A Global Industry Alliance (GIA) has been launched to tackle the threats of marine bio-invasions caused by the transfer of alien plants and animals in ship ballast tanks. The Alliance, made up…

Justice and home affairs ministers last week rubberstamped six legislative proposals of the EU's third maritime safety package, which aims to reduce maritime accidents and pollution in Europe. The package, tabled by…

Orders of only nine ships were made in January worldwide, a meagre 6% of last year's 151 ships, according to the London-based shipbuilding industry research company Clarkson. Four went to Korea and…

The production of the first of the two huge ferries ordered by P& O Ferries started today by cutting its first steel plate on STX Europe's yard in Rauma, Finland.The 49,000 gt…

The Canadian government's on-again, off-again plan to build new midshore patrol vessels for the coast guard appears to be on again. The federal government quietly scuttled a plan last summer to build…

China said its 8% growth target for this year is within reach even as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression hammers economies worldwide. Liu Tienan, vice chairman of the National…

The South Korean company STX Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. and the German propulsion specialist Schottel, will be cooperating in the area of large Rudderpropeller systems for underwater installation such as used on…

Swiss-based Allseas Group has awarded the complete detailed design of their Pieter Schelte project to the Finnish consulting and engineering company Deltamarin Ltd. The total volume of the contract is about 200…

STX Group claims new ship orders could resume in the second half of this year when financing difficulties ease. Its shipbuilding arm, STX Shipbuilding, is aiming to boost new orders for offshore…

Malta's government plan to recoup a reported ?49 million paid in early retirement schemes appears to have foundered, as bids for the Malta Shipyards have fallen short of this figure.Sources privy to…