Month: December 2010

The University of New Orleans (UNO) has been awarded a three-year $4.8 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to advance the science and technology of titanium shipbuilding.

ABS and the China Classification Society (CCS) strengthened their collaborative efforts by entering into a new comprehensive cooperation agreement in which the offshore industry will be a priority area of focus.

Liberia has been confirmed as one of only eleven flag states which, to date, have met the criteria set by the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on port state control (PSC) to participate…

The Stavanger-based Scana Industrier ASA has, through its subsidiary Scana Steel Björneborg in Sweden, signed a one-year contract with Wärtsilä Propulsion for supply of forgings for propeller shaft lines during 2011.

Aker Solutions has set up a new manufacturing facility outside Busan in South Korea for the production of Pusnes deck machinery.

COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited, has secured contracts valued over $110 million to build three 82,000 dwt bulk carriers.