Month: September 2009

South Korea?s Samho Shipbuilding has reportedly received a contract to build six 32,000 dwt bulk carriers from Piraeus-based Capital Ship Management. Deliveries are scheduled between 2010 and 2011. The Greek shipowner has…

Hyundai Heavy Industries recently held a launching ceremony for a 3,000 ton class patrol vessel named 'Taepyungyang 9' which is scheduled for completion in February 2010 .The vessel is 112.7m long and…

Nautical Control Solutions (NCS) announced today that Buffalo Marine Service of Houston in Texas successfully tested its FuelTrax bunkering system on a delivery of 1500 tonnes of IFO 500 to the container…

Brazilian mining giant Vale SA has given domestic shipbuilders the opportunity to build four 400,000 dwt bulk carriers. The company had been under pressure from the government to make investment in domestic…

Brazil's EBX mining, energy and engineering conglomerate will invest up to $1 billion in a shipbuilding venture designed to meet needs of the nation's burgeoning offshore oil drilling industry.EBX has partnered with…

Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. A/S (Lind? Shipyard) has entered into an agreement on the sale of Loksa Laevatehase AS (Loksa Shipyard) to a consortium consisting of AS Frelok, Crown Solution OÜ and…

South Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding is targeting about $2 billion in new orders for offshore vessels and plants this year, more than double the amount recorded last year, a senior executive…

The Privatisation Unit in Malta is expected to announce preferred bidders for Malta Super Yacht Services and for the shiprepair arm in the very near future, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said. MSYS…

South Korea's Doosan Engine has developed a ship-engine main bearing's abrasion measurement system and an advanced real-time measurement system of the condition of lubricating oil. Doosan initially developed the measuring systems for…

According to a study by Clarkson Research Services, global new shipbuilding orders in August have hit a new monthly record for 2009. The study claims that orders in the first three weeks…