Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is said to have pushed back deliveries for some of its mega boxships on order. MSC chairman Gianluigi Aponte told Italian media that deliveries of the largest containerships…

Ethiopian Shipping Lines (ESL) is in talks with a Chinese shipyard to buy cancelled newbuildings. The national carrier has been wooed by an unnamed Chinese yard looking to find a home for…

Israel?s Zim Integrated Shipping Services has received the first consignment of its twelve-vessel order with the arrival of ?Zim Los Angeles?. The 8,400 TEU vessel is the first mega container vessel owned…

Ulstein Verft has won the contract with GIEK and Sparebank 1 SR-bank to complete the construction of a large anchor handling vessel for Solstad. The newbuilding comes from the bankrupt Karmsund Maritime…

Kawasaki Heavy Industries' shipbuilding venture in China will delay operations of a second dock in Dalian by three years in the light of the current economic climate. The second dock, originally slated…

The Norwegian-registered STX Europe, an affiliate of the South Korean STX shipyard and shipping group, has used the occasion of Wadan Yards recentinsolvency and pulled out of the German shipbuilding sector entirely.STX…

Allweiler AG has launched original spare parts kits for all standard pumps. The kits contain all of the parts that must be replaced on a regular basis during standard maintenance and which…

Hempadur Ultra-Strength is a new epoxy coating from Hempel for ship cargo holds, that is claimed to offer an industry-leading repair interval. The coating provides high abrasion and impact resistance ? making…

Classification society Bureau Veritas has awarded its first Energy Efficient Design label to the new 3,952-passenger cruise vessel MSC Splendida. Just delivered to MSC from STX France Cruise's St Nazaire yard, MSC…