Month: August 2009

Brazil's Transpetro, the shipping arm of Petrobras, is inviting 19 shipbuilders, including nine foreign companies, to bid on a contract for eight LPG carrier newbuildings. The vessels include four 7,300-cbm gas ships…

The Greek shipping company Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire two 180,000 dwt Capesize vessels, currently under construction at the same South Korean Shipyard, to…

The first Iranian-built ocean vessel named 'Iran-Arak' is ready to be launched according to local press reports. The 2,200 TEU container carrier is 185 m long, 30 m wide and has a…

Drydocks World ? Southeast Asia Pte. Limited (DDW-SEA), the Southeast Asian subsidiary of Drydocks World, has delivered five vessels. These are Endeavor, Greatship Ahalya, Mermaid Vision and Ark Dartmoor from their Drydocks…

The storm of order cancellations is sweeping over the global shipbuilding industry in the wake of the financial crisis, particularly in South Korea. According to unofficial statistics from China Association of National…

The naming ceremony for the VLCC "Athenian Victory" took place on 19 August at the world's largest shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, Korea. The delivery to its owner, the Greek shipping…

The cruise ship 'Marco Polo', whose round-Britain cruise had to be cancelled because hundreds of passengers became ill with the vomiting bug Norovirus, has been totally disinfected by SitexOrbis' revolutionary infection control…

The Liberian Registry has taken a lead in the fight against piracy by producing an innovative computer-based program specifically designed to train seafarers and company security officers in the practices necessary to…

A ray of hope emerged Tuesday for two struggling Polish shipyards as the government said Qatar's national investment fund could step in after the failure of their sale to Qatari investors. "I…