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…

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…

The German shipowner Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land (SAL) has placed an order for two heavylift vessels with Sietas Werft. This welcome boost to the Hamburg-based shipbuilder's order book adds to an earlier order…

The Harris Pye Group and Future Pipe Industries B.V. (FPI), of The Netherlands, have signed a collaboration to work together supplying glass fibre reinforced epoxy pipe systems (GRE) to the marine, cruise,…

Shell Gas & Power Developments BV (Shell) has signed a master agreement with a consortium comprising Technip and Samsung for the design, construction and installation of multiple floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG)…