General News

South Korean shipbuilder STX Group is rumoured to be close to winning a $1.3 billion shipbuilding deal with a European company said to be Zodiac Maritime.

Lloyds Register has issued new guidance notes to help ship-owners and operators who are preparing to install ballast-water treatment systems on their ships.

Shipbuilding company Ananda Group in Bangladesh signed an agreement with Greendock BV, a Dutch company specialising in ship recycling, for establishing multipurpose yards for repairing and recycling ships.

New Orleans-based Tidewater entered into a contract with Drydocks World for the construction of four 80.77m deepwater platform supply vessels at its shipyard in Batam, Indonesia.

ABS has announced a major organizational change with the creation of a fifth operating division that will be responsible for the society’s activities in The People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR…