Author: Importer

The New York-based Ship Finance International Ltd., which operates a fleet of oil tankers and other ships, has signed contracts to buy five new container ships for a combined value of $190…

Nippon Steel Corp. and Nippon Yusen Co., Ltd. co-developed corrosive-resistant thick steel plate (NSGP-1) to use for the bottoms of cargo tanks in crude oil tankers. Nippon Yusen will proactively adopt this…

Washington state moved a step closer to building four new ferries after three shipyards submitted a joint proposal to construct the 144-car vessels. It was a compromise, crafted by the state Legislature,…

South Korean shipbuilders are expanding their manufacturing facilities abroad on the back of the vibrant market, despite nationalistic criticism that such overseas investments may cause inadvertent technology transfer to strong competitors such…

V.T. Halter has laid the keels for two National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ships at its shipyard in Moss Point, Mississippi. These two high-tech newbuildings will replace ships that are over…

ONGC in India has contracted with Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) to provide consultancy for the design, construction and delivery of a 110m x 19m x 9.25m well stimulation vessel. The…

The Belgian shipping group CMB said its unit Bocimar International has ordered, in a joint venture with Wah Kwong, two newbuilding Handymax vessels from Chengxi Shipyard, China. Delivery of the vessels is…

The fleet management program ?GL ShipManager? has its first international clients. Finnish shipping company Oy Langh Ship and Danish company Transmarine Management have entrusted Ms Logistik Systeme, a Germanischer Lloyd Group company,…

The booming global economy and high oil price have led to strong demand for seismographic ship and DNV is experiencing a tenfold increase in classification requests compared to previous years for this…

Stavanger-based SeaMetric International AS has signed a contract for the construction, assembly and testing of the first 20,000 tonnes capacity Twin Marine Lifter (TML) system. Developed for installation and removal of such…