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Malta Shipyards chief executive Christopher Bell has relinquished his post and reportedly left the island in search for new pastures, after government refused to renew his contract. A spokesman for the Ministry…

The containership liner fleet growth has almost stalled during the past few weeks as ships are joining scrap yards in droves while newbuilding deliveries are ebbing according to Alphaliner. Over the month…

Ships service agency Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is equipped for the complex changeovers that the Montreal Protocol will demand when it comes into law on 31 December 2009.After this date, the European…

In a major effort to reverse the recent negative trend in port state detentions, DNV has developed a Port State Control Toolkit that is especially designed to raise awareness and focus attention…

UK-operated shipbuilder FBMA Marine in Cebu, Philippines has "ceased operations", although it is still looking for new orders to stay in business. "We have stopped operations, but we have not closed down,"…

Germany's Wadan Yards will receive two loans totalling ?20.5m ($28.8m) from the government of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The money will be used to set up two transitional companies for the 2,400 employees of…

Industry sources say that four companies have purchased the five cancelled 32,000 DWT handysize bulker newbuildings which Cido Shipping had ordered from Namura Shipbuilding's Hakodate yard in Japan. NYK Bulkship is taking…

Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding is to secure a long awaited $200m order for its sixth 145,000m3 LNG carrier in the next few months. Negotiations are on-going between the shipyard and China National Offshore…

Canada's shipbuilders have agreed to a radical change in the way contracts will be doled out by the federal government. The federal government plans to spend $40 billion over the next 30…

Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea has bagged a second order in less than a month, this time securing a pair of 158,000 DWT Suezmax tankers from an unspecified European…