General News

The Bergen-based Odfjell group and the Chinese shipbuilder Chongqing Chuandong Shipbuilding Industry China (CCSIC) recently agreed to terminate three of the six contracts for stainless steel chemical tankers.

UAE-based shipbuilding, ship repair and conversion specialist, Grandweld, and Drydocks World Dubai have signed a long-term ground development lease agreement (Musataha) for a shipbuilding and ship repair facility at the Industrial Precinct…

Scana Industrier ASA has, through its subsidiary Scana Volda AS, signed contract with STX Europe for delivery of remote controlled propulsion system for two anchor handling vessels which will be built in…

With the new amendment to SOLAS II-2/19 “Carriage of Dangerous Goods”, coming into force on 1 January 2011, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has launched a database service ‘GL Cargo’, allowing its users easy…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Korea recently announced that it plans to develop a specialised welding technology for polar LNG carrier tanks.

Sembcorp Marine’s Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore has secured two FPSO contracts worth S$75 million.

Calculations by ballast water treatment system manufacturer Oceansaver suggest that if shipowners allow the compliance dates of the 2004 Ballast Water Convention to dictate their adoption of onboard treatment systems, an estimated…

Bergen-based Viken Shipping has ordered five 105,000 dwt shuttle tankers from Samsung for delivery from the second half of 2012 onward. With the receipt of this order, Samsung said the yard’s orders…