Month: April 2009

During a Transportation Safety Board of Canada accident investigation, the agency found that safety significant information is often no longer kept on a vessel due to a change in management. The Board's…

Kanasashi Heavy Industries in Japan, which filed for court protection under Japan's Corporate Rehabilitation Law, will continue for the time being to construct the three newbuildings currently being outfitted, and two ships…

Orders for new ships tumbled 45.2% to the equivalent of 6 .7 million cgt in fiscal 2008, according to data released by the Shipbuilders' Association of Japan. With shipping firms less willing…

According to local newspaper reports, China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR) of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), the main agency in charge of industrial and information communication in China, disclosed late…

Brazil's oil major Petrobras visited South Korea on 20 April and held a presentation meeting on its giant oil development project revealing that it will place orders for eight FPSOs and seven…

A P Moller-Maersk will cut the emission levels on a new series of container ships presently under construction at the Korean shipyard Daewoo Heavy Industries. The series of 16 ships will be…

Hamburg-based shipyard Sietas Werft has signed a newbuilding contract with Föhr-based ferry operator Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei. The vessel will be able to carry about 1,200 passengers and 75 cars and will be employed…

The days of Germany's SSW Schichau Seebeckwerft as a newbuilding yard appear to have ended and the yard is expected to shift its focus from shipbuilding to ship blocks. The insolvent Bremerhaven-based…

A prototype satellite-based radio messaging system for relaying weather warnings in remote areas is set to be tested as part of the Interferry/IMO joint initiative to reduce ferry fatalities in developing nations…

The maritime services network Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is implementing an initiative that recognises the high level of newbuildings completing in 2009, known as "Solutions for a Lifetime". It focuses on the…