According to UK company Rivertrace Engineering, three new territories have opened up for a technology that offers Port State Control surveyors a full demonstration of a vessel?s compliance with stringent ballast discharge…

According to Austrian company Hoerbiger, explosions may occur in intake manifolds and exhaust lines as well as in the piping system of ship engines, when gaseous fuels are used. Together with leading…

Norwegian shipowner Utkilen has cancelled an order for three 9,500 DWT chemical tankers at Italian shipyard Cantiere Navale De Poli. The ships had been scheduled for delivery in 2008 and this year…

Gazprom Plc may place an order with Severnaya Verf plant for the construction of two LNG tankers to transport LNG from the Shtokman gas field offshore eastern Russia, said Gazprom Vice President…

Croatia's government has decided to move forward with privatisation of its ailing shipyards, part of reforms required by the European Union which the country hopes to join by 2011. An international call…

The China Association of National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI) is quoted as saying that China's shipbuilding facilities are expected to have idle capacity of more than 20 million deadweight tons or one third…

According to Clarkson latest data, the world signed 1.83 million DWT of new ship orders in June, representing an amazing jump from the zero in May. It?s also the first time that…

Caterpillar has helped celebrate the 75th anniversary of the coastal ferry boat Stadt Keil, which coincided with the 55th anniversary of its propulsion engine, a MaK MAu 423.The Stadt Kiel was the…

The Stadt Kiel ferry boat has celebrated its 75th anniversary in Germany with a big "open ship" event at Kiel's Seegartenbrücke jetty, close to the site where the ship was originally launched…