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Genoa-based classification society RINA has launched a new website (www.leonardotest.com) which is designed to enhance access to its wide variety of certification services in the marine sector.

South Korean STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has won nine bulk carrier orders totalling $260 million in March, suggesting the shipbuilding industrys escape from recession, the company said.

Strategic Marine’s Singapore shipyard has seen success after success after the company recently took the opportunity to purchase the lease of the yard and its existing 1,260m2 covered shipbuilding hall.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced the joint development with Akasaka Diesels, a marine diesel engine manufacturer in Japan, of a diesel particulate filter (DPF) for vessels using heavy fuel oil.

The return of idle capacity and an increase in the level of newbuilding deliveries over the first four months of the year will add an estimated 785,000 teu of new capacity (net…

Chinas new ship orders increased by a factor of 7.7 to 5.72 million dead weight tonnes in the first two months of this year, accounting for 51.9% of the worlds total, according…

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network announced that it has taken delivery of the Andros, a 4,600 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker newbuild from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. The vessel is expected to be…