Month: October 2008

At the Intercargo Annual Meeting, asociation members endorsed the planned succession of Secretary General from Roger Holt to Rob Lomas with effect from today?s meeting, with Holt staying on for a further…

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met with the head of the European Commission Tuesday evening to discuss the future of the Polish shipbuilding industry. The fate of the yards is in the…

Norway-listed American Shipping Company (ASC) lacks financing for two out of 12 planned vessels, so it will change the sequence of construction at Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, the companies said.ASC said in a…

Croatia has decided to call tenders for the privatization of its shipyards, except for Uljanik, in the second half of November, said Minister of economy Damir Polancec. The offering price of the…

Hamworthy Moss AS has won a major contract to supply 10 nitrogen generator systems for a series of 47,500 dwt chemical carriers being built for IRISL by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Korea.…

Samsung Heavy Industries has obtained a $250 million order to build three large crude oil carriers from two shippers, including Turkey's Geden. With the new deal, the Korean shipbuilder has racked up…

The Marine Agency of Dubai's Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has chosen a Damen Shipyards, Holland, design for the $50 million Ferry Dubai project initially planned to carry three million passengers a…

State-run Shipping Corporation of India (SCI)has ordered two 4,400 TEU container ships from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries. These newbuildings will be the largest container vessels under the Indian Registry. Earlier, SCI received…

Siemens has received an order worth just under 50 million euros to equip four German navy Class F125 frigates with propulsion equipment and integrated automation and control systems.The customer is AGE F125,…

Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) said revenue more than doubled in the first nine months as it sold vessels to the UK, Japan and South Korea. Sales rose to VND19.6 trillion ($1.2…