Month: August 2009

Technology from Sheffield in England could be powering the next generation of warships following city firm Magnomatics success in winning a six-figure contract with the Ministry of Defence. The Sheffield University spin-out…

South Korean shipbuilders may end an eight-month dry spell with an influx of new orders after Australia approved the $42 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project. Hyundai Heavy, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine…

According to local media reports, Ali Akbar Mehrabian, Minister of Industry and Mines of Iran, said during the launching ceremony of a 35,000 dwt vessel that the country will build around 500…

Singapore-based Keppel Singmarine is on track to deliver an ice class Floating Storage and Offloading vessel (FSO) to repeat Russian customer, LUKOIL- Nizhnevolzhskneft (Lukoil). The vessel was recently christened YURI KORCHAGIN at…

Keen to increase the Indian Navy?s blue-water capability and improve self-sufficiency in defence production, the Ministry of Defence is to take over the Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam from the Union shipping ministry.…

Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has started building four 1,400 passenger, 2,000 lane metre ropax ferries for China Shipping (Group) Company. The four vessels will be delivered from the end of 2010 to…

Commodity and global logistics service supplier, the Noble Group, has allocated $320 million towards expanding its bulk fleet through newbuild vessels ordered at COSCO Dalian shipyard in China. The arrangement for four…