Month: September 2008

The Brazilian state owned oil company Petrobras has revealed plans to purchase ten newbuild FPSOs. Eight of the vessels would be built domestically at the Rio Grande Shipyard in Southern Brazil. All…

Last Friday Poland submitted restructuring plans aimed at saving its Baltic shipyards in Gdynia, Gdansk and Szczecin to the European Commission in compliance with an EU-imposed deadline. "The Commission will now analyse…

EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said that the strategy adopted by the Maltese government to privatise loss-making Malta Shipyards was not acceptable under EU law. This decision leaves the government with no…

A comprehensive programme of tests carried out by MarinTek in Trondheim, Norway, confirms that the Torpedo lifeboat has properties that no other free-fall lifeboat can match. The new Torpedo free-fall lifeboat, which…

A new technology to clean ship hulls without the use of abrasives that can damage or remove anti-fouling paint is said to be attracting world wide interest. Commercial Diving Services' Hull Service…

StealthGas Inc., a Greek ship owning company serving primarily the LPG sector of the international shipping industry, has ordered two new 156,000 DWT Suezmax crude oil tankers with an option of two…

Simon M?kster Shipping in Norway has signed contract with Simek AS for building of one more Havyard 832 CD RS Rescue and Stand by vessel for delivery in March 2010. This will…

The "Monte Azul", the second unit of a second series of ten vessels of the successful "Monte" class container ships, was christened at the Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) yard in Romania. It…

The Rotterdam-based dredging company Van Oord has placed an order for a large self-propelled cutter suction dredger which will be built at IHC Merwede's Kinderdijk shipyard. The new vessel will be one…

Chinese shipbuilder China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) has gained approval from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planner, to issue CNY 3.5 billion ($ 512.5 million) in corporate…