Protocol for…

Nanjing Jinling Shipyard in China clinched six 57,000 DWT bulk carriers from Enterprise shipping at a price of $34.5 million each. Cosco Zhoushan also won three 57,300 DWT bulk carriers from INCE…

Samsung Heavy Industries has signed an order for a 1 million barrel FPSO from a Norwegian ship owner at a price of $400 million. Delivery is scheduled for January 2010 and the…

A multi-million pound steel mega yacht will be built at Appledore Shipyard in the UK before being sailed to Devonport for completion. Last year the yard, which is owned by Devonport owners…

The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) has signed a contract to build 64 ships with a combined capacity of 2.8 million tonnes for the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines). The ships will…

The French oil giant Total is among 15 groups and individuals that have gone on trial today over the ?Erika? disaster. Bringing the charges are no less than 74 plaintiffs. One of…

The Hull Lifecycle Programme (HLP), a new software service tool designed to ensure long lives and technical safety for vessels, was introduced by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) at the GL Exchange Forum. The…