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Using the expertise of its quality assurance business, LRQA, Lloyd?s Register has developed a shipping industry specific guide for the ISO 14001 environmental management standard to enable ship operators to establish and…

Swedish company BERG Propulsion, a leading manufacturer of controllable pitch propellers (CPP) for the marine industry, recently launched its new production facility in Tuas, Singapore. The new plant is the first of…

The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), the leading Iranian tanker company, has recently taken delivery of its latest newbuilding, the 320,000 dwt Marbat, from Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. The ship is…

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), has secured a $385 million repeat order to build a semisubmersible drilling rig for Brazilian oil and gas exploitation…

Amsterdam-based Seaarland Shipping Management has ordered three 165,000 dwt Suezmax tankers to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries, South Korea, for deliveryin the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarter 2011.

Wärtsilä has acquired the German company Claus D. Christophel Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH (CDC), which specializes in the design, delivery and service of automation systems for ship owners and yards. The company…

MAN Diesel celebrated the official opening of service facility in Woodbridge, New Jersey, USA, and is hereby expanding the MAN Diesel PrimeServ Network in North America. Over 200 customers, suppliers and business…

State-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has ordered six LR-1 product tankers of 60,000 DWT from STX Shipbuilding in a deal worth $371m for delivery from 2010 onwards. SCI has also received…

MAN Diesel is relaunching its portfolio, making all its engines compatible with the limits established by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in its Tier II regulations. The relaunch is an historic milestone…

Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) in Singapore has won a contract to build a $537 million ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig from a subsidiary of Dallas-based Ensco International Incorporated (Ensco). This contract follows…