Month: June 2011

InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement industry, officially announced the completion of the development phase of its six-year project to produce an industry-wide performance measurement tool.

According to the latest Alphaliner newsletter, 98 ultra large container ships (ULCS) of over 10,000 TEU have been delivered since 2008 with a further 147 units due for delivery over the next…

Shipping recruiter Faststream warns that shipowners taking part in the LNG vessel order spree could face serious difficulties in finding experienced superintendents to run these vessels in the coming months and years,…

The Bureau Veritas (BV) classed fleet has grown strongly during 2011 and in June passed 80 million gt comprising 9,663 sea-going ships and 1,853 inland navigation vessels.

TTS Energy AS, a subsidiary of TTS Group ASA, has signed a Letter of Intent with Jurong Shipyard in Singapore for delivery of a high performance drilling equipment package for a new…