Month: August 2007

The European Commission is considering the future of Poland?s Gdansk shipyard as Warsaw opposes EU demands to cut down the yard?s production capacity. The Baltic Sea Gdansk shipyard faces the EU ultimatum…

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) in the UK detained eleven foreign ships in UK ports during July 2007 after failing Port State Control (PSC) safety inspection.Latest monthly figures show that there…

L&T wins Dutch orderThe Indian engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro Ltd. has won a contract worth $70 million from RollDock BV of the Netherlands to build two 8,250 dwt semi-submersible…

Drydocks World Dubai recently completed the construction of a 16,300 tonne drilling rig hull. The 120 metre long, 77 metre wide and 37.5 metre high ?Alpha Aker Spitsbergen? hull is currently being…

Finnlines has ordered six new roro vessels from the Chinese Jinling shipyard. Each of the ice-class vessels will have about 3,200 lane meters and a service speed of 20 knots. The contract…

General Dynamics Nassco has reached an agreement with the US Navy to build up to five additional T-AKE-class cargo ships. The deal has a potential value of $2.5 billion if the Navy…

The Indonesian shipping business leader Oentoro Surya has said he will build a shipyard and heavy equipment factory at a cost of $230 million in Batam, just south of Singapore. "I want…