Month: September 2011

Wärtsilä and the Shell Oil Company have announced the signing of a joint co-operation agreement aimed at promoting and accelerating the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel.

Marlink says that it has signed an agreement with short-sea ship operator Wilson Ship Management to provide 80 of its ships with SCAP FleetBroadband on a 36 month contract.

Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) is exercising its option for building two new self-unloading dry cargo vessels, bringing to four the number of ships on order in its major fleet-renewal program.

Braemar Seascope says that it has noticed a marked increase in ship scrapping, and that this should represent good news for the dry cargo sector and maybe the whole shipping and shipbuilding…

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has extended its classification rules to include the items of drilling equipment which are essential for the safety of offshore drilling operations.

One of Germany’s most unusual ships, the 12,800dwt E-Ship 1, has sailed through the Kiel Canal for the first time adding the Baltic to her areas of operation, writes Tom Todd.

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) reports that its current fleet under classification now exceeds 100 million gt, comprising more than 7,200 ships from over 1,900 shipping companies under regular technical supervision.