Month: April 2008

The US Navy is moving forward with construction of a new type of smaller, speedy warship after upending the program by canceling contracts last year, officials said.The Navy's formal requests for proposals…

The concept of Micro-SECAs has been dropped as work proceeded this week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to revise MARPOL Annex VI. It formed part of ?Option 3 Global/Regional with Micro-Area?…

The Arab Ship Building and Repair Yard (ASRY) in Bahrain, has announced the formation of a new operating company to be called ASRY Offshore Services, (AOS). ASRY has, over recent years, seen…

Seadrill took delivery of the deep water drilling rigs ?West Phoenix? and ?West Sirius? from the Samsung Shipyard in South Korea and Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, respectively. ?West Sirius? was delivered within…

Kongsberg Maritime in Norway has acquired the Draper, Utah based technology enterprise Global Sim for approximately NOK 100 million. Global Sim delivers products and services in the field of crane simulation for…

Seatruck Ferries, part of the Danish Clipper Group, has received delivery of the first of four newbuildings ordered from the Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros de Huelva. Named Clipper Point, she will be followed…

Hyundai Heavy Industries has developed a new groundbreaking technology that makes it possible to launch a completed ship while continuing shipbuilding work at the same dock. With traditional methods, a vessel that…

Shipping should not be a ?scapegoat? for damage to the world environment, says the head of the IMO, Efthimios Mitropoulos. The IMO Secretary-General speaking in London at the opening of the IMO?s…