Month: November 2009

Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has laid the keel for construction of the last unit in a four-ship series of 78 metre multipurpose PSV for Greatship India.The design of this vessel was…

Singapore-headquartered Yantai Raffles Offshore Ltd, a subsidiary of Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China, has paid RMB 291 million to acquire 100% equity interest in Sanlian Longkou Shipyard in Shandong Province. The shipyard,…

Norwegian based OceanSaver AS, which developed the natural, environmental-friendly and corrosion reducing ballast water management system OceanSaver, was recently granted final approval from the IMO at the latest meeting of the Marine…

Korean shipbuilders have been overtaken by Chinese competitors for the first time after having dominated the global market for the past 10 years according to Clarkson Research Service in London. Chinese shipbuilders…

EU Directive 2005/33/EC, also known as the EU Sulphur Directive, includes a provision (article 4b) which requires that, as from 1 January 2010, when at berth (and/or at anchor) for longer than…

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) in Japan has signed a ship repair joint venture agreement with Hanjin Shipping and Shunhe Shipping of Zhejiang Eastern Shipyard Co., Ltd. (ZESCO), a shipyard in…

Bidders for the Malta Shipyards Ltd's super yacht facility were asked to submit fresh proposals yesterday because their first offers were considered unsatisfactory.The Privatisation Unit informed the Maltese government that, after considering…

Voith Turbo Marine has entered into a strategic partnership with Ridderinkhof, specialist manufacturer of winches from the Netherlands.When being quoted for a Voith Turbo propulsion system, customers of escort, terminal and harbour…