Noble Corporation recently announced that a subsidiary has signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of two ultra-deepwater drillships.

InterManager, the international trade association for the ship management industry, is pleased to welcome Docmap as a new associate member.

Preliminary results from the Paris MoU concentrated inspection campaign on tanker damage stability, carried out between 1 September 2010 and 30 November 2010 show that 16% of ships inspected were potentially dangerous.