Month: November 2008

Cargotec?s MacGregor business area has strengthened its position and sales activity-potential in Greece by signing a co-operation agreement with Piraeus-based company Oceanking Technical & Trading Ltd. Oceanking will be the sole representative…

Korean shipbuilder STX has said it would be interested in selling some of its shipbuilding holdings to the Finnish government. According to the chairman of the board of STX Europe, formerly Aker…

Wadan Yards Germany with shipyards in Wismar and Rostock-Warnemünde delivered the second out of four ice-breaking container / cargo ships of the type Aker Arctic CS 650 for arctic operation to the…

Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), the only dedicated naval shipbuilding and repair facility in the Arabian Gulf, has been awarded a contract by the Bahrain Naval Forces to construct two 42-metre steel…

SAFEDOR is about to complete its four year R&D programme. To mark this event, partners of SAFEDOR will present the latest and overall results of their work at a public conference at…

China's shipbuilding industry has been facing tough market conditions in the second half of this year and, to handle the problem, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has declared it will…

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) and Intelligent Engineering (IE) entered into a joint venture agreement for the use of SPS (sandwich plate system) technology in shipbuilding. Although SPS has become widely…

Shortly after 1 pm Sunday afternoon, the large gantry crane at the Odense Steel Shipyard was suddenly and unexpectedly hit by an extreme gust of wind resulting in the crane travelling uncontrolled…

The first vessel built to comprehensive new global standards for ice-class vessels was unveiled when the Primorsk Shipping Corporation (PRISCO) named the Prisco Alexandra, a 51,000 dwt product tanker built in Korea…

Global ship orders tumbled 90% last month as the credit crunch damped world trade and made it harder for shipping lines to borrow money, according to Lloyd's Register. Shipowners ordered a total…