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The Graig Group has extended its successful series of new design Diamond 53 double-hull 53,000DWT Handymax bulkers into India. Working with Indian trading company Goodearth Maritime Ltd (GML), Graig will provide the…

Aker Yards and the German TT-Line have signed a contract for retrofitting of four passenger-car ferries. The retrofit means renewing the vessels fuel systems to be more flexible and conforming to today…

The Cardiff-based Graig Group has launched a unique double-hull handysize bulk carrierdesign with an eight-ship order in Vietnam. Graig has contracted four Graig Carl Bro-designed Diamond 34 bulkers, with four options, to…

An independent unit for investigating marine accidents will be established within Bulgaria's Transport Ministry, as stated in the changes in the Commercial Shipping Code.The establishment of an autonomous unit will increase the…

Despite millions of dollars in pledged public aid for modernizations and upgrades, the Toledo Shipyard?s operator has indicated that it will pull the plug by the end of October, costing the area…

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has begun construction on the third ship in the T-AKE program, a new class of combat logistics force ships…

The 'A' rated, 55 million GT North of England P&I club is calling on the world's shipowners to increase their investment in crew welfare. Without greater care and rewards, the club believes…

The size distribution of tankers 5,000-80,000 DWT to be phased out of the oil trades according to MARPOL 13G is quite different from the size distribution of the orderbook, said INTERTANKO's Manager…

Korean shipbuilder and steel makers are reviewing thick steel plate price negotiation methods from six months? intervals to longer periods of one to three years. Steel producers are reportedly looking favourably at…

Two weeks into its builders' sea trials, the new U.S. Coast Guard cutter ?Mackinaw? is easing into an operational schedule and impressing those who are aboard. "We're still early in the trials,…