Month: September 2009

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.…

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,…

ABS made presentations at ISSDC ABS made three presentations focused on environmental issues to the International Symposium on Ship Design and Construction 2009 (ISSDC 2009) held in Tokyo, Japan, on 1-2 September…

Shipbuilders may be drawn into a global price war next year triggered by South Korean discounting, an executive at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES), Japan?s second-largest builder of vessels, said. According to…

The sale of two struggling Polish shipyards to Qatari investors has failed after the potential buyers declined to pay up within the time period agreed with the European Commission, Poland's treasury minister…

The San Diego shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO recently delivered USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) to the U.S. Navy. Construction of the newbuilding began in October 2007. Including the Wally Schirra, NASSCO has…

A proposed rule unveiled by the US Coast Guard would ensure that ballast water thresholds required by US law adhere to standards set out in the IMO's yet to be ratified treaty,…