Month: May 2009

?Shirase?, a new ice-breaker, has arrived at its homeport in Yokosuka where Japan?s Maritime Self-Defence Force has a base. At 12,650 tonnes, the 'Shirase' has a length of 138m, a beam of…

Golar Winter, Golar?s newly converted FSRU, recently sailed from Keppel shipyard in Singapore for Brazil and is Petrobras? second FSRU and sister to Golar Spirit. Both vessels are classed by DNV.Jan Koren,…

Vietnam has granted an investment licence to a consortium of foreign firms led by China Steel, Sumitomo Metal and Sumitomo Corp to invest $1.15 billion in a steel mill in the country's…

The Association of Finnish Marine Industries (AFMI) and Russian joint stock company United Shipbuilding Corporation (OCK) have signed a cooperation agreement in Helsinki, with an aim to explore the opportunities of Finnish…

The Managing Director of STX Europe has called on the Finnish Government to place orders for vessels to help STX Europe?s yards in Finland get through these tough times. Martin Landtman said…

The Air Resources Board (ARB) in California has a proposed regulation under review that, if approved as expected, will require ocean going vessels to use low sulphur marine distillates in main engines,…

Pearl Seas Cruises, a new cruise company based in the US, has cancelled its cruise programme for the remainder of the 2009 touring season in the Atlantic region for a luxury cruise…

Lloyd?s Register?s latest office in China, its 14th, was opened recently and will initially employ more than 20 with the number rising to 30 in the coming weeks.Nick Brown, Country and Marine…