Month: September 2009

Australian shipbuilder Strategic Marine has signed a contract with a local West Australian marine operations company, Bhagwan Marine, to build a 48.5m landing craft for use in the Australian offshore oil and…

The latest report from research analyst Clarksons says that China has now overtaken Japan to become second in the world shipbuilding market.In the first six months of 2009 China?s market share rose…

UK company PC Maritime says that it has formed a partnership with specialist training company ECDIS Ltd in order to provide its customers with approved generic ECDIS training at a location of…

Petromedia, a provider of international information services for the marine industry, has announced the launch of its BWI (Bunkerworld Index). Representing bunker fuel market movements on an international basis, the BWI is…

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has announced the publication of a new publication entitled Guidelines on Brittle Crack Arrest Design. The new guidelines have been released as a technical reference to help prevent…

The port of Primorsk near St. Petersburg, Russia, has been selected as the location for a brand new state-controlled super shipyard. The government has allocated over $855 million towards this ambitious project…

The Marine Propulsion Systems business unit of ZF Friedrichshafen AG in Germany is further expanding its position as a leading worldwide supplier of complete marine propulsion systems for all types of vessels.…

Hyundai Heavy Industries has decided to discontinue the expansion work at its ship block manufacturing plant in Pohang city, North Gyungsang province, South Korea. The world's largest shipbuilder cited newbuilding market slump…

The Zhoushan facility of China's Cosco Shipyard Group has completed its first newbuilding, a 57,000 dwt Handymax bulker named Yuan Shun Hai, ordered by Cosco Qingdao. According to UK-based Clarkson Research Services,…