Month: November 2007

The Chinese shipyard of Yantai Raffles recently installed the world???s largest crane, called ???Taisun???, capable of lifting 20,000 tonnes and currently undergoing testing and commissioning. Brian Chang, chairman of Yantai Raffles Shipyard,…

Now that a massive defense spending bill has been passed in the US, the Navy is supposed to have enough money to buy one new littoral combat ship (LCS) this fiscal year…

An EU clean fuels pilot project is underway to promote the use of LNG as marine fuel for ships. Hopes are high for the Marine Fuel Gas Logistics project (Magalog) to take…

Ha Long Shipyard in Vietnam successfully launched a 1,750 TEU container ship which is the biggest of its type built in Vietnam. Shipyard director Nguyen Duc Than said the container ship, named…

Norwegian naval architects Multi-Maritime has announced that Riise Underwater Engineering (RUE) and Simon M?kster Shipping have ordered a second Multi Maritime-designed multi-purpose offshore vessel. The vessel will be built at Westcon in…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co in South Korea has secured an order worth $604 million to build four very large crude oil carriers for a Middle Eastern client. It did not…

India's largest engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) is negotiating with global shipping fleet owners to build ships worth over $1 billion, but the company cannot finalize these orders…

Henderson-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine in Australia has taken another major step in its goal of becoming a global shipbuilder with the signing of a second contract to build a 143m dive support…

South Korea???s Posco is preparing to expand overseas and overtake Nippon Steel of Japan as the world???s third-biggest steelmaker by using its groundbreaking Finex technology. This revolutionary steel- making process is based…