Month: January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Maersk Meridian, the last in a series of six 165,500 m³ DF electric LNG carriers from Samsung Heavy Industries, was taken over by Maersk LNG on 15 January 2010 in South Korea.

20th January 2010

Maersk takes delivery of Maersk Meridian

20th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Cassens Werft, located in Emden, Germany, has been bought by a group of investors, thereby saving the shipyard from bankruptcy.

20th January 2010

Cassens Werft gets reprieve

20th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wartsila is rationalising production facilities in Europe and moving them to China.

19th January 2010

Wärtsilä to move part of production to China

19th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

STX shipyard in Korea delivered the 38,000 DWT chemical tanker Bunga Allium to MISC Berhad (MISC) in Malaysia

19th January 2010

MISC names new chemical tanker

19th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Orskov Yard A/S in Frederikshavn, Denmark, is expanding its workforce.

19th January 2010

Orskov Yard expands

19th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kawasaki Shipbuilding delivers the LNG Carrier Taitar No.2 to NiMiC No. 2 S.A. of Panama

19th January 2010

Kawasaki delivers LNG carrier

19th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

According to the latest Alphaliner weekly newsletter, Extra Slow Steaming (ESS) continues to put more containerships back into active service.

19th January 2010

Idle fleet falls as ESS mops up more boxships

19th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finland considering supporting domestic shipbuilding industry

18th January 2010

Finland pondering aid for shipbuilding industry

18th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Signal International acquires Bender Shipbuilding & Repair

18th January 2010

Signal buys Bender

18th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Gulf Offshore Logistics ordered eight deepwater offshore support vessels from Thoma-Sea Builders and Gulf Craft

18th January 2010

GOL to build additional deepwater OSVs

18th January 2010