General News

Aker Yards has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with NCL Corporation (NCL) for building a high standard cruise vessel. The LOI, valid until the end of this month, also includes an…

Three Puget Sound shipyards are competing to build four new state ferries worth in total $200 million. J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Nichols Brothers Boat Builders on Whidbey Island and Seattle's Todd…

Aker Yards has signed a LOI with Fjord1 to build five gas powered ferries with delivery scheduled for second half of 2006. The value of the contract is approximately $193 million. The…

BP Marine is making a significant progress in the construction of its new portside fuels bunkering facility at the port of Salalah in Oman. The main contractor Fujairah Marine Services has over…

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has ordered a new 2,400 passenger cruise ship from Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, for delivery in February 2007. This 93,000 GT newbuilding will be a sistership to…

Aker Brattvaag AS, a company in the Aker Yards Group, has signed a contract with Farstad Supply AS, for the building of two Offshore Supply Vessels. The total contract value is approximately…

Sasakura Engineering in Japan has developed and launched a range of oily water separators that fully complies with new IMO bilge water rules due to come into effect from 1 January 2005.…

The largest container ship ever to have been built in Japan was taken into service today as the ?P&O Nedlloyd Mondriaan?. With a length of 335 metres, a width of 42.80 metres…

There are fears that up to 100 design jobs could go at Barrow shipyard by April unless the government comes up with stopgap work. During the year there has been concern for…

POSCO will raise prices of its steel plates and hot-rolled coil to Japan by as much as 5,000 yen ($48) a tonne in the first quarter as demand from China pushes up…