General News

The UNs 10-yearly UN Sustainable Development Conference, called Rio+20, is taking place this week (15-22 June) in Rio de Janeiro.

The Clean Shipping Index has certified the Korean Register of Shipping (KR) as a verification body, making it the first Asian organisation to be accredited.

Germanischer Lloyd has undertaken a clean shipping index (CSI) verification for the product tanker ‘Bit Viking’, issuing a Statement of Compliance for the LNG-fuelled ship based on data submitted by owner Tarbit…

STX OSV has announced new contracts for the design and construction of two platform supply vessels for Farstad Shipping. The total value of the contracts amounts to around NOK 700 million.

Marine solutions services company, Drew Marine, has agreed to acquire the leading marine distress signal company, Chemring Marine.

There is plenty of news from ClassNK this week including new amendments to rules, revised guidelines, updated software and news of an agreement to conduct statutory certifications on behalf of the Lithuanian…

In late 2011, MAN Diesel & Turbo undertook a survey of its customers in the container, bulk and tanker industries, to determine their attitudes towards, and their experience of, slow steaming.

At a recent event during the United Nations Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, ICS revealed that industry can learn a great deal from shipping as its the greenest…

Ulsan, Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries has completed test runs and started shipping its eco-friendly gas-fuelled Himsen H35/40GV engine. The first example is destined for a power plant in the Middle East.