Month: March 2010

According to Alphaliner, the fleet of idle containerships will diminish over the next two months as previously laid up vessels will return to active service with the introduction of new services, capacity…

More than 190 members of the Greek shipowning and operating community attended a comprehensive seminar in Athens on issues associated with the requirement to burn low sulphur fuels in the existing Suphur…

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has secured a contract to build a liquefied natural gas floating production storage and offloading (LNG-FPSO) platform for Royal Dutch Shell worth an estimated four to…

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) chairman and president Noboru Ueda announced to the press today that ClassNK will commit 2.2 billion yen ($25 million) in research and funding as part of its participation…

New York Highway, a pure car carrier owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) and Taiyo Nippon Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., arrived at the port of Muroran in Hokkaido, Japan on 9…

Nordic Yards in Germany, formerly Wadan Yards, has received an order from the Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel to build an ARC7 ice-breaking Arctic tanker which will be mainly deployed on the…

The Republic of the Marshall Islands extends the scope of Germanischer Lloyds (GL) authorization as Recognized Organization to carry out inspections and issue certificates under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC 2006).