Month: June 2008

Swedish company BERG Propulsion, a leading manufacturer of controllable pitch propellers (CPP) for the marine industry, recently launched its new production facility in Tuas, Singapore. The new plant is the first of…

The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), the leading Iranian tanker company, has recently taken delivery of its latest newbuilding, the 320,000 dwt Marbat, from Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. The ship is…

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), has secured a $385 million repeat order to build a semisubmersible drilling rig for Brazilian oil and gas exploitation…

Wärtsilä Corporation has re-named its Hamburg-based ship design company SCHIFFKO GmbH to Wärtsilä Ship Design Germany GmbH. The change is effective from 1 June 2008. The name SCHIFFKO is retained as a…

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in India will enter into shipbuilding business with an initial investment of Rs 20 billion ($468 million) next year according to local reports. The shipbuilding project would start…

Italy-based classification society RINA has introduced a new voluntary notation which will help shipowners meet the new international standards for crew accommodation. The notation, ILODESIGN will ensure compliance with the ship construction…

The French classification society Bureau Veritas has developed guidelines intended to reduce the number of accidents to seafarers and surveyors during the inspection and maintenance of ships structures. The guidelines will help…

The 300,000 DWT type ore carrier ?Grande Progresso? of Kawasaki Kisen?s 100% owned foreign subsidiary was delivered at Ariake Shipyard of Universal Shipbuilding Corporation. The 327m long and 55m wide newbuilding with…

Amsterdam-based Seaarland Shipping Management has ordered three 165,000 dwt Suezmax tankers to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries, South Korea, for deliveryin the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarter 2011.

Wärtsilä has acquired the German company Claus D. Christophel Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH (CDC), which specializes in the design, delivery and service of automation systems for ship owners and yards. The company…