Month: December 2009

STX Engine has secured a 52.3 billion won ($45.3 million) order to supply eight diesel engines for Korea Coast Guard patrol ships. The deal with Hanjin Heavy Industries calls on STX Engine…

China, the world's second- biggest shipbuilding nation, will face a capacity glut from 2011 after yards work through existing orders and shipping lines slow new orders, according to a government official. Insufficient…

This Saturday, the fourth Havyard 832 CD PSV designed by Havyard Design AS will be ready for her naming ceremony in Bergen, Norway. The vessel is Havyard Leirvik AS? Yard No. 104…

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced the completion of the concept for its second in a series of next-generation vessels, which will be technically practical in the near future. The vessel is…

Intertanko is shocked and appalled by the report of the Chief Officer who lost his life during a pirate attack on the tanker Cancale Star off Cotonou on 24 November. The association…

The UK-based International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and its member national shipowners? associations have issued a strong statement in support of global measures being adopted to reduce shipping?s carbon dioxide emissions. The…

Advanced offshore equipment deliveries will start to flow from Cargotec?s recently-refurbished manufacturing, assembly and testing plant in Singapore for offshore load handling solutions. January 2010 will see Cargotec?s recently modernised manufacturing, assembly…

Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) and DNV have signed a strategic partnership agreement to establish the "SMU-DNV International Cooperation Centre. The objective is to further expand and deepen the existing relationship between the…

US-based cruise and d hotel operator Utopia Ocean Residences has signed a letter of intent with Samsung Heavy Industries for a 105,000 gt residential condominium cruiseship for delivery in 2013.The total value…