Month: September 2009

Hoegh Autoliners of Norway has cancelled orders for two car carriers ordered from Vietnam shipbuilder Vinashin.. The pair are part of a deal for four ships of 7,000 car equivalent units (ceu)…

The German shipowner NSC Schiffahrtsgesellschaft is refusing to take delivery of a large car carrier lying at Croatia's 3 Maj shipyard. It is the last of three 4,900 unit car carrier newbuilding's…

China's Taizhou Kouan Shipbuilding has reportedly secured an order for the construction of seven 27,000 dwt multipurpose cargo vessels from a domestic shipowner with delivery scheduled for 2011. Ship prices were not…

Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Shipbuilding is reducing newbuilding capacity at its Sakaide Shipyard by returning to a one-dock system from the current two-dock one in the autumn next year.As newbuilding demand shrinks, it…

Siem Offshore in Norway is ordering two oil spill recovery vessels (OSRV) on the back of a lucrative eight year contract with Petrobras. The two ORSVs, to be operated by SIEM Consub,…

The Israeli container shipowner, ZIM Integrated Shipping, has reached a financial understanding to postpone four pending 10,000TEU newbuild deliveries. Originally due to be delivered in 2010, the quartet will now be delivered…

An urgent tender to build two new OSVs for the Government of Iraq has been released by the US Navy as part of Iraq?s future procurement programme.The US Navy is calling for…

Wärtsilä has been assigned overall responsibility for systems integration in the pioneering FellowSHIP project. Wärtsilä's specially designed equipment is being used to integrate and create synergies between leading marine technology and state-of-the-art…